Salt Spring Island Weddings
A Guide to Local Wedding Venues, Florists, & More
Salt Spring offers more than beautiful wedding venues, it’s an island full of incredible businesses, makers, and experiences that add richness to any celebration or visit. From oceanfront restaurants and local wineries to spas, markets, and outdoor adventures, Salt Spring is a place where weddings and vacations naturally blend together.
At Folklore Wedding Company, we can help bring it all together with our wedding planning services. Whether you’re dreaming of a grand celebration or a quiet elopement, our team knows the island, its venues, and its community of vendors inside and out. We’ll work with you to design a day that feels seamless, meaningful, and true to your story, everything that defines Salt Spring Island weddings at their best.
If you’re exploring other areas, we’ve also the following guides:
- Gabriola Island
- Gulf Islands
- Tofino, Ucluelet & Bamfield
- Central Vancouver Island
- North Vancouver Island
Together, these pages form the Folklore Weddings Vendor Collective, a growing regional network built to support local wedding creatives and help couples discover the most inspiring people and places across coastal British Columbia.
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Planning a Salt Spring Island Wedding or Elopement?
Updated April 19th 2026
Lavender & Black
Tucked into the quiet north end of Salt Spring Island, Lavender & Black is an intimate working farm and one of the island's most romantic venues for elopements and micro-weddings. Surrounded by rolling fields of lavender, it offers a serene setting for couples seeking a celebration grounded in beauty and simplicity. Designed for gatherings of up to twelve guests, it's a space that invites you to slow down, focus on each other, and share your vows somewhere that feels both natural and deeply personal.
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Wedding Venues
Ruckle Farm
Perched on the southeastern shoreline of Salt Spring Island, Ruckle Heritage Farm is a place where history, nature, and love come together. Established in 1872, it remains the oldest working family farm in the Gulf Islands, offering open pastures, forested trails, and sweeping ocean views, an idyllic setting for couples seeking a celebration rooted in place and meaning.
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Wedding Venues
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Bullock Lake Farm is a working farm and all-inclusive wedding venue on Salt Spring Island, offering a carefully curated celebration experience with elegant rustic charm for guest lists of 30 to 150. For couples planning off-site weddings, they also provide complete floral design services, bringing fresh blooms straight from their fields to venues across the Southern Gulf Islands and Victoria.
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Wedding Venues
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Stone Bridge Island Farm
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Stone Bridge Island Farm is an 80-acre Salt Spring Island property with arbutus and oak trees, ocean views, and sandstone cliffs setting the scene for weddings of all kinds. The 8,000-square-foot barn opens on all sides to mountains, fields, water, and sunsets, making it equally suited to ceremonies, receptions, and dancing, while on-site bed and breakfast accommodations let couples and guests settle into the island's beauty for the full stay.
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Wedding Venues
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5:05 PMNestled on 22 acres of oceanfront property on Salt Spring Island, Hastings House Country House Hotel offers heritage charm and sweeping ocean views across multiple ceremony settings, including a wedding arbour perched above the water. Eighteen well-appointed guest suites surrounded by manicured gardens make it easy for couples and their guests to settle in and savour the island for the full weekend.
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Sydney Woodward
Sydney Woodward is a passionate storyteller who founded Folklore Wedding Company. He combines his love for tintype photography with digital wedding photography and cinematic wedding video, bringing a collaborative, artful approach to Salt Spring Island weddings and celebrations across the coast. Rooted in a dedication to preserving love stories in meaningful ways, Sydney works with the 19th-century tintype process to create one-of-a-kind heirlooms while also crafting emotive digital imagery and film.
Stasia Garraway
Stasia Garraway has been working as a professional photographer for the last 15 years, offering wedding photography for the last eight. She specializes in natural, documentary-style images, focusing on candid photos that capture the essence of each special moment. At every wedding, she likes to work on a series of poetic and editorial-style photographs to tell the couple's story of love, family, and connection. She is always looking for gorgeous scenes, exceptional light, and the possibility of a moment that feels sublime or cinematic.
Photography & Videography
Folklore Multi-Creative Wedding Media Package
The Folklore Multi-Creative Package is a one-stop offering that brings together all of your wedding media needs under one cohesive creative team. Blending digital and film photography, cinematic videography, and Folklore’s signature tintype process, this collection ensures your celebration is captured with artistry, consistency, and care. Designed to work seamlessly alongside our regional Folklore Creatives, it’s ideal for couples who value storytelling that feels both timeless and true, preserving every detail and emotion across a range of visual mediums that celebrate the full spirit of your day.
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Buttercup Sandwich Florals
Buttercup Sandwich Florals creates floral designs with locally grown, organic flowers that reflect the uniqueness of every client and the plants of each season. They grow many flowers themselves, as well as sourcing from other local growers, to produce lively arrangements.
As a florist based on Salt Spring Island, Buttercup Sandwich serves BC Gulf Islands, Vancouver Island, Mainland BC, and Okanagan.
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Sea of Blooms Farm
Sea of Blooms Farm is a Salt Spring Island flower farm growing locally and sustainably raised cut flowers for all occasions, working in harmony with the seasons to supply weddings and events, everyday bouquets, and a small farm shop. Their flowers can be ordered for celebrations or picked up directly from the farmstand at the end of King Road across from Woodshed Provisions South, making it easy for couples and locals to bring fresh, island-grown blooms into their gatherings.
Florists
Bullock Lake Farm
Bullock Lake Farm is not just one of Salt Spring Island's best wedding venues but also a dedicated cut-flower farm. With a dedicated team of florists, they create fresh farm arrangements, backdrops, and decor grown on-site.
For those planning off-site events, across other wedding venues in the Southern Gulf Islands and Victoria area, they also offer complete floral design services, bringing the freshest blooms from their fields for spectacular designs.
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solace organic spa
Solace Organic Spa is a holistic forest spa in the south end of Salt Spring Island, offering private hydrotherapy sessions and spa rituals designed for wedding parties, elopements, and pre- or post-wedding retreats. Groups can book exclusive use of the Forest Hydrotherapy Circuit, cedar sauna, hot tub, cold plunge, and relaxation lounge—along with professional massage and spa treatments tailored to the occasion. Spa & Dine options featuring local charcuterie, kombucha, non-alcoholic bubbly, and chocolates make it a peaceful, nature-rooted place for couples and guests to unwind around their celebration.
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Makeup + Hair + Wellness
Mehndi Nomadic
Mehndi Nomadic is a travelling (mobile) henna-art and body-decoration studio, offering hand, arm, back, and full-body henna designs for weddings, celebrations, and special events. Their services deliver a beautiful and traditional form of adornment, perfect for couples who want to include a unique, culturally rich, and visually striking element in their wedding day or celebration.
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Heart Journey – Bridal Hair & Make-up
Heart Journey offers expert on-site bridal hair and make-up services across Galiano Island, Salt Spring Island, and the broader Vancouver Island region. With over 15 years of experience working on photo shoots, film sets, special events and weddings in West Coast locations like Whistler and Tofino, the stylist Asaya brings a refined yet relaxed aesthetic, perfect for couples seeking naturally radiant beauty in an island setting.
Folklore Wedding Company
Folklore Wedding Company curates all-inclusive elopements and intimate weddings on Salt Spring Island, partnering with the island’s most beautiful venues, from the lavender fields of Lavender & Black, to the oceanfront heritage grounds of Ruckle Farm, to sailing celebrations aboard the historic Providence tall ship. Each setting offers its own unique charm, and our team designs every detail to reflect your story and the island’s natural beauty. With local planners, photographers, and vendors working together, we create curated wedding experiences that make planning effortless and rooted in the spirit of Salt Spring Island, now including full-size wedding planning on the island, as well as month-of (day-of) coordination for couples who want confident support bringing everything together.
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Salt Spring Island Event Rentals
Salt Spring Island Event Rentals is Folklore Weddings' anchor rental partner on the island, offering couples a curated collection of tableware, glassware, candle holders, vases, table runners, arch drapes, vintage ladders, and decorative signage available to rent directly for celebrations on Salt Spring. Items are listed with clear pricing and damage deposits, making it easy to piece together a cohesive table and ceremony setup without sourcing from the mainland. Couples working with Folklore's planning team can have rentals coordinated alongside the rest of their vendor team, with delivery and pickup handled as part of the broader day.
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Woodshed Provisions is a Salt Spring Island food hub and catering kitchen led by chef Haidee Hart, offering beautifully curated West Coast dining rooted in the farms, forests, and ocean of the Gulf Islands. From their gourmet deli at The Jam Factory and whimsical farm stand in the island’s south end, they create seasonal takeaway meals, soups, salads, baked goods, picnic fare, and pantry provisions that highlight organic, thoughtfully sourced ingredients. The Woodshed team also caters weddings, special events, and corporate gatherings with prepared platters and full-service on-site menus that reflect place and season, often partnering with beloved venues like Bullock Lake Farm and Lightwater Cove to create warm, generous, locally inspired feasts.
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Salt Spring Catering is led by Red Seal chef Brody Paine, who brings over 20 years of experience from premier properties including the Westin Bayshore, Fairmont, and Marriott, alongside a culinary journey that has taken him across Italy and to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin as a chef for Team USA. His menus are seasonal, locally rooted, and designed to feel both refined and genuinely personal, with the kind of warmth and care that makes a wedding meal feel like more than just catering. Brody and his tight-knit team are known as much for their generosity and joy to work with as for the exceptional food they put on the table.
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Salt Spring Island is famous for its farm-to-table ideology, but Adina Guest of Love's Galettes is starting a farm-to-cake revolution. She is a one-woman custom pastry company who celebrates all that Salt Spring has to offer, with creations bursting with colour, texture and flavour.
Take a peek at Love's Galettes' Instagram, and you'll find yourself on a joyous ride through the cakes infused with Salt Spring Island flavors. Each cake comes engulfed in a cascade of petals and blooms, with layer upon layer of fresh and locally sourced ingredients.
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Haan Palcu-Chang is a Taiwanese-Romanian chef and caterer based on Salt Spring Island. Born and raised in Toronto, he grew up eating cabbage rolls at his bunica's and going out for dim sum with his Taiwanese family. As a chef, Haan has led award-winning kitchens in Toronto and Paris, worked in some of the best restaurants in Europe, Singapore, and Canada, and recently appeared on a season of Top Chef Canada. He is also the author of a small collection of Romanian Recipes. His cooking style is eclectic, inspired by his Eurasian heritage, experience cooking abroad, and the influences of growing up in one of the world's most multicultural cities, but all his food is centered around big, vibrant, crave-able flavours.
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Set on a hillside orchard with sweeping views, Salt Spring Wild Cider is both a cidery and a gathering place. Their craft ciders are made from heritage apples and wild foraged fruit, creating a taste that is uniquely tied to the island. With a relaxed patio, seasonal tasting room, and a focus on local ingredients, it’s a favourite stop for wedding guests and couples looking to share a true Salt Spring experience. Whether you’re planning a welcome party, an afternoon outing, or simply want to stock your celebration with something authentically local, Wild Cider brings a refreshing taste of the island.
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Salty Stay Cabin
Salty Stay Cabin is a Scandinavian-inspired retreat on Salt Spring Island, tucked behind a willow tree on a rural half acre and a short walk from nearby beaches. Designed with a clean, minimal aesthetic, it’s a cozy home base for deep-focus work retreats, creative resets, and slow getaways with friends or family. The cabin sleeps up to six across two bedrooms (plus a spacious loft set up for yoga or stargazing), and includes a luxury kitchen with a gas range, an open living area with a gas fireplace, and outdoor hangout spaces with a front patio fire table and a backyard fire pit.
Lodging
Mariner’s Loft
Mariner’s Loft is an oceanview condo retreat perched above Ganges Harbour on Salt Spring Island, offering seven spacious 2- and 3-bedroom suites in the heart of the village. Each condo features full kitchens, cozy gas fireplaces, floor-to-ceiling windows, and private decks with BBQs overlooking the harbour, with self-check-in, in-suite laundry, Wi-Fi, and parking making it an easy, home-like base for getaways and wedding groups. Select suites are dog-friendly, and from the building it’s a short walk to marinas, seaplane dock, restaurants, shops, markets, and waterfront walks around Ganges.
Lodging
The Cottages
The Cottages on Salt Spring Island is a lakeside resort-style stay set on the edge of Bullock Lake, about a short drive from Ganges. The property offers bright, well-appointed cottages positioned for space and lake views, with private patios or balconies for slow mornings outdoors. It’s also set up well for wedding weekends and group stays, where guests can book multiple cottages together and use the resort as an easy home base for time on the island.
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Harbour House Hotel
Harbour House Hotel is a waterfront stay at the head of Ganges Harbour on Salt Spring Island, with many rooms offering harbour views and furnished patios or balconies for slow mornings and sunrise watching over Ganges Bay. Set just steps from Ganges Village (and the Saturday Market), it’s an easy home base for wedding weekends and guest stays, with an on-site full-service restaurant plus flexible event and meeting spaces for gatherings and celebrations.
Bassos Rancheros
Bassos, also known as Bassos Rancheros, is a Salt Spring Island–based wedding DJ with 15+ years of experience, known for vibrant sets that pull from world music, Latin rhythms, and global funk. He works closely with couples to shape the soundtrack and flow across the full day, including ceremony audio, cocktail hour, dinner, speeches, and a dance floor that matches the energy you want. He arrives with a pro sound system suited for weddings up to 100 guests, and can source larger systems and expanded support for bigger celebrations at additional cost.
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Oliver Swain
Oliver Swain is a JUNO and WCMA-nominated roots musician based in Victoria, playing banjo and upright bass with a vocal range and presence that tends to stop people in their tracks. His own description of his style as "chamber folk odyssey" says it well: whimsical, deeply felt, and rooted in Appalachian and folk traditions while being entirely his own thing. Available solo or with his full band, he performs wedding music as a service even though it isn't currently listed on his website, and he is one of Folklore Wedding Company's favourite musicians to bring into a celebration. Couples who want live music that genuinely means something should reach out directly to discuss what's possible.
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Emily Hartwell Jewelry
Emily Hartwell is a Salt Spring Island jeweller creating hand-crafted pieces with organic forms inspired by the West Coast. Alongside ready-to-ship jewelry, she designs bespoke engagement rings and wedding bands in a one-on-one process, shaping heirloom pieces that carry real meaning for couples. Orders ship from her Salt Spring Island studio, and you can also visit her showroom by appointment or find her in person at the Salt Spring Saturday Market.
Lux Rosa Jewellery.
My name is Lucie Rose, Owner and operator of Lux Rosa Jewellery. For over fifteen years, I have been slowly and intentionally honing my craft as a goldsmith. My passion for antiquities and history has always guided my hands toward the art of adornment creating pieces that feel timeless, tactile, and deeply human. My work draws inspiration from ancient Roman and Etruscan design, celebrating imperfection, texture, and the quiet beauty of something truly handmade. Each piece I create carries the marks of both history and the present moment a bridge between what was and what is.
Atelier Jacobsen Jensen - Goldsmith
Based on Salt Spring Island, Atelier Jacobsen Jensen offers handcrafted jewellery that blends timeless design with modern artistry. Paul Jacobsen Jensen specializes in creating bespoke pieces, as well as restoration and redesign of heirlooms, making his work a meaningful choice for weddings and celebrations. His studio on Salt Spring Island is a destination for couples seeking custom rings or keepsakes that carry the spirit of the Gulf Islands.
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Anh Le Studio
Anh (pronounced Anne) is an immigrant/settler, based on Salt Spring Island, BC. She offers custom and flash tattoos in an ornamental line and dot work style. Her designs are forms from Nature; trees, plants, animal and ocean life. She merges this with patterns from typography, calligraphy and graffiti. Anh has tattooed since 2018 and has a background in fine art curatorial and gallery exhibition production, with a BFA from Emily Carr Uni (2007).
Tattoo offerings at wedding receptions would feature a small selection of pre-drawn designs reflecting the themes of love and celebration of Nature. Designs are tattooed on site and can be booked in advance or in person.
Katie Brennan is a licensed wedding officiant based on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, offering personalized ceremonies for couples at various life stages. Serving not only Salt Spring Island but also surrounding areas such as the Southern Gulf Islands, Cowichan Valley, Saanich Peninsula, Greater Victoria, and Central Vancouver Island, Katie crafts unique ceremonies that reflect each couple’s story and vision. Her services include themed weddings, vow renewals, and ceremonies for blended families, all tailored to create memorable and heartfelt experiences. Clients praise her warm, calming presence and ability to seamlessly incorporate personal elements into ceremonies, making them both intimate and unforgettable.
Katie Brennan Wedding Officiant
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Wedding Officiants
Her Wild Hearth — Ceremonies & Ritual (Kelsey Robson)
Her Wild Hearth offers wedding ceremonies and vow renewals that feel grounded, meaningful, and deeply personal. Kelsey Robson crafts bespoke, story-forward ceremonies by getting to know you and your relationship, then weaving your values, shared history, and intentions into a ceremony you can truly sink into on the day. Her approach is reverent and collaborative, with planning meetings to shape the flow, readings, rituals, and wording in a way that feels aligned and culturally respectful. Please note that Kelsey is not a licensed wedding officiant, so your legal ceremony would happen separately, or you can explore integrating a marriage commissioner into the ceremony you create together.
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Salt Spring is accessible by ferry from Vancouver, Victoria, and Crofton, with three terminals connecting different parts of the island. In summer, it’s smart to reserve ahead and allow extra time for busy sailings. Seaplanes also fly daily into Ganges Harbour, offering a quick and scenic option. Once on the island, guests can drive, take the community bus, or book local shuttles. Folklore Wedding Company helps couples share clear travel info with guests, and we can arrange group transport or shuttles to make travel smooth and stress-free.
The most popular months are May through September, when the island has long days, mild temperatures, and minimal rain. Spring brings lush greenery and wildflowers, while fall offers warm light and a quieter pace. Winter weddings are more intimate and cozy, but also wetter with shorter days. Folklore works with each couple to choose the best timing for their celebration and always includes a weather-ready plan so you can relax no matter the forecast.
Yes, there are hotels, B&Bs, vacation rentals, and farm stays throughout the island. Options range from simple to luxury, but they book quickly in peak season. We recommend couples secure accommodations early, especially if many guests are traveling. Folklore helps by suggesting stays that match different styles and budgets, arranging group bookings when possible, and ensuring your guests feel at home during the wedding weekend.
Salt Spring’s beauty means you can exchange vows by the ocean, in a meadow, beneath old-growth trees, or in a cozy indoor space. The island lends itself well to both intimate elopements and mid-sized gatherings, with settings that highlight the natural landscape. Folklore guides couples through the options, manages any necessary permits, and designs layouts that make the most of the scenery while keeping logistics seamless.
Not at all. Salt Spring has a vibrant community of florists, chefs, bakers, and musicians. Choosing local talent not only simplifies logistics but also connects your day to the island itself. Folklore coordinates all vendor details, blending trusted local partners with our in-house photography and video services. This ensures every element is cohesive, creative, and stress-free.
Couples will need a BC marriage license, and depending on the celebration, possibly an alcohol permit or event insurance. Ceremonies in public spaces may also require special permission. Folklore helps couples navigate these requirements, handling applications and reminding you of deadlines so nothing is overlooked. Our team ensures that the legal and logistical details are handled with ease.
Summer weather is generally reliable, but the island can bring cool evenings, mist, or occasional showers. Having a backup plan is important, whether that’s a tent, covered area, or flexible timeline. Folklore creates weather-ready plans for every couple, from arranging tents and umbrellas to adjusting schedules. That way, the island’s natural
Yes, many couples choose the island for its eco-friendly spirit. Local food, flowers, and wine keep things rooted in the community and minimize transport. Guests can carpool, use shuttles, or even explore by bike. Folklore helps integrate these choices, connecting couples with sustainable options and designing weddings that reflect Salt Spring’s values while keeping things beautiful and memorable.
Salt Spring is rural, but ferries, buses, and some shuttles are wheelchair-friendly, and many spaces can be adapted for guests with different needs. Folklore helps ensure accessibility is considered at every step, from ceremony locations to transportation and seating. Our team makes thoughtful adjustments so that every guest feels comfortable and included.
Salt Spring is a destination in itself. Guests can explore beaches, hike scenic trails, wander the artisan market, taste local wines and cheeses, or enjoy live music in Ganges. The island offers both adventure and relaxation, making a wedding weekend feel like a getaway. Folklore often creates welcome guides or organizes group activities so your guests can experience the best of Salt Spring around your celebration.
We provide more than planning, we bring together logistics, design, photography, and film into one seamless service. Folklore handles the details, works closely with local creatives, and tells your story through artful media. From your first ferry ride to your last dance, we ensure your wedding feels effortless, intentional, and deeply connected to the island.