Brief wedding vows for a spouse at a garden ceremony

I think of the morning we planted tomatoes in your parents' yard, how you showed me to press the soil gently around each root. You said gardens teach you to wait. I'm still learning.

I promise to tend what we grow together—to water it, to pull the weeds, to wait through the seasons that ask for patience.

I promise to meet you here, in the sun and the shade, in the work and the rest.

I choose you. I choose this. Today and forward.

I remember that morning with the tomatoes, how careful you were with each plant, how you asked if you were doing it right. You were. You always have been.

I promise to grow alongside you—to make space for what changes, to celebrate what blooms, to trust the rhythms we can't control.

I promise to meet you here, through every season, in the light and in the quiet.

I choose you. I choose this. Today and all the days ahead.