NHL Hockey Player Darnell Nurse Marries High School Sweetheart at Graydon Hall Wedding

The vision from the beginning of the design process to work within the context of the beautiful gardens and traditional look of Graydon Hall. Rachels' creative team curated the perfect blend between garden wedding romance an elegant and up country feel to every element of the beautiful day.

Our proposal was a quite simple one. Darnell and myself have been dating since our senior year of high school. He asked me to be his girlfriend in my parent’s driveway with a teddy bear and a huge smile. He proposed to in October 2020, simply the same way he asked me to be his girlfriend all those years ago. A full circle moment to our relationship.

My wedding dress is from the designer Rita Vinieris. I altered the original design of the dress to remove the sleeves.

My Bridesmaids wore a sage green twisted halter dress from Dessy Group. They all matched so perfectly.

The Groomsmen had custom suits made by the team Maison Cloakroom Montreal.

The food was all made in house at Graydon Hall Manor. We featured a pasta course with angel hair pasta and shrimp and a choice of beef duo, miso salmon or roasted chicken. Cremee Brûlée for dessert. Our specialty drinks were his and hers. His was Le Vesuvio which was vodka, pear, lemon, ginger beer and soda water. Hers was Ada Rose which contained tequila, watermelon and basil.

Rachel's team created the most beautiful collection of florals. The design for the entire day included cream and champagne toned garden roses, ranunculas, lisianthus, stock and peonies were used through out the wedding design. A beautiful custom floral circular wedding arch included all these varieties and detailed with various types of greenery. The aisle was lined with beautiful florals that were designed to look like they were growing organically from the ground. Guests dined at gallery tables on the terrace that were detailed with elegant crystal candle sticks and pillar candles. Cane back chairs added the upcountry touch. Trailing greens were added to the ceiling and to the chandeliers for an added detail.

The cake was four tiered cake by Nadia and Co. A simple white cake with greenery and beautiful white flowers diagonally across to finish the cake off.