Analise and Jordan brought a small group of close family members to New York City from their homes in Virginia and Texas for their wedding in the Ladies’ Pavilion.  They got married towards the end of March, right at the start of Spring.  Jordan was 31 and Analise 29 when they got married. They met in the gym at their medical school in Texas.  They had been together for around six and a half years before getting married.  Their relationship had stood the tests of the two of them making it through medical school, Jordan’s PhD, and Analise’s residency in obstetrics and gyne ..read more

Jacqueline and Danilo got married in the Ladies’ Pavilion in July.  They are from Jersey which counts as pretty much locals for us.  They had been together for three years when they got married.  They got married in the latter part of July and they first contacted me in the first part of June, so we organized everything quite quickly. Jacqueline and Danilo met in through an interest in chokes and holds and knocking each other to the ground!  They trained together in Jiu Jitsu for a few months before Danilo asked Jacqueline out one night after training.  “From the ver ..read more

Kerry and Dave brought their two kids with them to New York from their home in England.  They got married in Wagner Cove in peak cherry blossom season, which usually occurs in April. They got married on the anniversary of the date they met.  They had met twenty-three years ago when they got married.  Kerry’s brother was work friends with Dave and Kerry had joined them to watch a football match together in a pub.  I’m told the game itself was very nerve-wracking!  They went out on a date soon after that. Kerry and Dave had plans to marry for quite some time, but as w ..read more

Lauren and Osman travelled to New York from their home in Louisiana to get married in Central Park this January.  We discussed various locations when deciding where they wanted to say “I do” – the Ladies’ Pavilion and Bethesda Terrace were seriously considered.  In the end they chose to hold the ceremony by the Pond, close to Gapstow Bridge, because they like the backdrop at that end of the park. Lauren is from Louisiana originally and Osman is from Honduras.  They met online, as so many of our couples do, and they had been together for ten months when they got married.  ..read more

English couple Sarah and John got married with us in Cop Cot in October.  They brought over rather a large group by our usual standards of 29 people, which is quite a lot of people all to fly over from England!  Sarah was 44 and John 46 when they got married. Like so many of our couples, they met online, and had their first date in a bar in London.  John is from London originally and Sarah was living there at the time.  It was a successful fist date and they had been together for ten years when they got married.  They had lived together in London for some time, but e ..read more

Over the years of planning weddings in Central Park I have encountered lots of visiting couples who are bringing a small group with them to New York from their home.  Many of our couples are from out of state, and even more are visiting from outside of the US.  Sometimes couples have never been to New York before and neither have their guests, so they will be making new memories together as they explore this incredible city together for the first time, which is a great way to bond when merging two families.  For some of our couples, New York holds a special place in their heart ..read more

Kristina and Christopher got married under a tree that is special to them at the south end of Central Park at the end of December.  Kristina is 33 and Christopher is 30 years old.  They’re both from Germany and had been together for just over three years when they got married. The couple first met at a Christmas market in Hamburg.  “We were both pretty new to the city and hardly knew anyone there because we had just moved there to start our PhD studies,” they told me. They discovered that they were both vegan (luckily there was a stall at the Christmas market that sold delicio ..read more

I started this business in 2012 and it means a huge amount to me.  I’m so proud of this business, and of all the people that we have helped to get married in Central Park.  I’m a mom and I run this business around my kids.  It’s the perfect job to work quite flexible hours, because it’s mostly asking questions, listening to answers, probably asking a few more detailed questions, and then putting plans in place to make things happen.  I have two kids, but Wed in Central Park is also my baby.  We’re great.  I know this because I always check in with couples after t ..read more

Sal and Paul brought their two sons over from their home in England in early November to get married in the Ladies’ Pavilion.  They were both 42 and had been together for 27 years when they got married. They met in high school, and had gotten engaged in 2011.  They have two children; Liam aged 14 and Noah aged 8.  “For us getting married was really just a confirmation of our relationship,” Sal told me.  They are still fully committed to each other after all these years, and she wanted to share the same surname as Paul and her boys.  Sal and Paul visited New York for ..read more

Enese and Ibrahima got married in the Shakespeare Garden in March.  It was quite a wet day, with showers off and on, as we can often see in New York at this time of year.  They got married on a Wednesday, in the morning, so they were lucky enough to be in the park at a very quiet time!  Being in Central Park mid-week on a wet day will get you some incredible photos! They had been together about a year and a half when they got married.  Ibrahima worked as a driver, she got into his car on Thanksgiving day and they just hit it off.  “We couldn’t stop laughing and jokin ..read more