FAQs

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What should we wear?

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Whatever makes you feel your best! Have fun with it, and think garden party cocktail attire. The event is outside, so check the weather beforehand. It might be warm.

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How do we get to the venue?

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We highly recommend Ubering to the venue. Just plug in Bartram’s Garden, or 5400 Lindbergh Blvd, as your destination. If you drive, there is complimentary valet at the venue.

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What time should we arrive?

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Guests can begin arriving at the venue at 5 p.m. We’d love if everyone was seated by 5:20 p.m. so we can make sure everything starts on time!

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How do we get home?

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At the end of the night, we will have buses to take people back to the W/Element Hotels. One bus will leave around 10 p.m., and then two more buses will leave when the reception ends at 11 p.m. And you're of course welcome to Uber!

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Is the event indoor or outdoor?

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Everything will be outside — the ceremony and cocktail hour will be in the gardens, and dinner will be under a tent.

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Is there an after party?

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You bet. We’ll keep the party goin at the Pen and Pencil Club, the oldest press club in the U.S. at 1522 Latimer Street, after the reception ends. It's just a five minute walk from the hotel, so we'll mosey on over after the buses drop us off.

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What is Bartram’s Garden?

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Bartram’s Garden was founded in 1728 by Quaker naturalist John Bartram, making it the oldest surviving public garden in the U.S. Bartram founded the land in Southwest Philadelphia and built a collection of buildings, where he grew an extensive botanical collection and operated a flourishing business based around the transatlantic trade in plants. By the mid-eighteenth century, Bartram's Garden had "the most varied collection of North American plants in the world."