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A Green and White Elegant Ballroom Wedding at The James Leary Flood Mansion in San Francisco, California

The old-fashioned San Francisco feel of this historic venue built in 1915 inspired Hailey Anderson (29 and a attorney) and Patrick Flemming’s (29 and

The old-fashioned San Francisco feel of this historic venue built in 1915 inspired Hailey Anderson (29 and a attorney) and Patrick Flemming’s (29 and in corporate planning) to have their elegant wedding in an early-20th-century style. With the help of their event planner, Laura Wright, the couple were able to embody a classic look using brass candelabras with white candles and warm linens that followed their color palette of dark emerald green and white accented in gold. The ceremony took place outside at the venue’s courtyard, with dark wooden chairs facing the front that were decorated aisle arrangements of ivory and green flowers. The reception was taken indoors to the elegant ballroom, where ivory-dressed dining tables were decorated with arrangements of roses, hydrangeas and chrysanthemums accented with ferns, captured by Kate Harrison Photography. When Hailey worked with The Cutting Gardens at Flora Grubb Gardens, she knew she wanted to incorporate her love for ferns into many aspects of the wedding: the large fern leaves decorating each dinnerware setting, the small fern-leaf wedding favors in glass bottles and fern being incorporated into almost every arrangement at the wedding. “I love the lush green of ferns, so I asked our florist to go fern crazy,” Hailey says. “I love the way the floral arrangements are loose, but still formal and elegant.”

Silver Wedding Rings on Stationery
Hailey wore a pair of gold open-toe shoes with a crystal pendant on the top of the toes. The shoes were designed by Manolo Blahnik and went along with the dark green and gold color palette of the wedding day.
Pat wore a charcoal gray suit designed by Hugo Boss on the wedding day, complemented by an emerald green tie over his white-collared dress shirt. A single ivory rose was pinned to his suit jacket. All his groomsmen wore the same exact combination: a charcoal gray suit with an emerald green tie.
Hailey held an ivory bouquet filled with roses and chrysanthemums accented with fern and other greenery. Hailey had a love for fern, so it wasn't uncommon to see the leaves in many, if not all, of the flower arrangements throughout the wedding day decor.
The ceremony was held outside the elegant historic building of the The James Leary Flood Mansion in San Francisco, California. Elegant dark wooden chairs with white cushions were lined up in rows, facing the altar where the couple were married. Small flower arrangements filled with ivory and green accents were tied to the end of the chairs in the aisle.
Ivory Wedding Dress With Veil
At the outdoor ceremony, lush arrangements filled with white roses and large leaves of fern were positioned on both sides of the altar where the couple were married. These arrangements also matched the smaller versions, which hung on the chairs that lined the aisle.
White Drapery Leading Into Reception Ballroom
Hailey worked with her florist to incorporate green fern into most, if not all, of the wedding day arrangements. Guests took home wedding favors of small fern placed inside a small glass bottle labeled with a tag.
The dining tables at the reception were dressed in white tablecloths and had white napkins at each setting, which had a menu folded inside. A single fern leaf accented each napkin and menu, which represents Hailey's love for the plant that accented the decor throughout the wedding day.
Ivory and Green Gold Vase Centerpiece
The wedding reception took place inside The James Leary Flood Mansion in San Francisco, California. Dining tables were simply dressed in white linens, and dark wooden chairs with white cushions surrounded the table. Hailey and Patrick had their chairs decorated in greenery to distinguish them from the rest.
Ivory Wedding Dress Capped Sleeves
The three-tier ivory wedding cake was positioned on top of an ivory-dressed table at the reception. Accents of fern and ivory roses accented each layer, and an elegant serving set was positioned nearby for the couple to use.