The Bride on her White Bicycle

The bride rode a white beribboned bicycle in her white wedding dress as the guests rode behind on the 50+ bikes borrowed from the people of Ketchum, Idaho.  Local Portlanders, Kelli and Ross Segelken arrived on separate bikes then pedaled to the reception, as one, on a tandem.

Riding Tandem from wedding to Reception

Many of us ride our bikes to work or to meet up with friends, but how many of us would consider riding bikes to our wedding ceremony and reception? OK, maybe we know of a few ladies in Portland that would, but how many of them could convince all of their wedding guests to do the same? Well, Kelli and Ross did just that on their wedding day.

Kelli looked lovely as she rode down the “aisle” in a wedding dress hand painted by her mother Sharon. Kelli and Ross were followed by supportive family and friends as they cruised down the dirt trail together on bicycles decorated with colorful ribbons and flowers.

Taking the concept of going green on their wedding day to a whole new level, the ceremony and reception were held outside where the beautiful landscape created natural decorations, minimizing their waste and consumption. They gathered flowers from fields near the wedding site, made hand painted signs that directed guests and looked to their friends and family to help with the cooking, baking and photography. Guests were given Tree In A Box wedding favors at the reception, giving them an opportunity to take back with them a piece of nature and one that will surely remind them of the celebration of love between Kelli and Ross for years to come.

This couples love for nature and for each other helped them make choices for their wedding that reflect their values and creativity. Kelli had this to say about the wedding  “The best part of the whole wedding weekend (aside from the getting married and starting the “happily ever after” part), is knowing that our wonderful friends and family got to smile and dance and enjoy getting to know each other for the beautiful people we already knew you were.”  Looking at the pictures it’s clear that this wedding was filled with joy, happiness and will be remembered by all who attended.   

written by Megan Poole