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Wedding flowers at Rydges Formosa
- Location
- Beachlands, South-East Auckland
- Setting
- Golf-course greens with Hauraki Gulf views
- Style that sings
- Soft, romantic, candlelit
- We've styled here
- Sarah & Samuel
What works beautifully here
Formosa's generous rooms welcome soft pastel palettes and candlelight — blush and white plinth arrangements for the ceremony, bud vases and taper candles down the tables, and repurposed designs that carry the ceremony indoors when winter weather calls for it.
Florist’s notes
- · Indoor ceremonies glow with candlelight and blush plinth pairs
- · Bud-vase rows suit the long reception tables
- · Plinth arrangements repurpose to flank the head table
- · Allow for wind if styling the outdoor lookouts
About the venue
Rydges Formosa Auckland Golf Resort sits over rolling greens at Beachlands with views across the Hauraki Gulf. Six function spaces range from the Pōhutukawa room up to 200 guests through to more intimate rooms, with garden and course settings for outdoor ceremonies.
It's a venue that handles every season — sunny vows on the greens in summer, and warm, candlelit indoor ceremonies in winter that feel every bit as romantic.
Visit Rydges FormosaGood to know
- · Up to 300 seated or 350 cocktail-style across six spaces
- · Motukaraka is the most popular wedding room (about 110 guests)
- · On-site accommodation for the wedding party and guests
- · About 45 minutes from central Auckland, or a ferry to Pine Harbour
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A soft pastel winter wedding at Rydges Formosa
Blush and white florals with candlelight — a winter ceremony moved indoors without losing an ounce of romance.
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