Certainly could not predict the weather here in Adelaide over the last few months – hosting a wedding in November should be a sure thing right? At least that’s what Jody and Simon thought when planning their Botanic Gardens Adelaide wedding ceremony! Only last week we had a freak mini cyclone, and this week was non stop rain!

Botanic Gardens Adelaide Wedding – The Summer House

My day started a little bumpy, arriving at what was going to be Jody and Simon’s first choice for a wedding location in the Botanic Gardens, only to be moved on to the Summer House, nearer to North Terrace due to the relentless rain that almost forced their string instrument performers to not be able to play due to possible damage of their wooden insturments.

Thankfully moving ceremony location wasn’t overly difficult, simply a matter of moving equipment one spot over – so then I waited at the National Wine Center for Jody to arrive in her motorcade – only for them to drop her off at the main gate, 300m up the road – so I had a bit of running to do 🙂

All worked out well though! Thankfully I had my lovely wife in attendance to help out with the ceremony videography back at the Summer House gazebo.

Other than all that, Jody and Simon’s Botanic Gardens Adelaide wedding ceremony was full of love, laughter and awesome vows that made everyone show their full gamut of emotions!

Bride arriving in convertable

Bride getting out of car on wet road

Flower girls together in a group

Bridal approach at the Summer House

Grooms first look of bride in the Summer House

Botanic Gardens Summer House wedding ceremony

Flower girls watching ceremony

Laughing bride during ceremony

Holding hands during ceremony

Celebrant talking during ceremony

Bride smiling at groom at ceremony

Smiling groom during ceremony

Botanic gardens Adelaide wedding ceremony

First kiss in the SUmmer House

Flower girls playing with bubble makers

Bride hugs with little boy

Bride sweeping back hair

Glamour Photos

The weather thankfully cleared just after Jody and Simon’s ceremony ended, allowing for a big group photo just behind the gazebo, and of course their glamour photos!

We began by doing a small lap of the gardens up to the historic Economic Building witht he bridal party, taking photos as we went, and then left the bridal party to head back to Ayres House while Jody, Simon, the best man and I walked p to the Friendship gates for more photos.

Some unique features of a Botanic Gardens Adelaide wedding on a very wet day is that there are some very nice water features that only occur on these types of days, so I was keen to make use of them – and the simple fact that we had the whole place to ourselves! Very peaceful!

Bridal party in the Botanic Gardens

Bride and groom under moreton bay fig

Moreton bay fig tree with flying veil

Bride and groom cuddles

bride and groom walking out of bridal party

Bridal party in a tree

Close up of wedding rings on hands

Adelaide Botanic Gardens wedding photo

Bride and groom under trees

Sun behind the bride and groom in trees

Portrait in trees

Bride and groom near water with sun

Walking through the botanic gardens

bride and groom small in the foliage

Engagement ring on holding hands

Danding bride and groom

Bridal party on the steps of the economic building

bride and groom on the steps

Closeup of bride and groom

Bride and groom between the pine trees

Bride and groom in a tree

Bride and groom in a tree looking at camera

Engagement ring in white rose

Botanic Gardens Adelaide wedding photo

Bride and groom near the friendship gate

Sitting together on a moreton bay fig

Pretty bride

Ring of fire

Bride and groom under the sun

Bride scooting away

Ayres House Wedding Reception

As someone who had a bit of a lego theme myself at my own wedding – I was super excited to see what Jody and Simon had as their table center pieces! Dozens of the incredible lego bouquet sets who had all apparently been made by a very dedicated small group of people – lego masters, obviously! HJody and Simon even gave me one as a parting gift that night – which is now taking pride of place next to my computer as I write this!

Their night was full of fun speeches, and games with the highlight definitely being the scavenger hunt game where some of the contenstants certainly got into the spirit of things!