Brief wedding vows for a partner at a garden ceremony

I think of the morning we planted tomatoes in that tiny plot behind your old apartment. You said we'd know we were doing this right when something actually grew.

Today, standing here with you, I see what grew—and it's us.

I promise to tend what we're building together. To show up with my hands ready. To pull weeds before they take over.

I promise to love you in every season, even when the ground feels hard.

I remember that morning with the tomatoes, how you insisted we could grow something even in that patch of clay and shade. You were right.

We grew something. And today I'm choosing to keep growing it with you.

I promise to water what we plant together. To celebrate the harvest and replant after the frost.

I promise to love you through every season, and to trust that spring always comes around again.