By candlelight, amid the dark blooms, we ask you to join us
Camille & Julian
Saturday · the date · evening
The Nightshade Conservatory · Ravenwood Manor, Hudson Valley
Counting the candlelit hours
Until We Are Wed
Saturday evening · by candlelight
Our Story
How the Dark Bloomed
A late library, one stubborn candle, two people who would not leave first.
Camille was sketching nightshade in the silent stacks; Julian was looking for the same forgotten book. They argued over the last reading lamp, then over everything else, for years — gardens at dusk, rain on glass, the slow understanding that the dark is only lovelier with someone in it. Now they tend one garden, and ask you into its candlelight.
The Celebration
Two Nights in the Garden
Candlelit Welcome
Mulled wine and low music in the glasshouse as the dark settles in.
Supper Among the Vines
An intimate long table beneath the trailing roses and hanging lanterns.
The Vows
We marry by candle and moonlight in the heart of the Nightshade Conservatory.
Cocktails in the Dusk
Oxblood spritzes and quiet toasts as the lanterns are lit one by one.
Feast & Dancing
A dark, sumptuous dinner, then dancing until the candles burn low.
Where the dark blooms brightest
Come find us
by candlelight
At the Table
A Candlelit Feast
Where
The Nightshade Conservatory
Good to Know
Dress & Details
Dark Romantic — moody formal. We’d adore seeing you in black, oxblood, plum, and the glint of antique gold, the better to disappear into the candlelight with us.
Moments
A Little of Us
With all our shadowed hearts
We cannot wait
to dance with you
Join Us
Will You Come?
Your presence would make the night complete. Tell us whether you’ll join us in the candlelit garden.
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