Plan a magical wedding day in Vermont amid the wondrous Green Mountains, whether ablaze with fall color, capped with snow, or lush with the green of summer. Golden sunsets. White Camelot tents. Antique barns. Vermont’s allure as a wedding destination is matched only by the caliber of topnotch professionals ready to help plan your most special day.

An air of magic hovers around the little stone and wood building. Maybe it’s the shimmer of every “I do” uttered there since the chapel was established in 1983. Maybe it’s the location on the historic Toll Road up Mt. Mansfield, a revered landmark for Vermonters. Maybe it’s the lingering aura of love that helped dream up and plant this sacred building in the forest.

Recently engaged couples are often so swept up in the excitement surrounding their engagements that they can be forgiven for initially overlooking all the wedding planning that awaits them. Planning a wedding is no small task, but many couples very much enjoy all the hard work that goes into making their special day a success.

Weddings present an opportunity to embrace time-honored traditions. However, couples can be as tradition-minded or as unique in their wedding details as they desire. There’s certainly room to let your personalities shine through during both the ceremony and the reception.

While planning their wedding, it was key for both Bridget and Greg that their love and the journey they were starting together were central to every detail.

Listen up fellas — and gals. Here’s how you propose: Take a romantic boat ride on the Mekong River, follow up with cocktails at the famous Raffles Hotel Le Royal in Phnom Penh and ...

Fall was the perfect time for the couple to marry in Stowe and, of course “seeing the smiles of everyone we love from every stage of life with us and supporting us as we entered this new chapter.”

Arches, or arbors, take many shapes and forms during wedding ceremonies, and they serve as more than just a frame for the bride and groom. Rich in religious symbolism and antiquity, arbors represent a link to future and past, framed by the present — a new path, forged together.

Local Weddings And Anniversaries

Marjorie Major celebrated a major milestone in February when she turned 100 years old. She is seen here celebrating at Wake Robin with daughters Jackie Goss, left, and right, Terre Murphy, along with her friends.

Newlyweds Dorilee and Sean Lavin of Shelburne are joined at the hip as a three-legged, two-armed and two-headed dragon at the recent Halloween celebration in Shelburne.

Kody R. Bishop of Stowe and Keren Cesa Nina Ramos of Huancayo, Peru were united in marriage under the arbor in the serenity garden at the home of Joshua and Erin Faye in East Falmouth, Mass., with Kody’s godfather, Rev. Marshall Faye of the Universal Life Ministries officiating. Helen Lea Faye presented the bridal bouquet.

It’s a rare sense of place that makes a Vermont wedding stand out, from the food that’s grown on the farm just down the road to the verdant rolling hills and sparkling silver waters that twist and turn through the countryside. And then there are the people who become as much a part of your wedding experience as the scenery itself. Vermont’s small business owners take pride in helping you select the perfect dress, an eye-catching bouquet, and the most scrumptious dessert — all of the details that make your wedding your very own.

Stowe & Green Mountain Weddings is a highly localized, comprehensive resource for planning a wedding in central and northern Vermont. The complimentary annual magazine helps brides and grooms reach the best purveyors of wedding services in the area. It is directly distributed and has an annual printed circulation of 8,500. From the engagement to the honeymoon, peruse stories and advice written by local journalists and accompanied by professional Vermont wedding images. To learn more about our wedding guide or to see your business in our publications, please contact us or click "Advertise" below.