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The event begins with cocktails overlooking a small pond on the site. KBY used a brown and yellow color scheme to melt into the surroundings.
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A view across the pond at the site--
Neot Kedumim, a nature reserve located between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv that reflects the Biblical landscape of fields of barley and olive trees.
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A closer view of the cheerful sunflowers at the cocktail reception.
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The wedding team was asked the leave the field of barley intact; to do so, they brought in a truck to clear only the section needed to build the ceremony and reception platform.
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The wedding's logo was the famous "LOVE" image by American artist Robert Indiana in Hebrew. The logo appeared in road signs, menus, etc.
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Indiana's original "LOVE" motif, which was later used on a U.S. postage stamp.
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The elegant "bedeken" tent.
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The interior of the bedeken tent.
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A long view of the event platform, Constructed in several levels, the structure moved guests in a path from the ceremony through to the dinner reception.
Imagine Lighting Design contributed stage design and lighting.
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A view from the dining area back through the archway leading from the ceremony area.
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The dramatic archway linking the ceremony and reception platforms. Installation of the structures took four days.
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The archway was lined with white lattice and 300 pots of white roses.
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A view of the archway. KBY chose a white palette with touches of green for the structure to create a dramatic scene amidst the natural setting.
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Another view of the archway.
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Night begins to fall.
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A long view of the reception area.
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Greenery climbs up lamps in the dining area.
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A closer view of a dining table.
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A longer view of the dining platform.
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As night fell, lighting came up over the entire structure.
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A view of the dinner area at night. Photo by Noa Tomarkin.
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Another view of the dinner area. Photo by Noa Tomarkin.
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Lighting on the archway. Photo by Noa Tomarkin.
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A closer view of a chandelier, Photo by Noa Tomarkin.
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The band takes the stage.
Zilberboim provided lighting, sound and LED screens. Photo by Noa Tomarkin.
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Guests at the bar. For dinner, each area had its own open-air kitchen, where guests ordered as if at a restaurant. For the 520 guests, there was one kitchen for every 125. Besides the dining area, the structrure included a lounge with coffee and candy bars.
Food Art handled catering.
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The wedding cake follows the white and green palette.
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A final view of the wedding scene in the barley field.
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