Lauren & Henry's Silverwood Park Wedding

Henry wore a dark green three-piece suit, and Lauren wore a lace-bodice gown with a tulle skirt, a long train and a lace-edged veil. The first photographs are on a brick patio beside a tall stone fireplace and a wall of glass: the two of them embracing with her train spread behind them, Henry seated on a white chair while Lauren stands beside him, and Henry twirling her by one raised hand. Lauren carried a bouquet of teal, rust-orange, burgundy and white roses with feathers and dark foliage, and the same teal and red show up in the ribbons on the ceremony chairs.

The ceremony was outdoors, on a brick patio under oak trees in autumn color. Guests sat on white folding chairs along a brick aisle, Lauren walked in on the arm of a man in a dark suit, and the two of them held hands facing each other with their attendants beside them. The bridesmaids wore burgundy dresses and the groomsmen wore white shirts with suspenders. The kiss comes with the sun flaring through the leaves.

Portraits moved into the woods and out to the water: the couple in tall golden grass among oak trunks, leaning on a log, a ring held up in the evening light, a wooden railing above the lake at sunset, a long wooden footbridge and a mown lawn where they sat laughing. In the details, white embroidered cowboy boots sit beside the bouquet, and a wedding band rests on a boot toe under the veil.

Dinner and the dance were indoors, in a hall with a high wood ceiling, tall windows and wood-paneled walls. The photographs show a head table, guests at round tables cheering under a chandelier, a first dance, a cake cutting, a guest laughing in his chair, and a dance floor with cowboy hats, headbands, a woman in a blue satin dress and Lauren's skirt flaring as she spins. The night ends back on the patio, with Henry crouched by the stone fireplace holding a stick over the embers and Lauren holding a drink beside a guest in a cowboy hat.

These are the places you can see in the 48 photographs.

• A brick patio with a tall stone fireplace and a wall of windows: the opening portraits, the twirl, the seated pose and the night photographs by the fire.
• An outdoor ceremony space under oak trees: a brick aisle with white chairs, the processional, the vows and the kiss.
• Tall grass and oak woods: couple portraits, the log, and the ring close-ups.
• A wooden railing above the lake and a long wooden footbridge over the water: portraits as the sun sets.
• A mown lawn: the couple sitting together and laughing in the evening light.
• A hall with a high wood ceiling, tall windows and wood-paneled walls: the head table, first dance, cake cutting and dancing.

Silverwood Park is not in Minneapolis. It is in St. Anthony, Minnesota, at 2500 County Road E, St. Anthony, MN 55421, along the shore of Silver Lake, and it is a Three Rivers Park District site. St. Anthony borders Northeast Minneapolis to the south, and the park is about 5 miles northeast of downtown Minneapolis in a straight line, measured from the park's map coordinates.

That makes it a Minneapolis-area wedding on the northeast edge of the city, well inside the 40 miles of travel included from downtown Minneapolis.

Three Rivers says the Great Hall, the Classroom, the Amphitheatre and the Island Shelter at Silverwood Park can be reserved for weddings, company parties and other special events. Its Silverwood Great Hall page states:

• The hall has a cathedral-style ceiling and large glass windows overlooking Silver Lake, with an adjacent outdoor patio that has a fireplace and space for an outdoor ceremony.
• It is available year-round. Reservations are made by phone at 763-559-6700 or by email, and an online calendar shows open dates.
• Full-service catering is required.
• Three Rivers lists Great Hall room rates by season and day of the week, plus a $1,500 facility deposit and a $300 security fee for late or alcohol events; see the Silverwood Great Hall page for current rates.
• The page does not state a guest capacity, so ask Three Rivers before you settle on a guest count.

The park's own page describes an outdoor amphitheater, a footbridge to an island with a reservable picnic shelter and fire pit, and an art gallery in the Visitor Center that hosts a variety of art shows. The park is open 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily and the Visitor Center is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. If you have heard the venue called a Silverwood gallery, that is the Visitor Center gallery, which is separate from the Great Hall where weddings are held.

Eight hours is the length of our Pearl collection, which is $4,200 and includes two photographers. In this wedding the 8 hours reach from portraits on the patio through the ceremony, the woods and the lakeside railing to dinner, the dance floor and the fireside at night. Silverwood keeps the patio, the trees and the water in one park, so portraits need little time in the car.

Three Rivers' photography page says anyone paid to take photos needs a pass, $28 hourly or $275 annual, tax included, and that hourly passes must be bought at least two weeks ahead. Ask Three Rivers whether your venue booking changes that.

Our wedding collections run from 4 to 12 hours, starting at $3,100 for the 4-hour Emerald collection. Travel is included within 40 miles of downtown Minneapolis, which covers St. Anthony. Send your date and venue through the contact page and we will talk through what fits.