A Sequoia Ceremony and an S-Shaped Table at L'orangerie du Manoir

Bérénice and Benjamin met at an electro party at a shooting range. At L'orangerie du Manoir, his brother led the ceremony and each guest had…

By Anne-Sophie Boubals | Published 6 November 2026 | Last reviewed 4 November 2026 |

A Sequoia Ceremony and an S-Shaped Table at L'orangerie du Manoir

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"We were at a shooting range, and Benjamin was my target," Bérénice writes of the night they met, at an electro party held at the range in Koenigshoffen. Among at least 500 people, she spotted him in a backwards red cap, with a shirt tied around his waist. His cap fell off three times and his phone twice, but he still got her number.

A rainy week of messages followed before she agreed to see him again, and they have been together ever since. Benjamin later proposed in Barcelona, on their first family holiday, when their baby handed Bérénice a little box with the ring.

They married in summer at L'orangerie du Manoir, a wedding venue in Grand Est, with 75 guests. Bérénice's inspiration revolved around a handful of words: "tuxedo, martini glass, silver candlesticks, hydrangeas, drama." On the day there were candlesticks and lots of drapery, in decor that followed the style of Le Comptoir du Az'Art's bouquet.

Photography

Auriane Perez

Venue

L'orangerie du Manoir

Region

Grand Est, France

Couple

Bérénice & Benjamin

Getting Ready

The bride, wearing a pearl necklace and a strapless white gown, looks down while holding a small tag in a room with an orange wall.

The bride, in a white satin set, stands among five bridesmaids in green and brown dresses, all holding glasses of champagne indoors.

In black and white, the bride and her bridesmaids lean together and touch their champagne glasses, smiling.

The bride in a strapless dress, veil and pearl necklace looks downwards in a room, with a guest in green behind her.

The bride wearing a pearl necklace holds up her white dress while another woman helps her in a room with a cream armchair.

The bride, seated on a wooden edge in a white dress, lifts the skirt to show a lace garter with a pink flower on her thigh.

Ceremony

Seated guests in dark red and brown dresses sit on white-draped benches along a gravel aisle, a white parasol resting beside them.

The smiling bride in a strapless white gown and veil holds a bouquet, surrounded by blurred guests and parasols on a meadow.

In black and white, the couple sit before a draped backdrop with flowers while two guests face them in the foreground.

The bride and groom share a kiss beside a wooden box on a table, with trees and hills in the background.

The bride and groom stand at a table covered with a white cloth and a wooden box, with two men beside them on gravel.

The couple embrace in an aisle strewn with petals while surrounding guests clap and cheer.

For the ceremony, each guest had a parasol and a fan in case the sun became too intense. Benjamin's brother officiated the non-religious ceremony in the courtyard beside the orangery, beneath an imposing sequoia, where the couple stood before a draped backdrop adorned with floral arrangements. As well as exchanging rings, Bérénice and Benjamin chose to seal a bottle of wine they will open on their third anniversary.

Bridal Portraits

Part of the bride's white dress and veil beside a small white shoe lying in long grass.

The bride smiles with her hand on her chest, wearing a layered pearl necklace and a lace-edged veil over a white dress.

A black and white image of the bride seated on gravel, her hand resting on her knee, showing a garter and pearl necklace.

The bride sits on gravel wearing a veil and pearl necklace, her hand on her knee above a garter, framed by a dark film border.

Close view of the bride's smile, pearl necklace and veil with lace edging, her hand resting on her chest showing a ring.

Bérénice wore a sleek strapless dress made without lace, with a veil finished in intricate edging. At her neck was a pearl necklace, a family heirloom crafted by her sister-in-law. Her makeup by Sandra BNS was light, and together with an updo by Eric Huaa, it brought out her freckles.

Benjamin wore a tuxedo with his medium-length hair slicked back, a James Bond look.

Couple Portraits

Seen from behind, the bride in a long veil and the groom in a dark suit walk through a grassy field.

The bride in a flowing white gown walks away across a mown meadow beside the groom in a dark suit, wooded hills beyond.

The groom in a black suit and the bride in a white gown sit side by side in front of a pale curtain with floral arrangements.

The groom in a black suit kisses the bride on the forehead on a gravel path, with bright sunlight flaring behind them.

In black and white, the couple sit close together on gravel in front of a white draped backdrop with flowers at either side.

The groom in a dark suit kisses the bride, who holds a bouquet, in a grassy field with trees behind in warm light.

Although a major heat wave in Alsace had only just ended, the day itself was mild, under a sky dotted with cloud. The light stayed soft all day, and the couple had just enough time for their portraits in the last rays of sunshine.

Bridal Party

The couple stand on a grassy lawn while blurred bridesmaids in colourful dresses carrying white parasols move past in the foreground.

A white paper parasol hides the bride's face while smiling women in pink, green and dark dresses and a man in a suit stand around her.

The couple and a group of guests in coloured dresses and dark suits stand on a grassy meadow holding white paper parasols in low sunlight.

A white paper parasol covers the bride's face as guests in pink and green dresses stand around her in bright, low sunlight.

In black and white, the couple stand in a grassy field as bridesmaids with parasols move around them, the bride's train spread behind.

The couple stand with a line of bridesmaids in burgundy, green and pink, all raising white parasols on a grassy hillside under blue sky.

Reception

A bride in a veil is hugged tightly by a smiling grey-haired woman in a floral dress, her eyes closed; guests stand behind.

A plated main course sits on a dark red tablecloth among flowers and bottles, with the bride's bare shoulder in the foreground.

Guests sit around a round table laid with plates of food, wine glasses, candles and red napkins while hands pour and serve.

The groom in a black tuxedo sprays champagne into the air while the bride in a strapless white gown laughs outdoors.

The bride, in a white gown and veil, twirls hand in hand with the groom in a tuxedo while applauding guests look on.

For the meal, the head table stretched the length of the room in an S shape. It was arranged that way so that it could be as close as possible to the guests' tables, which were round.