“The Bachelorette” Alum Jillian Harris Marries Justin Pasutto After 13 Years Together in 'Flower Farm' Wedding (Exclusive)

Jillian Harris is married!

The Bachelorette alum, 45, joined Justin Pasutto connected Thursday, Aug. 21, successful a religion ceremony, earlier nan brace tied nan knot again 2 days later connected Aug. 23 successful a "dreamy and romantic" wedding attended by 176 guests astatine their workplace successful West Kelowna, British Columbia.

"After 8 years of planning, we’ve decided to really spell for it!" Harris tells PEOPLE. "It is an existent fairy-tale dream travel true. I’m truthful happy that we waited this agelong truthful that we could genuinely scheme nan time that we’ve ever dreamed of."

The couple, who got engaged connected Christmas greeting successful 2016, first said "I do" successful a "romantic, elegant, traditional" ceremonial astatine nan aforesaid religion wherever Pasutto's parents sewage married. As her soft teacher, Judy Yamamoto, played "Pachelbel’s Canon," Harris walked down nan aisle wearing a custom-made veil and long-sleeved lace wedding dress that was "built from scratch complete 3 months" by Candé Bridal Boutique.

At nan church, Harris and Pasutto exchanged accepted vows.

"We spent a batch of clip customizing nan liturgy truthful it felt typical and individual to america arsenic a mates and arsenic a family," Harris says. "Justin is Catholic, but I americium not, and I was very tense astir that part, truthful it was important for america to make it meaningful."

Later that evening, nan brace hosted an Italian-themed rehearsal meal arsenic a motion to Pasutto's Italian roots. Their location was transformed into a European flight pinch pops of bluish and yellowish by Vintage Origami Events by Yuriko. Guests feasted connected pizza, pasta, and gelato, and sipped connected Aperol spritzes and Lambrusco from section winery Tomato Wheels, earlier leaving pinch a vessel of Rao's herb sauce.

Friday, Aug. 22, was laid-back pinch yoga and golfing. The adjacent day, nan wedding took spot astatine Harris and Pasutto's lakeside property.

"Justin has worked tirelessly complete nan past 2 years to repair nan property, replanting trees, moving dirt, planting grass, irrigating and managing nan team," Harris says. "He has devoted nan past twelvemonth of his life to making my wedding venue dreams travel true."

The taxable of nan nuptials was "flower farm."

"Timeless, elegant, and luxurious, but pinch a floral touch," Harris explains. "Lots of color: whites, pinks, corals, blushes, ray blues, purples, yellows."

Laurence Rich of FleuRich Creations arranged nan flowers, which was a operation of blooms from nan farm, including: achromatic cosmos, zinnias, roses, delphiniums and hydrangeas.

Harris walked down nan aisle arsenic a section drawstring trio, headed by Olivia Walsh, performed "Can't Help Falling successful Love." 

When nan bride first started wedding planning, she wanted her grandma to beryllium her maid of honor, but she died successful 2019. In her honor, Harris carried her grandmother's ashes successful her pocket.

Harris — who shares 9-year-old boy Leo and 6-year-old girl Annie pinch Pasutto — recovered her wedding dress astatine Candé Bridal Boutique 7 years ago.

"I fell successful emotion pinch nan dress," Harris remembers. "At nan time, it had agelong sleeves, but we customized it. As nan years went by, I felt I nary longer loved it, and it sat astatine Candé Bridal for 7 years. When our wedding day was finalized, I started looking for a caller dress, but could not find anything. Adriana asked maine to travel effort connected nan original dress again. I reluctantly agreed, and erstwhile I tried it connected pinch my cousins and daughter, I started crying and realized it was still nan one."

Annie wore a replica of nan wedding dress successful babe blue. Meanwhile, Leo and Pasutto wore suits from J.Crew and Harry Rosen, respectively. Each bridesmaid chose their ain colour and style of dress.

During nan ceremonial — which was officiated by nan couple's champion friend, Warwick Andrews — handwritten vows and rings from Minichiello Jewellers were exchanged.

At nan reception, Harris and Pasutto shared their first creation to Taylor Swift's "Lover." The newlyweds started nan creation alone, past their 2 children joined in. When Swift sang "Ladies and gentlemen, will you please stand?" wedding guests joined successful connected nan creation floor.

Later successful nan evening, Harris changed into a "fun" and "revealing" gown adorned pinch sparkly stars, which she bought from Bisou Bridal 7 years ago. She besides had different dress fresh for a imaginable "after-midnight change" from V. Chapman, nan aforesaid marque arsenic her rehearsal meal dress.

Canadian state musician Aaron Pritchett emceed nan wedding, and Harris told PEOPLE up of nan ceremony that she wouldn't beryllium amazed if he hopped connected shape to singing too. Side One performed unrecorded music, and Annie moreover sewage successful connected nan action by singing a opus she wrote herself. 

Food was served family-style. White Table Catering made a fewer of nan bride and groom's family recipes for meal and cocktail hour, specified arsenic Pasutto's Captain’s Kale Caesar Salad and Italian favorites for illustration gnocchi and sourdough focaccia, positive Harris' grandmother's beet rolls.

The couple's pets were moreover incorporated into nan nutrient and drinks. The "Nacho Cilantro Spicy Margarita" was successful grant of nan pair's precocious canine Nacho, who died successful March and whose photograph was included connected nan "In Loving Memory" table. The "Peaches Cosmo" was named aft nan couple's boxer, Peaches, and "Pearl's Oyster Bar" was named aft their cat, Pearl. Among nan desserts was a churro position arsenic a motion to nan couple's caller puppy, Churro.

The three-tiered, traditional-style wedding barroom was made by Kakes by Kathie, who has made nan family's day cakes since nan kids were born. The family's initials were each included connected nan cake.

The ceremony concluded connected Sunday, Aug. 24, pinch a farewell reservoir statement that paid tribute to Harris' Ukrainian practice and her precocious grandmother. Ukrainian drawback included pierogies, kielbasa, sauerkraut, and Caesars. Ready to Cook, nan squad of whom are Ukrainian refugees, catered nan event.

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Harris and Pasutto — who knowledgeable "love astatine first sight" erstwhile they met extracurricular a barroom successful Kelowna successful June 2012 — had initially planned for a July 2020 backyard wedding but "something didn't consciousness right," Harris antecedently told PEOPLE. They attempted to person nan wedding nan pursuing summer, but nan COVID-19 pandemic was still a barrier. 

In Summer 2023, Kelowna knowledgeable immoderate "wicked wildfires," which ripped done nan couple's workplace and destroyed "most of nan property," including their practice barn, and galore of nan trees, trucks and boats. So, Harris and Pasutto figured they "might arsenic good tally distant and get joined successful Italy." That was nan scheme past year, until nan mates worried their parents could go sick and result beryllium incapable to recreation abroad, truthful they made a "last-minute decision" to get joined connected their hometown property.

"The first 4 times we tried to scheme this wedding, it did not spell well," Harris says. "We were stressed astir location, budget, COVID, our babies being young, and still increasing arsenic a couple. But aft being together for 13 years, and uncovering nan astir astonishing wedding planners, Devon Dunn and Jordan Maxey of Smitten Events, nan process has been an absolute joy."

The couple's extremity was to create a multi-day ceremony that was "beautiful and fun."

"We person been together for 13 years and person been done highs and lows. We person had babies, mislaid loved ones, mislaid our canine Nacho, gone done COVID, and watched our spot pain astir to nan ground," Harris says. "At this point, we want to observe each that we person created together, everything we person accomplished, and each nan hardships we person overcome. We want to observe nan successes, nan relationships, and nan wins."

For Harris, her wedding feels for illustration "a congratulations and a seal" connected her narration pinch Pasutto, mounting them "forward into nan adjacent chapter."

"We person gone astir this successful a different order, having been together for 13 years and already having babies, building houses, and moreover having a TV show together. Usually, group meet, marry, and past build their lives, but we person already proven we tin get done anything. We’ve already proven we tin person those large fights and still emotion each other. We’ve already proven that we tin recreation together, spell done symptom together, raise babies together."

The newlyweds "are excited for nan adjacent section arsenic hubby and wife," which will dwell of starting building connected their "forever home" connected nan acreage "over nan adjacent mates of years."

"Next spring, we are planting a truffle workplace pinch 500 oak trees, which will beryllium a caller business venture," Harris says. "We will attraction connected our children, helping them grow, honoring their passions and increasing pinch them arsenic they get older."

Additional Credits:
Photography: Minted Photography by Lyndsay Manyluk
Videography: Lumina Weddings & Events
Cocktail Hour Bartender: Sip 'n Celebrate
Beverage Cart: Okanagan Bubbles & Co.
Custom Cocktail: Cactus Club Cafe
Stationery: Minted
Tent and Rentals: Avalon Event Rentals
Decor Rentals: Purple Rhino Events
Table Top Rentals: The Curated Plate Co.
Late-Night Pizza: Mystic Pizza
Hair Stylist: Nicole Pedherny and squad from Pomme Salon
Makeup Artist: Jenny McKinney and team
Bridal Makeup: Kaitlin Hargreaves