Showing posts with label wedding coordinating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wedding coordinating. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

We're Growing!

Over the last 2 years, The Exotic Green Garden has done over 100 weddings!  This year, we have almost 80 weddings booked already and are still getting phone calls on a regular basis.  We successfully planned our first annual bridal show at the beautiful Pierpont Inn in Ventura, CA in April.  We have all 5 star ratings on Wedding Wire and were voted #4 best of shopping on Yelp.

I take great pride in our work and as experienced as we are, I have made an executive decision!  We will now be offering full wedding coordination and day of coordinating packages.  I have worked with some of the best vendors in the industry... and others that I hope I never have to work with again.  There are some spectacular venues I would have never found if it wasn't for my brides. 

With our experience, and outstretched referral lists, I am confident our brides will be able to find whatever it is they need to plan the perfect wedding.  Whether a client needs help from beginning to end, or they are a DIY-er looking for additional help the day of the wedding, The Exotic Green Garden will now be able to accommodate all your wedding needs!  Email or call with any questions!

The Exotic Green Garden
705 Lakefield Rd. unit G
Westlake Village, CA.  91361
(805) 494-5300
ExoticGreenGarden@gmail.com

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Wedding Venues & Helpful Hints

Every wedding venue is unique.  Before choosing the perfect site to have your wedding, there are tons of little details to consider.  For example:

Planning an outdoor wedding?  Make sure the ceremony site is on a flat surface.  Uneven ground causes crooked arches or slanted chuppahs.  Knollwood Country Club & Golf Course, Granada Hills provides a great outdoor setting on flat land.  One of my favorite wedding set ups was there.


The Castaway, Burbank is a large venue that offers a variety of sites.  They can accommodate small to large parties and everything in between.  I've done about 8 weddings at The Castaway, each one different and unique.




Before booking a venue, find out what kind of day of, event coordinating the venue offers.  It is so important to have a day of coordinator.  I hate watching brides trying to do everything themselves the day of their wedding.  The day of, a bride should be getting her hair done, getting her make up done, relaxing with her girls and being excited about getting married!  I have to give a very honorable mention to Pam, the event coordinator at The Pierpont Inn , Ventura.  The day of the wedding, it was pouring rain.  Of course the ceremony was supposed to take place outside.  After doing a quick walk through of the property with Pam, we decided to relocate the ceremony indoors.  She directed her crew to set up chairs and placed the band in a central area.  This wedding would have been a complete disaster without a day of coordinator. 

Most venues provide a day of coordinator with a wedding package, pay the extra money to have one.  If you're renting a venue and doing everything yourself, ask me about event coordinators.  I can recommend some great ones for you!