Together with their families

Rosa& June

invite you to celebrate their marriage

Thimble Hill Gardens

Asheville, North Carolina

Illustration of Rosa and June from behind, hand in hand before a round garden arch of peonies and marigolds; one wears a tea-length dress, the other a wide-leg jumpsuit, each carrying her own bouquet

Countdown

until Garden Ceremony

206 days until Garden Ceremony

Schedule

  1. 6:30 PM

    Porch Supper

    When
    Friday, June 4, 2027, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM EDT
    Where
    The Quilt House — Back Porch18 Larkspur Street, Asheville, NC 28801
    Attire
    CasualCome as you are. The porch gets cool after dark, so bring a layer.
    Notes
    Tomato pie, cornbread and a long table. Rosa’s mother is making the flan.
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  1. 4:30 PM

    Garden Ceremony

    When
    Saturday, June 5, 2027, 4:30 PM – 5:15 PM EDT
    Where
    Thimble Hill Gardens — The Peony Walk36 Sampler Lane, Asheville, NC 28801
    Attire
    CocktailGarden party. Wear what you feel wonderful in: a dress, a suit, a jumpsuit. The lawn is soft, so flats or block heels.
    Notes
    We walk in together. Please take any seat: there are no sides.
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  2. 5:30 PM

    Supper & Dancing

    When
    Saturday, June 5, 2027, 5:30 PM – 10:30 PM EDT
    Where
    Thimble Hill Gardens — The Glasshouse36 Sampler Lane, Asheville, NC 28801
    Attire
    CocktailThe same as the ceremony. Bring shoes you can dance in.
    Notes
    Drinks among the peonies at 5:30, supper at 6:30, first dance at 8. Last song at 10:30.
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  1. 10:00 AM

    Biscuits & Goodbyes

    When
    Sunday, June 6, 2027, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
    Where
    The Quilt House — Back Porch18 Larkspur Street, Asheville, NC 28801
    Attire
    CasualWhatever you slept in, within reason.
    Notes
    Biscuits, sorghum butter, strong coffee. Drop in whenever you wake up.
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Our story

The mending circle

A Tuesday night in 2021, at the library in West Asheville. June came in with a coat that had lost three buttons. Rosa had a tin of buttons and an opinion about every one of them.

Two gardens

Rosa grows peonies and frets over them every May. June plants marigolds each spring because her grandmother did. In 2023 they dug one bed and planted both.

Yes, twice

Rosa asked at an overlook on the Parkway. Four days later June asked back, at the kitchen table, with a hoop she had been stitching in secret: two bouquets and one ribbon.

Wedding party

  • Lucía Delgado

    Maid of Honor

    Rosa’s sister. Has kept the button tin safe since 2021.

  • Chidi Okafor

    Man of Honor

    June’s brother, and the keeper of both rings.

  • Wren Sato

    Best Woman

    Ran the mending circle. Takes full credit.

  • Dee Alvarez

    Bridesperson

    Rosa’s oldest friend. Doing the flowers.

Travel & stay

Where to stay

Airports

  • AVL Asheville Regional Airport about 25 minutes
  • GSP Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport about 1 hour 15 minutes
  • CLT Charlotte Douglas International Airport about 2 hours 10 minutes

Getting around

A shuttle runs from both hotels to Thimble Hill from 3:45 pm on Saturday and back until 11 pm. The gardens have a small gravel lot; carpool if you can.

Good to know

Early June in the mountains is warm by day, about 78°F, and cool once the sun goes down. A shower can blow through in the afternoon: the ceremony moves into the glasshouse if it does.

Things to do

  • The Blue Ridge Parkway Twenty minutes to the first overlook. Go at sunset.
  • The River Arts District Studios, a good coffee, and more yarn than you need.

Gallery

  • The button tin, 2021
  • Rosa’s peonies
  • June’s marigolds
  • The Parkway at sunset
  • The hoop June stitched
  • Two rings, one ribbon
Embroidered illustration of an open round tin with buttons spilling out of it in pink, gold and cream, and a spool of pink thread with a needle
Photo 1 of 6 The button tin, 2021

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Porch Supper Friday, June 4, 2027, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Garden Ceremony Saturday, June 5, 2027, 4:30 PM – 5:15 PM
Supper & Dancing Saturday, June 5, 2027, 5:30 PM – 10:30 PM
Biscuits & Goodbyes Sunday, June 6, 2027, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
How many in your party, including you?

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  2. Leave empty if not coming

Registry

Questions

Yes, to everything. There will be a blanket, bubbles and a patient cousin on the lawn.

Your reply form shows how many seats we have saved for you.

Garden party. A dress, a suit, a jumpsuit: whatever you feel wonderful in. Leave the stilettos at home, the lawn will keep them.

Yes. The Peony Walk and the glasshouse are step-free on firm gravel, and a golf cart runs from the lot to the lawn.

A small free lot at the gardens, and plenty at both hotels. The shuttle is the easy way.

Links below. We have two of most things already, so a plant for the garden is just as welcome.