How the space was set.

A look at setups by venue type. The captions are about the planning: where the tent went, how the light was run, what each place asked of us.

Chapter one

The vineyard ceremony

Ceremonies between the rows look easy and rarely are: slopes, late sun in your guests' eyes, and a lawn that has to become a dinner space within the hour.

An outdoor ceremony with a white aisle runner between rows of white chairs, white canopies and tall cypress trees — **Setup**A white runner, chairs in eight rows and shade canopies at the front for older guests.

Grapevine rows running up a hillside to a white gazebo — **Setup**A gazebo at the top of the vines, reached up the centre row.

A winery entrance with a flowering arch, a tall cypress and a wine barrel — **Detail**The winery entrance with a flowering arch and a barrel for the guest book.

Chapter two

The orchard dinner

Orchards give you shade and a long table's worth of room, and nothing else. Power, washrooms, lighting and a kitchen tent all have to come in.

Long dinner tables beneath old trees strung with warm lights at night — **Setup**Dinner for 120 under the trees: lights run tree to tree, the generator parked behind the packing shed.

A long table with white chairs under white paper lanterns hung among trees — **Setup**Paper lanterns hung from branches over one long table.

Wooden crates full of red and green apples — **Detail**Crates of the orchard's own apples as table numbers and favours.

Wooden tables set with wine glasses on gravel under green trees — **Setup**Harvest tables on the gravel for a late-afternoon cocktail hour.

Chapter three

The lakeside reception

Lake houses come with docks, slopes and neighbours. We plan the tent footprint, the power, the parking and the quiet hours before anything is ordered.

A turquoise lake below forested hills, seen from a lawn above the shore — **Place**The view guests come for, from the lawn above the shore.

A reception tent with round tables and wooden chairs, its clear walls open to the water — **Setup**Clear tent walls and round tables, so every seat faces the lake.

Long reception tables with white cloths and small flowers under a white tent — **Setup**Long tables, low flowers.

A wooden lodge on a shore with a white reception tent on the lawn beside the water — **Setup**A lodge on the shore, its tent on the lawn by the water.

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