The Knot Best of Weddings 2024

Left: One Life Photography | Middle: Brian D. Smith | Right: Madison Banks Patrick Properties Hospitality Group is excited to announce that three of our venues have once again won “Best of the Knot!” Longtime “Best of The Knot” Hall of Famers, Lowndes Grove and the William Aiken House, found themselves on the list for […]

Winter Drink Inspo for Your Holiday Parties

Left + Right: Catherine Hurt Photography | Middle: Yellowbird Visuals Photography Embrace the enchanting chill of the holiday season with a curated collection of some of our favorite winter cocktails + mocktails. Designed to elevate any holiday party, these drinks will take your guests to new heights of festive delight. Whether you’re hosting an intimate […]

Unleash the Love: Paws-itively Perfect Ways to Include Your Dog in Your Wedding

Charleston, South Carolina, known for its historic architecture and southern hospitality, is the perfect backdrop for a wedding that celebrates love in all forms. And what better way to make your special day even more memorable than by including your fur baby in the festivities? In this post, we’ll explore some of the creative and […]

Season of Love: 5 Ways to Incorporate Valentine’s Day into Your Wedding

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, and spring not far behind, we’re turning up the romance and giving the classic holiday a front row seat for this month’s blog post. Paying homage to all things LOVE, we’re celebrating by giving you 5 different ideas for incorporating ‘hearts’ into your big day. Besides tying the […]

How to Personalize Your Wedding: Bon Appetit!

Often the most valuable piece to any great celebration, cuisine is a welcome interlude between ceremony and reception. Peppered in during hours of dancing the night away, food serves as a gift to your guests – a token of your appreciation that they’ve traveled to celebrate with you. The hors d’oeuvres, desserts, snacks, and dinner […]

How to Personalize Your Wedding: The Favor of Your Company

Arguably one of the easier ways to personalize your wedding weekend, favors are the couple’s chance to kick it up a notch with their creativity. Whether you choose miniature bottles of limoncello, custom koozies with a hand-drawn sketch of your pup, or bags full of your favorite snacks to welcome your guests to Charleston for […]

How to Personalize Your Wedding: Blossom, Branch, and Beauty

Deeply rooted in history (going as far back as 800 B.C.E.), bound by timeless tradition, and inspired by ever-changing fashion trends, flowers are an important piece to the wedding day puzzle. Brides in ancient Egypt carried bundles of wheat to encourage fertility. In ancient Greece, garlands and crowns of olive branches, orange blossoms, and herbs […]

How to Personalize Your Wedding: Signature Sips, Shaken or Stirred

Let’s be honest: a well-dressed bar is the best guest at any event. From bubbles or crisp white wine to bourbon on the rocks, the bar is where the party begins. It’s the first thing guests locate after the ceremony and before hors d’oeuvres are passed. It’s the place for conversation, for mingling over mixed […]

How to Personalize Your Wedding: All Things Pressed and Pretty

If you’re currently in the midst of planning your special day, the first thing you send out is the save the date. Usually a simple and straightforward piece, it serves to notify your guests of the wedding date and time so they can start making the necessary arrangements to attend. It also alerts them to […]

How to Personalize Your Wedding: Sugar, Spice + a Dash of Personal Touch

With all the inspiration out there, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed when planning your wedding day. Colors, patterns, textures, layouts, menus, cake flavors… the list goes on and on. The more inspiration we take in, and the larger our Pinterest board grows, the more the original idea for our celebration can start to blur around […]