When two environmentalists and avid gardeners decide to marry, where should the wedding be? Indoors – or outside amid flowers and greenery of every kind?
It was an easy choice for Pat and Mark Ihm. They held their wedding in the sparkling sunshine of the Edith Duff Gwinn Gardens in Barnegat Light on May 1, 1992. Recently, for their 30th anniversary year, they visited the garden to mark the occasion.
“Our most favorite time of year to come down is in the fall when it’s quieter,” said Mark Ihm.
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