Real Wedding: Lindsay & Andrew

October 30, 2010 Rocky River Vineyards

Even though they attended the same elementary school and church, it took Edenton couple Lindsay Hindman and Andrew Cole a long time to meet. It finally happened (with the help of their parents) at a party held by a mutual family friend. “We were so nervous. I ran over my parents’ mailbox and Andrew got a speeding ticket,” Lindsay says.

The proposal was equally sweet, with Andrew proposing in front of a park swing. Rocky River Vineyards was the spot for the nature-loving couple’s fall wedding. The ceremony, timed forty-five minutes before sunset, took place in front of the barn; the aisle was lined with grapevines. The bride, wearing a Maggie Sottero dress, exchanged vows with her groom under a wooden arbor, built by her father.

To keep with the couple’s Native American heritage, the nuptials focused on nature and included a tree-planting ceremony with a Native American blessing in front of their 270 guests. At the reception, held under a nearby pavilion, a fall setting remained the theme of the night with an array of centerpieces from birdcages and lanterns to tea-light-filled jars and turkey feathers. “We were so remote, it was like we were the only people in the world,” remembers the bride.