Events

Meet & Greet (Friday May 23rd, 6-8PM)

Join us at Michael’s cousin’s house in Mt. Airy (10 minutes from Awbury). This is an informal hangout that all are welcome to attend. We want to have time and space to see all of our loved ones, catch up, and share some hugs before the big day!

Food and drink will be provided.

612 W Upsal St

Philadelphia, PA 19119

We will be gathering on the first floor of the house, and in the backyard area with a porch and lawn.

Wedding Day (Saturday May 24th, 4-10PM)

3:15 PM Shuttle departs from hotel to transport guests to Awbury

4:00 PM Guests arrive to Awbury Arboretum

4:30 PM Ceremony at Cope House Garden

5:00 PM Cocktail Hour

6:00-10:00 PM Dinner & Reception

Our celebration will take place among the beautiful gardens and heritage trees on Lenape land at Awbury Arboretum. See more about Awbury and the flora and fauna you’ll meet there at the link below.

We invite guests to arrive at the Cope House at Awbury Arboretum at 4PM. The ceremony will start at 4:30, followed by a cocktail hour, dinner, and reception. There will be food, drink, music, and dance. Highlights include:

Ceremony under the trees, featuring a puppet show and heartfelt commitments. After that, cocktail hour and dinner, followed by some disco dancing inside the Cope House art gallery. Wander and explore the surrounding gardens and trails, celebrate outside in the lawn area, inside the covered tent where dinner will be held, around a large porch, and inside the Cope House gallery.

Awbury Arboretum

1 Awbury Rd

Philadelphia, PA 19138

Accessibility info:

The venue is located at the Cope House at Awbury and the surrounding gardens. There is a walking trail up a hill from the lower parking lot to the venue grounds. We will also have a shuttle available to take guests up from the parking lot to the venue as you arrive. All events will take place on the first floor and surrounding garden grounds. The ceremony will be held in a grassy lawn area and the cocktail hour will take place nearby on the mulched ground. Please reach out if you have any access questions or needs!

Accommodations

Kimpton Hotel, Palomar

A block of rooms have been reserved for our guests at the Kimpton Hotel, Palomar in Philadelphia!

Dates: May 23-25, 2025

Location: 117 S 17th St, Philadelphia, PA 19103

Check-in: 3PM Check-out: 11AM

Booking Link: Ruhnke-Carroll Wedding Block (or call 1-800-KIMPTON and mention the “Ruhnke-Carroll wedding'“/use code “AOK” )

Room blocks will be available up until Wednesday, April 25th 2025

Other Accommodations

We understand that the cost of attendance for out of town folks can be high! We have a lot of friends and family in the area. Please reach out to Michael or Lauren if you need help arranging lodging with one of our gracious hosts!

Transportation

We have chartered a shuttle to/from the Kimpton Hotel and Awbury Arboretum. The shuttle will leave at 3PM from the hotel and make a return trip at 10PM. For help making alternative arrangements, please contact Michael or Lauren!

There are also public transportation options to reach the venue, as well as driver services like Uber/Lyft. Find all those details and maps here. We will be at the Cope House, although we encourage you to check out Awbury Farm and the Philly GOAT project at your leisure.

Community Guidelines

In a time when fascism, transphobia, xenophobia, misogyny, and racism have been so visibly platformed, we choose not to act as though everything is alright. We must emphatically oppose these sentiments and hope to create the loving space we want to see on the large scale, on the small scale.

We’re excited to celebrate love with our community. This is a queer wedding involving many of our queer friends and family. We love and support our queer and trans community and we emphatically reject misogyny, racism, bigotry, and xenophobia. If you do not share these values, kindly decline our invitation.

To help keep everyone safe, please be vaccinated, COVID test in advance, and if you are feeling sick, please send us well wishes from home!

While we would love to see everyone, we absolutely understand that life is busy - If you can’t make it, we will see you another time soon :)