Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Mitch & Megan Vaughan. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Mitch & Megan, appreciate you joining us today. How did you come up with the idea for your business?

I USED TO JOKE ABOUT HOW I HAD A BLACK THUMB. I COULDN’T EVEN KEEP FAKE PLANTS ALIVE. IT WAS ALWAYS A RUNNING JOKE IN OUR HOUSE. SUCCULENTS DIED THE SECOND I LOOKED AT THEM SO THERE WAS NO WAY I COULD KEEP ANYTHING LEAFY AND GREEN ALIVE. FOR YEARS, WE HAD A PLANTLESS HOUSE AND WE WERE JUST FINE WITH THAT… BUT THEN…

THEN WE MISCARRIED.

I DECIDED I NEEDED PLANTS. LOTS OF PLANTS. ALL UNDER MY CONTROL, ALL THINGS I COULD KEEP ALIVE. I NEVER SEEMED TO HAVE ENOUGH. EACH MONTH WE HAD A NEGATIVE TEST, THAT DAY I’D GO TO A NURSERY OR HOME DEPOT OR LOWE’S AND GET MORE PLANTS. I’D TAKE MY TIME WALKING THROUGH THE PLANT ISLES. I’D RUN MY FINGERS ACROSS THEIR LEAVES, WAITING FOR ONE TO CALL OUT TO ME. SOMETIMES I’D GO WITH MY SON AND LET HIM PICK ONE. SOMETIMES, I JUST WANTED TO GO ALONE. THIS WAS AN ERRAND WHERE I COULDN’T BE RUSHED. I NEEDED TO TAKE MY TIME AND LET THE MINUTES, SOMETIMES HOURS, IN THE COMPANY OF PLANTS WORK THEIR MAGIC.

IN JUNE 2017, I WOKE UP WITH AN IDEA. GREENHOUSE. I WANT TO BUILD A GREENHOUSE. SO WE DID. WE DESIGNED IT OURSELVES. IT’S NOT A KIT JUST ANYONE CAN BUY. WE WERE OUTSIDE FOR 7 MONTHS, JUST THE TWO OF US, PLACING EACH INDIVIDUAL PIECE WITH OUR OWN HANDS. OUR FINGERPRINTS ARE PRESSED INTO THE WOOD. OUR BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS ARE MIXED INTO THE FOUNDATION. I’VE TOUCHED EVERY SINGLE LEAF AND PETAL OF EVERY SINGLE PLANT AND FLOWER THAT CALLS IT HOME. THE GREENHOUSE IS AN EXTENSION OF MY HEART AND SOUL. IT SHOWS US THAT THERE IS GOOD THAT COMES FROM THE BAD AND IS A REMINDER OF GOD’S PROMISES AND HIS PERFECT PLAN.

IT’S SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST A GREENHOUSE. WE FOUND OUT WE WERE PREGNANT WITH MARIGOLD THE DAY IT WAS COMPLETED. WE FOUND OUT WE’D BE ADDING A DAUGHTER TO OUR FAMILY INSIDE IT’S WALLS. OUR FAMILY VISITS IT DAILY AND WE PLAY BENEATH THE LEAVES. WHILE IT WAS NEVER BUILT FOR WEDDINGS, IT’S GROWN TO BE A MICRO-WEDDING VENUE. COUPLES SAY ‘I DO’ HERE AND FOR US, THAT’S INCREDIBLY SPECIAL.

TUCKED WITHIN THE TREES, IT’S A TRULY MAGICAL PLACE THAT BRINGS JOY, REFLECTION AND HEALING. AND OF COURSE, A ONE-OF-A-KIND SPACE FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS AND ARTISTS TO WORK THEIR MAGIC, AND FOR COUPLES TO BEGIN THEIR FOREVER.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

We’re a micro-wedding venue. Our greenhouse can host up to 50 guests and the Enchanted Cottage will host up to 20.

Have you ever had to pivot?

We were a full-time wedding photography/videography team, shooting weddings all over the country and internationally. We’d shoot 35-40 a year. When Covid hit, we felt so bad for our brides who had venues cancel on them. We offered our greenhouse with a lower guest count so they could at least keep their wedding date and still get married. After that, the greenhouse got so popular, we were only able to shoot there. So, we stopped taking outside weddings and focused on the greenhouse. In 2022, we had 70 weddings.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://vaughan-house.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vaughanhouse/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vaughanhouse
• Other: https://www.tiktok.com/@vaughanhouse?

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Vaughan House