{"id":198666,"date":"2015-10-16T23:00:15","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/uk\/real-weddings\/emma-yannicks-bloomin-beautiful-garden-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T10:01:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T23:01:22","slug":"emma-yannicks-bloomin-beautiful-garden-wedding","status":"publish","type":"uk-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/uk\/real-weddings\/emma-yannicks-bloomin-beautiful-garden-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma and Yannick&#8217;s bloomin&#8217; beautiful garden wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Bad food, sore feet and terrible weather couldn\u2019t stop Emma Korkiakoski and Yannick Meeus from falling in love.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe met at one of the biggest Belgian music festivals,\u201d explains Emma, 27. \u201cThe weather was awful, the mud was everywhere, the blisters were plentiful and the food was unpalatable \u2013 but none of this stopped us from enjoying each other\u2019s company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After what she describes as a \u201cwhirlwind romance\u201d, they moved in together and became engaged in Paris a few years later. \u201cAfter the trip, we quickly agreed a date far into the future, 18 months in fact, as we wanted to have plenty of time to plan, organize, hand-craft, paint and otherwise make sure our day was as perfect as it could be,\u201d says Emma.<\/p>\n<p>Their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/blogs\/easy-weddings-blog\/five-gorgeous-themes-for-your-garden-wedding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">garden wedding<\/a> started with a ceremony at St Mary\u2019s Church in Birmingham followed by a reception at the Botanical Gardens. &#8220;The gardens looked stunning, the weather was perfect and everything was in full bloom,&#8221; she says. &#8220;Our florist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/WeddingFlowers\/Birmingham\/InBloom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In Bloom<\/a> did a wonderful job getting that botanical feeling to the venue.&#8221; The bouquets adorning the pew ends of the church were re-arranged into a beautiful vase\u00a0at the Gardens&#8217;\u00a0conservatory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the ceremony, we treated our guests to a genuine classic red bus, as most of our guests had traveled from abroad,&#8221; says Emma.\u00a0\u201cOur first dance was to the Queen\u2019s &#8220;You\u2019re My Best Friend&#8221;, and it was just perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Photos courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daffodilwaves.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Daffodil Waves Photography<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79757 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_002.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_002\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79759 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_004-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_004\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79760 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_005-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_005\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79850 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_SBS_006-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_SBS_006\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79853 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_SBS_007-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_SBS_007\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79765\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_010.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_010\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79764\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_009.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_009\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79767\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_012.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_012\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79772\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_016.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_016\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79773\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_017.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_017\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79768 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_013-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_013\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79869 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_SBS_012-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_SBS_012\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79776 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_018-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_018\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79882 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_SBS_016-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_SBS_016\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>Emma found her elegant\u00a0Maggie Sottero\u00a0lace gown at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/WeddingDress\/Birmingham\/WeddingBellesOfFourOaks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wedding Belles of Four Oaks<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79780 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_020.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_020\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-79783 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_021-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_021\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79823 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_039.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_039\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79818 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_036.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_036\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79803 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_030.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_030\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79820 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_037-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_037\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79811 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_033-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_033\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-79744 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_SBS_028-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_SBS_028\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79808 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_032.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_032\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79834 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_045.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_045\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79821 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_038.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_038\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79894 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_SBS_021-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_SBS_021\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79742 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_SBS_026-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_SBS_026\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79789 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_025-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_025\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79792 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_026-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_026\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79796 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_027-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_027\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79785 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_022-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_022\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It was so difficult to choose which cakes to have when they all tasted so good,&#8221; says Emma of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/WeddingCakes\/Birmingham\/CottonCrumbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cotton &amp; Crumbs<\/a>. They went with three flavours: vanilla-raspberry, carrot and orange.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79786\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_023.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_023\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79825\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_040.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_040\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79828\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_042.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_042\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79830\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_043.jpg\" alt=\"Emma_Yannick_Garden-Wedding_043\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":198705,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"uk_real_wedding_category":[9084],"uk_real_wedding_tag":[9169,9673,9209,9238,9516,9362,9374],"uk_real_wedding_style":[10478],"uk_real_wedding_location":[10547,10545],"uk_real_wedding_setting":[10484],"uk_real_wedding_colour":[10626,10633],"uk_real_wedding_competition":[],"class_list":["post-198666","uk-real-wedding","type-uk-real-wedding","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","uk_real_wedding_category-9084","uk_real_wedding_tag-church-wedding","uk_real_wedding_tag-daffodil-waves","uk_real_wedding_tag-elegant-wedding","uk_real_wedding_tag-garden-wedding-2","uk_real_wedding_tag-gold-wedding-2","uk_real_wedding_tag-pink-wedding-2","uk_real_wedding_tag-real-weddings","uk_real_wedding_style-romantic","uk_real_wedding_location-birmingham","uk_real_wedding_location-west-midlands","uk_real_wedding_setting-garden-chapel","uk_real_wedding_colour-gold-wedding","uk_real_wedding_colour-pink-wedding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk-real-wedding\/198666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk-real-wedding"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/uk-real-wedding"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk-real-wedding\/198666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"uk_real_wedding_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_real_wedding_category?post=198666"},{"taxonomy":"uk_real_wedding_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_real_wedding_tag?post=198666"},{"taxonomy":"uk_real_wedding_style","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_real_wedding_style?post=198666"},{"taxonomy":"uk_real_wedding_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_real_wedding_location?post=198666"},{"taxonomy":"uk_real_wedding_setting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_real_wedding_setting?post=198666"},{"taxonomy":"uk_real_wedding_colour","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_real_wedding_colour?post=198666"},{"taxonomy":"uk_real_wedding_competition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_real_wedding_competition?post=198666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}