Brief wedding vows for a wife at a garden ceremony

I think of the morning we planted tomatoes in your mother's garden, how you laughed when I put the seedlings in backwards.

You showed me how to press them into the soil, roots down, and I realized I'd never learned to grow anything until I met you.

Today I vow to tend what we're planting together—to water it in dry seasons, to pull the weeds, to celebrate every bloom.

I promise to grow alongside you, always.

I remember that morning in my mother's garden, teaching you to plant tomatoes, watching you figure out which end was up.

You were so determined to get it right, and I loved that you wanted to learn something that mattered to me.

Today I vow to be patient with our growing—to trust the seasons, to make space for mistakes, to harvest the good we plant together.

I promise to grow alongside you, always.