Zili and Logan met at WSU sophomore year through a mutual friend — each quietly deciding the other was nice and weird in a good way. Seven years later they’re getting married a few miles from where they first crossed paths. Logan proposed at the overlook in Browne’s Addition, the first neighborhood they shared after moving to Spokane. Zili didn’t expect to cry but absolutely did. Palouse Ridge is the venue because eastern Washington has become home. Those rolling hills are a backdrop they’ve been falling for ever since. They’re most looking forward to getting married, eating a humble burger, and having every person they love in one place — in roughly that order.
About Palouse Ridge
Palouse Ridge sits on a hilltop just outside Spangle. It looks out across the rolling agricultural quilt that gives the Palouse region its name. It’s a venue that doesn’t need a lot of decoration to feel like an event — the landscape carries most of the visual weight. This is especially true at golden hour, when the light comes in low across the wheat fields and turns everything amber. For couples getting married out here, the venue is the story. You’re not so much choosing a backdrop as marrying into one.
The vendor team
- Venue: Palouse Ridge Events
- Florals: Gracey’s Flower Farm
- Food truck: Humble Burger — a personal touch from Zili and Logan’s college years
- Photography: Arch & Elm Photography
- Dress: Honest in Ivory
- Planner: Clover Events
Why we shoot weddings like this the way we do
When Zili and Logan said the photos that mattered most were all our family and friends together and the small details — the flowers, the sunset — that’s exactly the kind of brief our documentary approach is built for. The day will move fast. We’ll be there to catch the parts you’ll want to remember, including the ones you don’t see happening in real time.
Planning your own Palouse wedding?
If you’re looking for a photographer who leans into the storytelling and the rolling-hills light of eastern Washington, we’d love to hear from you →.
— Arch & Elm
