{"id":184746,"date":"2018-05-21T20:00:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T10:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/couple-brings-taste-britain-sydney-summer-garden-party-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T02:12:05","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T15:12:05","slug":"couple-brings-taste-britain-sydney-summer-garden-party-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/couple-brings-taste-britain-sydney-summer-garden-party-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Couple brings taste of Britain to Sydney summer garden party wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aussie expats Leisha and Joe married at their summer garden party in Jaspers Berry, NSW, on December 23, 2017.<\/p>\n

Because Leisha is Sri Lankan-Australian and Joe is a Queenslander \u201cwith a bit of Italian\u201d, they wanted to celebrate the fusion of their mixed heritage \u2013 as well as London where they currently reside. \u201cWe had a Sri Lankan Buddhist slash English colonial garden party theme with lots of food including woodfired pizzas,\u201d explains the 33-year-old bride of her wedding to her 37-year-old groom.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thought it would be a nightmare planning<\/a> a wedding in Sydney from London but it was surprisingly easy,\u201d\u00a0describes\u00a0Leisha. Their Sri Lankan Buddhist Poruwa ceremony, including rituals like tying the pinky finger and breaking a flaming coconut, was followed by drinks and canapes in the grounds of Jaspers Berry. \u201cWe had a vintage van and \u2018pimp your prosecco\u2019 stand serving Aperol Spritz, ros\u00e9 , prosecco and slushies as guests played with the giant Jenga, quoits and a life-size marble chess-set.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAfterwards, guests moved to The Orangery for a sit-down meal, a few speeches, the vintage Gatsby chocolate dessert table, espresso martinis and a live band,\u201d recalls the bride.<\/p>\n

Photos courtesy of Hilary Cam Photography<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“She pre-pleated and pre-sewed the bridal saree so that all I\u00a0had to do was zip it up like any other dress,” Leisha\u00a0says of her dress designer<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Tying the \u2018pinky\u2019 finger of the bride and groom together symbolises the union.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“Our wedding theme was English summer garden party with a Sri Lankan-colonial flavour,”\u00a0explains the bride.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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International bride Leisha had a second wedding gown; a Zuhair Murad design purchased in Amsterdam.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The couple enlisted the popular Baker Boys Band<\/a> to entertain their 145 guests.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“We love everything about our photographers from the pre-wedding catch-up over wine and nibbles in inner Sydney, to the day and their superb ability to capture everything so discreetly,” praises Leisha of Hilary Cam Photography.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":184752,"parent":0,"template":"","au_real_wedding_category":[6857],"au_real_wedding_tag":[7993,7679,6954,7009,7034,7145,8462],"au_real_wedding_style":[9010],"au_real_wedding_location":[9023,9044],"au_real_wedding_setting":[9014],"au_real_wedding_colour":[10593,10588,10602],"au_real_wedding_competition":[],"class_list":["post-184746","au-real-wedding","type-au-real-wedding","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","au_real_wedding_category-6857","au_real_wedding_tag-blue-grey-wedding","au_real_wedding_tag-blush-wedding","au_real_wedding_tag-cultural-wedding-3","au_real_wedding_tag-garden-wedding-2","au_real_wedding_tag-hilary-cam-photography","au_real_wedding_tag-real-weddings","au_real_wedding_tag-summer-garden-party-wedding","au_real_wedding_style-luxury","au_real_wedding_location-nsw","au_real_wedding_location-wollongong","au_real_wedding_setting-garden-chapel","au_real_wedding_colour-blue-grey-wedding","au_real_wedding_colour-blush-wedding","au_real_wedding_colour-hunter-green-wedding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding\/184746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/au-real-wedding"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding\/184746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_category?post=184746"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_tag?post=184746"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_style","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_style?post=184746"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_location?post=184746"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_setting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_setting?post=184746"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_colour","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_colour?post=184746"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_competition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_competition?post=184746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}