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When event insiders and best friends Dakotah Terrace, owner of full-service floral provider Jardiniere Events in Hilton Head, S.C., and Devin Van Bortel, owner of Amazing Event Rentals in Hardeeville, S.C., decided to wed, they knew they could use their expertise to make their wedding day exactly what they wanted it to be.
“Over the years, we’ve built a reputation in the Southeast — if you need a tent, you call Amazing; if you need flowers, you call Jardiniere,” Van Bortel explains. “Because of that, I knew early on we needed a brand-new tent, something that would wow people driving by but also something that could live on and be rented again.”
The couple hired Waterford, N.Y.-based Fred’s Tents and Canopies Inc. to build them an arched garden tent with an expanded cupola. “Fred’s has been building garden tents for years. We wanted something different while keeping the traditional garden profile,” Van Bortel says.
The tent’s profile was 20 meters wide by 35 long by 4 tall (66 by 115 by 13 feet). It also featured 5-meter bays and a 10-meter-wide cupola as the focal point and main entrance (16 and 33 feet, respectively).
“Fred’s Tents has since debuted this structure as their Horizon Series, which is pretty incredible, having a leading tent manufacturer take your wedding tent and offer it to their clientele,” Van Bortel says.
The new tent line debuted at Advanced Textiles Association’s Tent Expo in January.
Sigrid Tornquist is a Minneapolis, Minn.-based writer and editor and former InTents editor.
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