This romantic garden celebration might just be the perfect excuse you need, to elope!
Elope – a non-traditional, intimate wedding experience that focuses on the couple rather than the guests. Where every decision is intentional and celebrated.
Welcome to High Garden Estate, a truly spectacular venue with uninterrupted views from Stradbroke Island to Byron Bay. High Garden Estate is a boutique, bespoke venue who take a lot of pride to ensure every event is as unique as your love.
The European inspired gardens offer complete privacy and intimacy in an awe-inspiring environment. Offering exclusive use of the private gardens and estate grounds, including an onsite bathroom, parking and caterers kitchen.
Established garden celebrations need little dressing. A setting for a romantic garden celebration is as much the decoration as anything else. Set the scene with an abundance of colour, scent and tumbling textures.
Tables are for eating and drinking, as well as looking lovely. Plates, bottles, cutlery, napkins, menus and glassware can take up a lot of space, and candles. It is not an event without candles.
In addition to the most beautiful gardens, High Garden offers a chic two bedroom cottage onsite. It also makes for a wonderful pre-wedding night with the girls!
If you’re considering an intimate celebration in an exquisite garden, we’d love to hear form you! Now taking bookings for 2025, including an all-inclusive package for micro-weddings! To learn more, email ido@scenicrimbride.com.au
Take a look at some of the action from the Scenic Wedding Trail 2023
The first ever Scenic Wedding Trail 2023 took place on 23rd July and what a day it was! With four participating wedding venues and over 60 wedding suppliers attending the Trail. We were blessed with perfect weather as venues opened their doors to a fun-filled, inspirational day including The Grounds Estate and Mount French Lodge making their debut.
Couples enjoyed live music, exclusive offers, food and wine tastings while finding everything they need to assist with planning their wedding day. From Mount Tamborine to Beechmont, Charlwood and Kalbar, each venue was styled to perfection.
A big thank you to all of our wonderful venues and suppliers who helped to make the Scenic Wedding Trail 2023 such a success! We can’t wait to do it all again on Sunday, 28th July 2024. Register now to secure your place as plans are underway to create a Trail like no other!
Wild Flower. A flower of an uncultivated variety. Growing freely without human intervention. A free spirit. Uncultivated by the mainstream. Bravely going wild and free in a world plagued by conformity.
Risanare Retreat is blessed with an abundance of fields and wild flower gardens. Set on 5 lush acres in the heart of Tamborine’s wine region. Inspired by its Italian meaning ‘to renew, balance, restore’. Risanare Retreat offers luxury accommodation for family gatherings and wedding preparations.
Sitting atop of one of the finest streets on the mountain, Risanare comfortably sleeps 8-10 guests. The property has just completed an extensive restoration (inspiring its name ‘risanare’).
The land was once a flower farm. Risanare grounds have been renewed with mass plantings of lavender, olives, fruit trees, bulbs & ornamental flowering plants.
Whatever time of year, Risanare gardens offer breathtaking photo opportunities. An ideal setting for elopements, wedding photos or honeymoon.
A boutique vineyard, The Overflow Estate 1895 is located in the Scenic Rim, on the edge of Lake Wyaralong. What began as an affair of the heart for the Morgan family, is now Queensland’s newest boutique wedding venue. Purpose built for special events, the rolling vines and scenery are breathtaking!
The Overflow Estate 1895, promises a ceremony site and reception venue with limitless photo opportunities. From the moment you and your guests drive through the front gates, you will feel at home in the stunning historic Estate.
As you discover more about our vineyard and venue, of which we are immensely proud, we hope you fall in love with our wines and the Estate as much as we have – David Morgan, Owner.
The Inspiration
Architecturally designed with an appreciation that reflects the surrounding landscape. Our mission was to showcase The Overflow Estate in its natural form and beauty.
Inspired by a timeless sophistication, Ikebana was our influence for this styled shoot. Creating an effortless flow, with a ‘less is more’ wedding style paired with a moody palette for the cool season. Natural elements of wood and stone, added texture reflecting the structures exterior. While smokey black hues with rich burgundy and chocolate adding a hint of colour through the floral arrangements. The style brief was simple, think ‘Chanel in Tokyo’.
Dried wakame in stone pinch bowls, with wooden handled cutlery and sheer napkins draped over stone plates. With floor draping oatmeal linen table coverings, showcasing the unique pattern in the venues chairs. The menus were cut on an angle to reflect the lines of the form structure ceiling, with the addition of black delicate lights creating an ambient glow above. Not one, but two wedding cakes! One embracing the effortless flow while another inspired by textural design of stone.
A deceptively simple design gown accentuated our models curves, creating an amazing silhouette. The neckline was clean and plunging. Modern and elegant. A fringed chiffon scarf which secures at the empire waist, elegantly draping at the front. Paired with a handmade, beautifully simple and sheer poncho in georgette, adding a sweeping train.
Needless to say, our creative team nailed the brief ever so effortlessly.
Scenic Rim Bride Invites you to the Scenic Rim Wedding Trail a fun-filled, inspiring, creative and picturesque wedding event showcasing a collection of sought-after venues and vendors in the Scenic Rim.
Sarabah Estate is a creatives dream. It leaves you feeling like you were just swept away into a European romance novel.
My inspiration was drawn from the stunning views of the vineyard and countryside. Surrounding the ever so sweet European inspired Chalet. I quickly grew a love affair for its timber and stone exteriors. Aside from the aesthetics of the property, it also brought a sense of calmness. A place where you are engulfed with serenity and gratitude for how beautiful the landscape is. I stop to take a moment amongst the Olive Grove. My ears were met with gentle whispers of the breeze rustling through the trees, whilst the birds sang to each other. Instantaneously, my eyes were also met with a dry, burnt landscape. The drought has stricken much of the land, despite this I stop to notice that beauty still remained. The way Mother Nature bended and folded branches into its own sculptural pieces of artwork.
STYLING
I wanted to capture the calmness, beauty and its discerning romance. All of these emotions were conceptualised to create the styling concept. The fruition of a mid summer night set in Tuscany.
A romantic setting set under a canopy of festoons. Showcasing the already beautifully quaint intimate round tables paired back with wrought iron chairs. Layering modern and vintage tableware pieces. Handmade paper with soft torn detailing reading Cenare , to have dinner ” in Italian. A dramatic tonal layering of floor length silks of smokey undertones. Thoughtfully selected to extend the aesthetics of the black windows and silver / grey furnishings of the Chalet. Whilst creating the most soft romantic movements, which fluttered in the breeze as it filtered through the garden. An assortment of dried and fresh floral centrepieces displayed in stone vases. Thoughtfully chosen to add dried textures and warmer tones reminiscent of the dried countryside.
The most breathtaking cake with inspiration drawn from the softness of the fabrics, colour and dry landscape. With a balanced blend of smokey, warm hues and soft sculptural movements shown in stunning detail. Finished with the most subtle detail of the dried branch reminiscent of the landscape. Emma Scott – For Love & Living
THE FLOWERS
The modern-meets-vintage concept was brought alive. Through the use of delicate and timeless beauty of dried flowers, mixed with the romantic yet fleeting elegance of fresh florals. Inspired to feature warm beige and golden tones that peeked through dried elements. Along with the feminine soft blush and toffee tones. All working in harmony to create a softly muted and dusty palette which said so much, without saying much at all. I refrain from using traditional greens throughout the use of foliage to create a uniquely modern and ethereal effect. And instead, showcas various textures, dried ferns and deep burgundy foliage. The use of texture is one of my most adored aspects of floral design. I was delighted to incorporate so many unique and textural elements. Including twisted willow to echo the surrounds of the vineyard that the photoshoot was held at. Sarah Luthy – Gwen Floral Co
THE CAKE
I got very very inspired by the rawness by the whole shoot. That area in Canungra being raw, I can imagine Emma got inspired by that too. When I saw the stationery and the torn raw paper, I wanted to put it in my cake. So, the cake for me was almost like terroir for wine: the connection with the land, the raw. So, to represent that I used a variety of textural elements to bring a soft, still very raw story to the cake. And of course, the colour palette chosen brought an amazing elegant and soft touch to it. Marina Machado – Marina Machado Cakes
LIGHTING
We believe that beautiful lighting is key to creating that special ambience. An atmosphere at any event, helping to form the foundation and mood for your special day. It is important that you have the correct lighting to tie in with all other styling elements. This look was chosen to softly compliment the table settings, without dominating the space. Stephanie Jones – Scenic Rim Wedding Hire
PHOTOGRAPHY
Going into the shoot I did have a little idea what direction I wanted to take my images. Once seeing how breathtaking the styling, cake and flowers were, I completely changed this and just took inspiration from the other suppliers involved. With a shoot like this one, I really like to have a good talk to the other professionals and listen to their stories and what inspired them.
The florals and setting leant itself to a muted palette with small touches of pastels coming through. The whole shoot had a very ‘under the tuscan sun’ feel and I just ran with that.
Whilst editing the images, I kept getting drawn towards the more moodier and darker aspects which the styling / cake design learnt itself towards. Photographer Steve Tognazzini – Glass Slipper Photography
An intimate styled shoot is the perfect opportunity to become acquainted with creatives within the industry. Great pride with careful consideration is given when gathering creative brands. Our styled shoots are designed to provide couples with beautiful inspiration and are produced with a perfect blend of passion and skill. Bronwyn McDonald – Scenic Rim Bride
Winery locations are laden with rustic character with an array of wedding venues in the Scenic Rim.
Sarabah Estate Vineyard is a beautiful family-run winery nestled at the base of the famous Lamington National Park. A picturesque vineyard, just 10 minutes from the township of Canungra. To find out more, email wine@sarabahestate.com.au
Scenic Rim Bride Invites you to the Scenic Rim Wedding Trail a fun-filled, inspiring, creative and picturesque wedding event showcasing a collection of sought-after venues and vendors in the Scenic Rim.
