{"id":612759,"date":"2017-01-18T07:00:35","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/?p=612759"},"modified":"2016-12-21T08:47:13","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T14:47:13","slug":"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead\/","title":{"rendered":"Toowoomba Garden Wedding at Gabbinbar Homestead"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612770\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/76\/67\/766785c0b5e97b4c.jpg\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-7\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\"><\/p>\n<p>Since the Queensland city of Toowoomba is known for its magnificent gardens, green-thumbed Carlie and Jason knew that Toowoomba&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/gabbinbar.com.au\" target=\"_blank\">Gabbinbar Homestead<\/a>&nbsp;was the perfect venue&nbsp;for their very personal wedding. The couple&rsquo;s ceremony took place under a 150-year-old fig tree and was followed with yard games in the garden, a lovely reception in the venue&rsquo;s conservatory, and a sparkler grand exit. We love how Carlie and Jason&rsquo;s wedding d&eacute;cor included sentimental details like cacti favors from their own garden and elephant figurines from Carlie&rsquo;s personal collection! From Carlie&rsquo;s stunning bridal&nbsp;portraits to the couple&rsquo;s ambient after-dark session,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/benyew.com\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Yew Photography<\/a>&nbsp;captured every moment of Carlie and Jason&rsquo;s day beautifully.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Couple:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Carlie and Jason<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Wedding:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gabbinbar.com.au\" target=\"_blank\">Gabbinbar Homestead<\/a>, Queensland, Australia<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612786\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/e7\/69\/e769d0639cbeb713.jpg\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-23\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"goldbox\"><em>It was most important for our wedding to feel&nbsp;like us. We wanted the feel of a family get-together with yummy food, drinks, games and lots of laughs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612767\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/d5\/60\/d56027f553079e05.jpg\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-4\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612793\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/a2\/0a\/a20aecc1a2508158.jpg\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-30\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612794\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/0d\/a5\/0da5f78925421f88.jpg\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-31\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612796\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/fe\/97\/fe9792db4a71d743.jpg\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-33\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612789\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/e9\/e4\/e9e446976cf33008.jpg\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-26\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612777\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/bb\/e3\/bbe3428a5b2a70a4.jpg\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-14\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"goldbox\"><em>I love green, <span class=\"il\">Jason<\/span> loves being outside in the garden and I&rsquo;d always imagined getting married under a big old tree. We wanted a place that was just ours for the day and where we could make it feel like ours by adding personal touches. So when I saw Gabbinbar I knew it was the place.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612768\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/c2\/b0\/c2b00a01f37a6a8e.jpg\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-5\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612783\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/84\/9c\/849c0453e0b5b3dd.jpg\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-20\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"goldbox\"><em>Marrying my best friend with vows we had both written for each other was the most memorable part of the day. And my Dad&rsquo;s speech, he surprised me with a poem that he asked my brothers to read.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612803\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/1b\/e1\/1be1b9b2b03b0828.jpg\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-40\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612799\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/df\/be\/dfbe28f81c784352_w1000.avif\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-36\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612771\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/d6\/71\/d6715f889246adfc_w1000.avif\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-8\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612808\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/98\/36\/983648d5429b3d65.jpg\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-45\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"goldbox\"><em>We had Ella (our dog) there because&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">Jason<\/span> proposed with her (he put the ring on her collar for me to find at the park one morning).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612802\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/ac\/c9\/acc92ae0826843ce.jpg\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-39\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612801\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/a6\/af\/a6af18a23a648219.jpg\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-38\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612804\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/5e\/5f\/5e5fa175c52bdb9f.jpg\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-41\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612805\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/e9\/a1\/e9a166a43d222b9f.jpg\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-42\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612776\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/47\/2f\/472f25fb156af6e5.jpg\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-13\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612809\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/b3\/2b\/b32b18c25c9b281b.jpg\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-46\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"goldbox\"><em>Our advice:&nbsp;Don&rsquo;t get too overwhelmed with all the blogs, magazines and Pinterest! I spent hours looking online and would sometimes get sidetracked and start to doubt my choices. But when it came to the wedding day all I really wanted to do was marry <span class=\"il\">Jason<\/span> and all those little things didn&rsquo;t matter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612810\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/e4\/9f\/e49fdbc6dce635d9.jpg\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-47\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612778\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/23\/fe\/23fe378b696853b3.jpg\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-15\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612772\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/84\/35\/84352681e3d6e236.jpg\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-9\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612780\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/b5\/41\/b5411e79d4333b9c_w1000.avif\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-17\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"goldbox\"><em>We DIYed a lot for our wedding. I collected the jars for the flowers and added the twine, lace and hessian. My Mum and I made the table runners. I love elephants and always collect them in pairs so I brought some of my favorite to be placed around the homestead.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612791\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/08\/0a\/080a599a412695b9.jpg\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-28\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612781\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/4f\/15\/4f159de3d0dbd5ae.jpg\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-18\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"goldbox\"><em>We gave all our guests a cactus from our garden. <span class=\"il\">Jason&nbsp;<\/span>loves to garden and is always giving people plants when they come over. I painted the pots and made the little name tags. It was something we thought reflected us and people could keep for years to come.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612790\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/13\/40\/13404c9d07d10d1d.jpg\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-27\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612792\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/96\/a1\/96a1a4d55993587d.jpg\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-29\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612787\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/e8\/d5\/e8d50846e03df98b.jpg\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-24\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612773\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/12\/bd\/12bd64173c99b62e.jpg\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-10\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"goldbox\"><em>Our photographer Ben was great. Ben had photographed us a few years back when <span class=\"il\">Jason<\/span> was working in WA and we just loved his natural images and how he captures feelings. He told us to give him and call when we got engaged and that is exactly what happened.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612765\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/fa\/19\/fa197f357c38e18b.jpg\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-2\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612784\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/db\/60\/db6095e0707e49ba_w1000.avif\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-21\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612774\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/83\/4b\/834bc7e34050987f.jpg\" alt=\"toowoomba-garden-wedding-at-gabbinbar-homestead-11\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"goldbox\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Wedding Team:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photography &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/benyew.com\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Yew Photography<\/a><br>\nEvent Planning &amp; Venue &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/gabbinbar.com.au\" target=\"_blank\">Gabbinbar Homestead<\/a><br>\nFloral Design &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/deanesweddingflowers.com.au\" target=\"_blank\">Deane&rsquo;s Wedding Flowers<\/a><br>\nCake &ndash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/artisancakecouture\/?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\">Artisan Cake Couture<\/a><br>\nVideography &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/youfilmit.com.au\" target=\"_blank\">You Film It<\/a><br>\nMakeup Artist &ndash;&nbsp;Hayley and Chloe Makeup Artist<br>\nHair Styling &ndash; Meggie&rsquo;s Hair<br>\nWedding Dress &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/ruedeseine.com\" target=\"_blank\">Rue De Seine<\/a>&nbsp;via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.babushkaballerina.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Babushka Ballerina<\/a><br>\nRings &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.argylejewellers.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Argyle Jewellers<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Carlie and Jason, and a huge thanks to Junebug member&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/best-wedding-photographers\/Iceland-photography\/Ben-Yew-Photography\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Yew Photography<\/a>&nbsp;for sharing their wedding with us. Love this Australian wedding&rsquo;s garden vibes? Then you&rsquo;ve got to see <a href=\"http:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/garden-inspired-new-orleans-wedding-at-the-columns-hotel\/\" target=\"_blank\">this garden-inspired New Orleans wedding at The Columns Hotel!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"xoxo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.junebugweddings.com\/blog\/xoxo\/xo-gabby.jpg\" alt=\"xoxogabby\" width=\"97\" height=\"47\"><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the Queensland city of Toowoomba is known for its magnificent gardens, green-thumbed Carlie and Jason knew that Toowoomba&rsquo;s&nbsp;Gabbinbar Homestead&nbsp;was the perfect venue&nbsp;for their very personal wedding. The couple&rsquo;s ceremony took place under a 150-year-old fig tree and was followed with yard games in the garden, a lovely reception in the venue&rsquo;s conservatory, and a sparkler grand exit. We love how Carlie and Jason&rsquo;s wedding d&eacute;cor included sentimental details like cacti favors from their own [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"kia_subtitle":"","footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[1207,1071,1380,1466,1076,1079,1423,1005,1087,1088],"tags":[1109,1099,1113],"class_list":["post-612759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian-wedding","category-casual-wedding","category-countryside-wedding","category-diy-wedding","category-elegant-wedding","category-garden-wedding","category-queensland-wedding","category-real-weddings","category-romantic-wedding","category-rustic-wedding","tag-light-pink","tag-sage-green","tag-white"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}