{"id":192680,"date":"2017-02-27T23:20:30","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T12:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/garden-wonder-tara-and-ryans-modern-classic-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T19:51:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T08:51:14","slug":"garden-wonder-tara-and-ryans-modern-classic-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/garden-wonder-tara-and-ryans-modern-classic-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Garden wonder: Tara and Ryan&#8217;s modern classic wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Tara Monaghan and Ryan Muir say the success of their relationship is down to perfect timing.<\/p>\n<p>Their friendship began to blossom in 2008, but Tara&#8217;s university studies in Adelaide and Ryan&#8217;s work in Mildura, Victoria put their relationship on hold.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In 2012 we coincidentally came back in contact through a mutual friend. Perfect timing brought us back together,&#8221; Tara, 27, says.<\/p>\n<p>Skip forward a couple of years and Ryan, 31, popped the question on a romantic weekend away to Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>The couple then began planning their modern classic wedding.<\/p>\n<p>The bride says the ceremony at Stangate House and Garden in the Adelaide Hills was exactly what she wanted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I always wanted to get married in a beautiful garden with a little creek. <a title=\"Beautiful ceremony locations\" href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/locations\/\">This garden was perfect!<\/a>&#8221; Tara says.<\/p>\n<p>The pair walked down the aisle on April 9, 2016 in front of 130 family and friends. The celebrations continued at grand <a title=\"Mount Lofty House\" href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/WeddingVenues\/Adelaide\/MountLoftyHouse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mount Lofty House<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our wedding day was magical. Set in the picturesque Adelaide Hills in the middle of autumn, you can only imagine how beautiful the scenery was,&#8221; Tara says.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As Ryan and I previously lived in Adelaide, we knew we wanted our wedding venues to be sentimental to us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Photos courtesy of <a title=\"With Love and Lace\" href=\"http:\/\/withloveandlacemelanie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">With Love and Lace<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122593 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_SBS_003.jpg\" alt=\"Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_SBS_003\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122592 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_SBS_002-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_SBS_002\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122672 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RT2016-7_sbs-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"R&amp;T2016-7_sbs\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122591 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_SBS_001-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_SBS_001\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122476 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_004.jpg\" alt=\"Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_004\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-122487 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_007-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_007\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122597 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_SBS_005-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_SBS_005\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122491 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_008-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_008\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122494 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_009-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_009\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122479 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_005-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_005\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-122505 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_012-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_012\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Tara sourced her gorgeous lace gown and elegant earrings from<a title=\"Rapsimo Designs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/WeddingDress\/Adelaide\/RapsimoDesigns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Rapsimo Designs<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-122497 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_010-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_010\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122502 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_011-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_011\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122513 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_015-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_015\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122510 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_014.jpg\" alt=\"Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_014\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122507 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_013.jpg\" alt=\"Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_013\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122523 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_018.jpg\" alt=\"Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_018\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122623 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_SBS_017-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_SBS_017\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122517 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_016-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_016\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122525 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_019.jpg\" alt=\"Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_019\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Drinks were served from a vintage caravan following the garden ceremony.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122520 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_017-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_017\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122534 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_022-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_022\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122539 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_023-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_023\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122542 alignright\" 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src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_033-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_033\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122563 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_034-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_034\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-122559 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_032-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_032\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122571 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_038.jpg\" 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src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_039.jpg\" alt=\"Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_039\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122575 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_040-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_040\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122660 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_SBS_035.jpg\" alt=\"Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_SBS_035\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122566 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tara_Ryan_Modern-Classic-Wedding_036.jpg\" 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