A Modern Classic Wedding at Elora Mill

By now, I think it’s fair to say we’re pretty well known for all of our Elora Mill weddings, but it’s always so fun to see how each one comes together differently!

Elora Mill is a truly special destination. Just an hour and a half from the city, the scenic drive sets the tone for a peaceful escape. The charming village feels like another world—quaint, welcoming, and refreshingly calm. The hotel itself strikes the perfect balance of elegance and warmth, with beautifully designed rooms that feel luxurious yet unpretentious. Every detail, from the exceptional service to the thoughtfully curated food and beverage offerings, adds to the experience. The spa is an absolute highlight, offering indulgent treatments with breathtaking views of the falls - also visible from many guest rooms and the restaurant - making every moment feel serene and restorative.

Enjoy this recap of Alycia and Jason’s stunning modern and keep scrolling to see the full vendor list and a link to view more of our Elora Mill weddings!

Photographer: 515 Photo Co. Venue: Elora Mill Hotel and Spa, Flowers: Forever Wildfield, Stationery: Pink Peony Press, Videographer: Timothy Muza, Ceremony Music: Wellington Music, DJ: 586 Event Group, Hair: Allison Kam and Bubbles and Blow, Makeup: Beauty By Celina, Cake: Sugar Suite Cakes, Rentals: Special Event Rentals

An Elegant Pastel Spring Wedding at Elora Mill

Julia and Gavin were married May 2024 at Elora Mill Hotel and Spa, an incredible destination wedding venue only 1.5 hrs from Toronto. We’ve been lucky enough to have been a part of a number of weddings at Elora Mill and this wedding day had all of us feeling incredibly emotional! I think it would be fair to say that all the vendors felt so loved and welcomed by their friends and family that it made the day extra special, and everything felt so easy.

Their love was so calm and confident, which was a privilege to witness. They were completely present and soaked up every single moment. Private vows, completely alone - no photo, no video, no vendor present to listen. Just the two of them - a first for us, I think!

Julia and Gavin opted for Creative Direction and Event Management, a combination of design and planning support, and the perfect service for Elora Mill weddings.

With the Creative Direction service, we work with our clients to understand their budgetary goals and aesthetic vision for their wedding design, defining the look and feel with a thorough design meeting followed by a full design plan and clear instructions of items to source, vendors to hire, essentially providing a road map of how to bring it all to life with on their own. This complements the Event Management service, where we assist over the last 8 weeks with finalizing all of the plans, taking a big weight off of our clients’ shoulders, allowing them to feel taken care of on the wedding day.

The vendors who brought their love-filled, romantic Elora Mill wedding to life:

Mango Studios, Flora & Farfalla, Polka Dot Paper Shop, Parallel Weddings, Sew Retro Bridal Alterations, Special Event Rentals, DJ Scottify Steph Modde of Hart Beauty Parlour, Christina Pfaff Makeup.

Romantic Garden Style Wedding at Elora Mill

We’re throwing it back to our very first wedding at Elora Mill back in 2019. It’s hard to believe that’s 6 years ago now, because this wedding design stands the test of time.

The soft, rosy pinks, blush tones, whites, and greenery are still very much used today. This gentle palette effortlessly lends itself to a romantic and timeless aesthetic, so it’s no surprise it continues to have a moment. Tall floral arrangements with abundant greenery drew the eye upward from the tables, making the chandeliers appear like floating clouds. Texture played a major role throughout the florals—especially in Suzanna’s bouquet—adding richness and depth. The stone urns used in the ceremony further layered texture, beautifully complementing the space’s existing Parisian-inspired décor.

We feel lucky to have such a beautiful space near us that offers a stunning base for couples to gently personalize without blowing their wedding budget.

Service: Design Consulting and Event Management

Photography by Scarlet O’Neill, florals by Hunt and Gather, beauty by Fancy Face and sweets table by Sweet Celebrations.

Romantic and Timeless White Wedding at Elora Mill

Madeline and Jaron’s Elora Mill wedding ceremony and reception was classic, and romantic full of timeless white wedding decor.

Madeline and her girls got ready at Cedarcliff Elora, a beautiful rental home that makes the best backdrop for wedding day preparations. From the exterior, it looks like a building straight out of Europe, but when you get inside, its interior design is bright, modern, and simple, with stunning features that never outshine the subject during portraits. It also blends seamlessly with the decor of Elora Mill, which helps wedding photos feel cohesive throughout the entire day. Shannon Petrolito and Jeige Beauty were onsite for wedding hair and makeup and they had plenty of space for everyone to feel comfortable!

Madeline and Jaron opted for Creative Direction, our wedding design service where we create a full concept for your wedding design along with clear instructions on how to bring it to life with your vendors on your own. This service is perfect for weddings at the Elora Mill. We love designing weddings at Elora Mill because it’s got such beautiful bones. From the soft and elegant design of the Mill’s ceremony location, The Foundry, to the more natural elements incorporated into the interior of The Granary’s reception rooms, it’s fun to play off. Madeline wanted soft, elegant, romantic and timeless with a white and cream colour palette and I think the team nailed it! We then re-connected to finalize all of their plans through the Event Management service.

Jodi Leigh Designs led the wedding flower design, pulling our suggested pieces from Simply Beautiful Decor for tabletop decor. All That’s Lovely’s day of stationery was the soft, elegant design the space needed so the stationery was functional but beautiful. Mango Studios perfectly captured the elegance and timelessness of the day.

Madeline and Jaron’s day was exclusive to them, meaning their ceremony happened in The Foundry, cocktail hour in the Irvine Room and lobby and reception in the Grand Room. We also had some fun with their floorplan, pulling the head table forward and running parallel with it instead of the usual perpendicular! Scroll through to see how their Elora Mill wedding came to life!

Services: Creative Direction and Event Management

Elora Mill Grand Room Wedding Floorplan

Dress Designer Paloma Blanca,
Dress Shop Avenue 22
Suit from SuitSupply
Party Dress Retrofete

Summer Garden-Inspired Wedding at Elora Mill

This garden-inspired wedding at Elora Mill tops the list of our favourite weddings of all-time. We got to work on a fun, warm, colour palette that inspired us right from the beginning. From a warm terracotta to a soft romantic peach, paired with tiny hints of yellow and purple supported by a backdrop of green made everything feel so punchy and perfect for this late summer wedding.

Once our palette was set, we started the floral design with Forever Wildfield. Michelle wanted a lush garden-inspired wedding, but I knew that it could quickly fall into overload and feel overwhelming if we weren't smart about scaling the florals appropriately to the size of the room and available table dimensions. This meant creating some very cool winding floral arrangements down the guest tables that were taller than they were wide, using the available vertical space without interfering with conversation across the table. We then worked on creating focus around their sweetheart table so it didn’t feel small and out of place in a large room with 180 guests. We then worked on the tabletop pieces so that some elements seemingly blended away into the florals (ie. the tan-coloured glassware and terracotta and peach-coloured candles) and the charger plates, napkins and menus offered loads of texture layered on the tabletop, playing to both the sight and touch senses.

Now that all the big picture elements were lined up, we could start pulling details from them to give guests their first taste of what was to come through the invitations. Melissa from Statue Rue is one of my favourite Toronto wedding invitation designers. Having a love for paper, it’s no wonder her designs appeal to the sense of touch with hand-made cotton papers, natural hand-torn edges and printed with letterpress to reveal the impression of the text in the paper. It was fun to incorporate a delicate flower wreath around the invitation as a nod to the floral glory that was to come at the garden-inspired wedding reception.

The Elora Mill wedding team did an impeccable job ensuring Michelle’s dream came to life with their attention to detail on the day - from the wedding concierge to the catering team, we think they’re pretty important in making the days run so smoothly for our clients.

The team includes Jeff Shuh Photography, Forever Wildfield, Statue Rue, Simply Beautiful Decor, Allyssa Helm Beauty, Sweet Celebrations, 586 Event Group and Leith Quartet. Michelle’s dress is a Galia Lahav design.

Service: Full Planning and Design

THE FLOORPLAN

The Elora Mill Grand Room is an asymmetrical shape making it sometimes hard to imagine something new, especially if your guest count maxes out the room. We didn’t do too much here to change things from the norm, but we did find small ways to make it unique with a round sweetheart table and a division between two of the tables at the back of the room. We also changed around which green and white charger plates were used at each table to create a bit more of a difference between the tables.

You can see more of our Elora Mill weddings and their floorplans here.

Taylor Swift Love Story Inspired Wedding at Elora Mill

All this talk about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s love story has come at the perfect time to share this gorgeous Elora Mill wedding. I’ve you’ve ever wondered what Taylor Swift’s wedding might look like, we’ve got a good idea for you. This wedding has garnered a lot of attention on florist, Forever Wildfield’s social media and we are thrilled to finally be sharing it ourselves today.

We begin with the romantic setting of the Elora Mill, a top destination wedding venue in Ontario. Elora is a picturesque town just an hour from Toronto and it makes for the perfect weekend getaway with a quaint downtown area, fantastic restaurants, and options for exploring the gorgeous scenery.

The Elora Mill is full of beautiful design details and furniture inclusions that give it a natural effortless romantic vibe, so it’s not difficult to have a beautiful result, but the challenge comes from making it not feel like every other wedding there each weekend. Allie’s dream wedding vision was full of romance, candlelight, and soft textures, something we’re always on board for so we jumped at the opportunity to create a design that met all of these goals in a way that felt fresh.

Soft, warm hues of pink, creams, and sandy taupes made for the perfect romantic palette. Lots of candlelight and florals galore were the goal and my goodness did Forever Wilfield take it and run with it! Red Bicycle Paper Co. created a timeless invitation suite with flowing fonts and wax seal details and we worked with Simply Beautiful Decor to provide the most elegant table accent details from charger plates, napkins, and runners.

We can’t forget Allie’s gorgeous wedding gown feels like a modern take on the gown from the Love Story video. We’re still dying over this Taylor Swift Love Story Inspired Wedding at Elora Mill. Scroll to see the photos and the vendor list below!

The Floorplan

We’ve also included the floorplan we made for the Grand Room as some inspiration for your own wedding layout at Elora Mill.

Romantic Modern Wedding at Elora Mill

Rachel and Cooper’s romantic modern wedding at Elora Mill is something dreams are made of. There is something so special about the small town only about an hour from Toronto, making it the perfect quaint weekend getaway for both couples and their guests. Rachel wanted a contemporary wedding design that still felt mostly timeless and romantic and I think we accomplished that. We love working with florist, Forever Wildfield because the collaboration is always fun and our ideas scale up and down to ensure we’re not going overboard in any one area and allowing all pieces to have a moment to shine and complement each other. We made good use of the in-house chargers and menus from the Elora Mill, but freshened it up with some napkins and linens from Special Event Rentals, our favourite Burlington-based wedding rental company. It has also been a dream to work with Ottawa-based, destination wedding photographers, Joel and Justyna and to say they were the perfect fit for this wedding is nothing short of the truth. We feel so honoured to have been tasked with designing and planning this romantic modern wedding at Elora Mill. Beauty by Allyssa Helm, music from The DJ Co., stationery by Statue Rue, and cake from Fancy That Cake.

Service: Design and Management

The Floorplan

We’ve also included the floorplan we made for the Grand Room as some inspiration for your own wedding layout at Elora Mill.