Caterers, coordinators, cakes. Makeup artists, marriage celebrants, musicians. Photographers, videographers, decor stylists, hair stylists, floral stylists. It really does take a mighty tribe to make all your wedding dreams come true.

Finding just the right people to trust with what is supposed to be the most magical day of your life is no easy feat. One sure fire way to make gains on the Dream Team is to attend A Village Wedding Expo, where only the most professional, creative, talented and experienced wedding vendors of the hinterland gather to give brides and grooms a little taste of what to expect for their hinterland wedding. 

What isn’t a hard task is taking the beautiful scenic drive up the range, navigating to the charming Montville Village Hall, where all the proceedings of A Village Wedding Expo will unfold with more than 50 wedding specialists coming together to showcase all the latest wedding trends. Here are all the details for this blessed event. 

Date: Sunday, June 19

Time: 9:00am to 3:30pm

Where: Montville Village Hall – Memorial Close, Montvtille 

Entry cost: Free! 

The Bride’s Tree team is pleased to support the Sunshine Coast hinterland wedding expo, A Village Wedding Expo, and we can’t wait to be there ourselves on the day, and we look forward to meeting many a blushing bride and her handsome groom! 

Images of some of the hinterland’s most iconic locations by Jennifer Oliphant Photographer.

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I'm sure once you see the images of the beautiful venues below, you will only want to see more. So that's why you should take a lovely drive up the range today to enjoy the last day of the Maleny Montville Wedding Professionals annual bridal showcase. This collective of the best of the best wedding suppliers will help you to plan the wedding of the year! 

Below are links to all the venue reviews we shared with you this week, and once again the information you need to attend the many different showcase locations and places open for inspection today. And… the prizes you can win if you come along! 

By the way… the hinterland area is usually a few degrees cooler than the coast – just another incentive to mosey on up to see us today. 

Flaxton Gardens

Spicers Clovelly

Vue de Lumieres

House of Laurels 

Pomodoras on Obi

Make sure you come along and say hi to The Bride's Tree team at Maleny Manor today. We would love to meet you, and you could win some fabulous prizes! Last chance! 

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There is an innate romantic feel to the venue, the lavish rooms boast fifteen foot ceilings elegantly lit with antique chandeliers, marble spa bathrooms and French doors opening up to the veranda that leads to perfumed manicured gardens. 

Wedding ceremonies can be held in the beautiful gardens, while a marquee and pavillion reception allows you plenty of space to entertain up to 140 seated guests, or 200 for a cocktail-style wedding. With six varying wedding packages available, there is plenty of flexibility for you to choose an option to suit both the style of wedding you have in mind, and of course that pesky budget.

This Saturday and Sunday, January 12-13, House of Laurels is open for inspection to anyone who would like to stop in and have a nosy, as part of the Maleny Montville Wedding Professionals Bridal Showcase. There will also be a delegation of incredible Sunshine Coast hinterland wedding professionals exhibiting there, ready to meet you and answer all your questions about your wedding day and the services they offer. 

Best of all, you can nab yourself some awesome deals especially on offer only during the showcase, and even have the chance to win some amazing prizes! Further details below images, 

All-inclusive packages incorporate decorating along with magical touches and inspiring ideas to create the picture perfect wedding for you

High ceilings with a glass skylight mean you can have your indoor wedding reception under the stars.

From the manicured gardens, themed marquee, majestic pavilion room and Roman courtyard, House of Laurels offers great scope and flexibility to ensure the picture perfect occasion.

At the end of the night, the bridal suite and all guest houe accommodation is within walking distance to the main house and reception area

The Low Down

Minimum number of guests: 50 however smaller numbers by negotiation

Maximum number of guests: 140 seated and 200 cocktail style

Operating as a wedding venue: 10+ years

Wedding days available: any day

How many weddings in a day: 1

Air conditioning: No

Adequate parking: Yes

Wheelchair accessible: with assistance

Operating hours: Wedding packages commence 30 minutes prior to ceremony time and can be extended up to 12am (charges apply) Breakfast and lunch time weddings also catered for.

Ceremony location: Garden

Reception locations: Marquee & pavilion

Music: Surround sound with Ipod connectivity and CD player

Bring own cake: Yes

Fully staffed bar onsite: Yes

BYO: No

Dance floor: Yes

Room for a band: Yes

Audio equipment with speakers and a microphone: Yes

Wet weather ceremony back up plan: Marquee

Acccess to rest of venue:  All in-house accommodation and self-contained cottages are within walking distance to the venue.  On-site dressing rooms available for Bridal Party preparations on the day.

Amazing Hinterland Wedding Professionals Showcasing at House of Laurels

Photography: Artography

Celebrants: Karen Faa

Entertainment: Mr Bojangles

Transport: Suncoast Vintage Limos

Hair and Makeup: Velvet on Montville

Cakes: Cakes by Judith Brosnan

Map to House of Laurels

Make sure you come and meet the team and find out about House of Laurels’ wedding packages on offer. You will also be able meet all of the above fantastic wedding professionals at House of Laurels on the day. 

Watch this space – tomorrow we will have another beautiful hinterland wedding venue to share with you and all of the details on what’s happening there this weekend! 

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Located beside Balomoral Lookout, one of the highest points on the Blackall Range, Vue de Lumieres has large private hedge lined gardens, and away from the hustle and bustle, in the charm of your own marquee, this is an ideal location for your dream day. For your ceremony, you have the choice of many pretty spots, including the chapel pergola. No matter your choice, all have amazing expansive coastal views.

Whether you are having a traditional wedding, a Morrocan Bazaar, or anything in-between, the Master Chef will work with you to design a menu to suit your theme. 

This weekend, you this hinterland wedding venue will be open for inspection as part of the Maleny Montville Wedding Professionals’ Bridal Showcase. More details below images. 

The Low Down

Minimum number of guests: 40          

Maximum number of guests: 200

Operating as a wedding venue: 3+ years

Wedding days available: 7

How many weddings in a day: 1 

Air conditioning: Yes

Adequate parking: Yes

Wheelchair accessible: Special Arrangements

Operating hours: As required

Ceremony locations: Various locations in the hedge lined gardens, with expansive  coastal views

Reception locations: Marquee allocated as per individual requirements, with expansive coastal views

Music: Yes

Bring own cake: Yes

Fully staffed bar onsite: Yes 

BYO: Yes

Dance floor: Yes 

Room for a band: Yes

Audio equipment with speakers and a microphone: As Required

Wet weather ceremony back up plan: Yes

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Right, it's the New Year, the world did not end in December 2012, so it's time to get serious about planning your wedding. We have just the way to kick off your year with some very productive researching.

On January 12-13, there is but one place you should be – at the Maleny Montville Bridal Showcase! This is your best opportunity to see all the best wedding venues in the picturesque Maleny and Montville in our Sunshine Coast hinterland. There is no more romantic place in the world, and there are no better wedding professionals than the ones you will find at the Maleny Montville Bridal Showcase. 

Chesterton Smith Photography

All of the best hinterland wedding venues will be hosting you, so over the course of the weekend, this is a brilliant time to have a good old nosy about them. 

You can still pre-register your interest in attending the showcase, specifying which venues you are most interesting in viewing, and you will gain entry into a prize draw to win $1,500 cash to spend on your wedding with the amazing Maleny Montville Wedding Professionals! 

Andrea Sproxton Photography

KJ Artistry

$1,500… think of all the ways you could put that money to great use – hair and makeup, cakes, photography, beverage package, celebrant's fees… the possibilities are endless! And let me tell you, your fiance will love you even more for shaving a bit off the cost of the wedding. Or… now, just putting this out there, but you could maybe just omit telling him and give that little bit of the budget back to your dress shopping!

CL Weddings and Events

There are also a bunch of other prizes you could win, including a cake by the incomparable Lee Berryman of Cake Designs, who is an amazing pastry chef with a wealth of experience, including having worked at Harrods of London. 

The Bride's Tree team will be stationed at Maleny Manor on the day, and we can't wait to meet all of you lovely Sunshine Coast brides! Alongside our little stall, you will find a bunch of brilliant wedding industry professionals, and many more at each of the venues showcasing over the weekend. Next week, we will be sharing with you some of these venues and the details you will need on where you can find all of the Maleny Montville Wedding Professionals you have been dying to meet. 

Maleny Manor

Photo by Calli B Photography

Bill Scurry Marriage Celebrant

 Penny Riddoch Photography

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Today, my lovely little Sunshine Coast brides, I'm going to answer this question for you all. We have made the most wonderful discoveries in hinterland-based wedding designers and planners, specialising in marquee weddings. I am of course speaking of none other than the amazing duo, Elisabeth and Kay, from Red Letter Studio (formerly known as Weddings in the Wild).

Red Letter Studio have access to both an amazing selection of every which kind of marquee you could hope to find, and the properties and venues appropriate for hosting such affairs. Aha! Perfect! Now, when we say "marquee weddings", we are not referring to a bang-together tent-type situation. Oh no, we are talking amazing, lavish, fully styled and decorated down to the very last detail. Think beautiful lounges, cocktail bars, chandeliers, and everything in-between.

Marquee weddings can be planned for 10 up to 200 guests and there is a lot of variations in the set up available, even with the ability to create separate rooms within the marquee. This works beautifully if you are wanting to create a chilled out lounge area for one and dance area for another, while keeping your dining area separate. You can be creative as you like with this, or if you're not so up with the creativity, worry not because the Red Letter Studio team have oodles to go around.

Aside from the marquees themselves, Elisabeth and Kay take care of absolutely everything to do with your wedding planning, and with 17 years local area knowledge and relationships with suppliers in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, they are definitely the gals in the know. From the first consultation, where they find out exactly what makes you tick as a couple and what you envision for your wedding day, down to the very last detail with fitting out your marquee beautifully, the girls have got you covered.

We have some fantastic news for you all! If you like what you read about Red Letter Studio (pfft – if! Yeah right, we know there's no question!), then you have the opportunity to meet the lovely Elisabeth and Kay themselves this Sunday, July 22 at the free expo in Montville! We will be there too, and we would love for you to come and say hi while you're checking out a bunch of awesome Sunshine Coast hinterland wedding suppliers.

A MONTVILLE WEDDING HINTERLAND BRIDAL EXPO

Date: Sunday, July 22

Time: 10:00am – 4:00pm

Where: Montville Village Hall, Main Street, Montville

Cost: FREE!

Prizes: There will be two amazing packages, both valued at over $1300 up for grabs. They include lots of lovely things, like engagement photo shoots, dinners, massages, nights away and heaps more. In addition, many of the wedding professionals holding stalls on the day will be offering special deals, discounts and giveaways to those who attend the expo.

For more information, visit the A Montville Wedding website here.

Please note that Red Letter Studio are no longer servicing Sunshine Coast weddings.  For all marquee wedding enquiries please contact Perry's Sunshine Coast Event Hire.

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The Sunshine Coast hinterland region is an extremely popular wedding destination. Hmm… it could be thanks to the stunning scenery, romantic atmosphere and country hospitality. It may be due to the world-class wedding venues and award-winning service providers. Perhaps it’s the second-to-none spectacular views. Our guess is… All of the above, of course!

Personally, we have found that each time we venture up the range to visit with the local wedding professionals, we come away (under protest of not actually wanting to leave), full of inspiration and wanting to share all of our discoveries about this undeniably beautiful piece of the Sunshine Coast, and the people there, too. So we can’t wait to have the whole day on Sunday to natter with you about it! From makeup artists to florists, from venues to photographers, there is absolutely everything you need for your Sunshine Coast hinterland wedding to be found at the expo.

Another amazing thing the hinterland has is fantastic wedding venues and every type of accommodation you could possibly want to host your wedding guests. And… here’s the best part about the expo – there will be a tour you can join to visit a whole stack of them and take a peek around!  There will also be venues open for inspection, so you can visit specific venues on your way to or from the expo. These venues will be ready and waiting for your visit to show you around:

Top of the Hill 
Maleny Retreat 
Spicers Tamarind Retreat and Spicers Clovelly Retreat
Allarra Homestead
House of Laurels
Michel Chalets
Maleny Botanic Gardens 
Secrets on the Lake
Montville Country Cabins
Misty View Cottages – 12:00 – 4:00pm
Key Restaurant 
The Falls Rainforest Cottages 2:00 – 4:00pm
Pomodoras
Flaxton Gardens
Lake Terraces will be open for inspection the following Sunday

A MONTVILLE WEDDING HINTERLAND BRIDAL EXPO

Date: Sunday, July 22

Time: 10:00am – 4:00pm

Where: Montville Village Hall, Main Street, Montville

Cost: FREE!

Prizes: There will be two amazing packages, both valued at over $1300 up for grabs. They include lots of lovely things, like engagement photo shoots, dinners, massages, nights away and heaps more. In addition, many of the wedding professionals holding stalls on the day will be offering special deals, discounts and giveaways to those who attend the expo.

For more information, visit the A Montville Wedding website here.

A MONTVILLE WEDDING…

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