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Molly Tuttle and Ketch Secor have married in a California wedding built around the couple’s shared love of nature and music.
The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, 33, and Old Crow Medicine Show frontman, 48, exchanged handwritten vows and poetry on Saturday, Aug. 22, at a private park in Santa Cruz, California, five years after they began dating.
The couple chose the same rustic wooden bridge over the San Lorenzo River where Secor proposed to Tuttle on Thanksgiving last year. Their wedding was attended by 122 guests and officiated by Secor’s father, Jay.
“Northern California is Molly’s home,” Secor tells PEOPLE. “She grew up in its stunning environment, her voice echoing through redwood forests, strumming her guitar beside steely blue waters.”
Secor, who is from the South, said California felt like the right place to begin their marriage because of Tuttle’s connection to the area.
The setting also shaped the wedding itself. The couple used earthy colours, wildflowers and local produce, while their invitations were designed to resemble state park postcards.
“We wanted to make the whole experience feel like an extension of the beautiful landscape where we are getting married,” Tuttle tells PEOPLE.
The couple also wanted their families and close friends to be at the centre of the celebration. “We were so excited to host both of our families and close friends together for the first time,” Tuttle said. “We wanted the experience to be about them having fun and making beautiful memories together as much as it is about celebrating our love.”
Music naturally played a major role in the wedding. Secor joked that his must-have was “a fiddle within arm’s reach,” while guests took part in a jam session during cocktail hour, with instruments placed around the redwoods for them to play together.
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