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1. totally acceptable. People should be understanding and it's very common that only closer friends and family got to the dinner banquet. So just print 2 different invitations or 2 different insert for the invitation.

2. It's nicer to have at least some beverage after the ceremony. To the minimium, you should have bottled water for your guests.

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I think it's better to find available time of the venues first.  
Sounds like you want an ourdoor wedding, so it will be next summer? A lot of the popular venues are booked for this summer already. But I think most roses are blooming in the spring (May - June) but weather isn't really that stable during that time...

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I saw a few pictures of my friends' friends weddings at rose garden (I don't know the couples). Roses are blooming now (July) but since rose are planted low and not very dense, the pictures don't have many flowers in them.