Wedding in Chester California Ceremony!

The next day was the ceremony! Such an amazing property, I counted 3 small lakes! The family constructed a dock with a lovley natural arbor right on the largest lake for the ceremony. The bride arrived by horse and buggy, crossing the beautiful covered bridge on her way to walk down the aisle. There were so many little places for details. An old well where we placed a moss heart with white orchids. The wood shed on the side of the ceremony spot was hung with a white floral wreath.
The bride and bridesmaids walked down an old stone stairway, we lined that with flower heads right on the ground, this lead onto a rose pathway that was lined with rod iron poles holding chocolate and green orchids. In the center of the aisle was a tree, so we strung orchids from fall colored oraganza ribbon.
Photography by Bonneau Photography

Wedding in Chester California Part 1 Barn Dance Rehearsal Dinner

Michelle and her family live in San Francisco, but her father bought this amazing property in Chester California as his get away. They often have parties on the property and have even begun renting some of their cabins for folks who love to get away to fish and relax.
So when Michelle began to plan her wedding the property was her first choice.
She brought in Joanna Robinson as her event producer. The property has a lodge, main house and cabins, but under Joanna's direction an outdoor kitchen was built and electricity brought in to light up the reception. I won't get ahead of myself, but will start with the Friday evening rehearsal. Joanna created a down home barbecue provided by Party Grill.
Red and white checkered table cloths, carnival games and a barn dance completed the evening. Many of the guest brought tents and camped out the entire wedding weekend.
Photos by Justin of Bonneau Photography

Fall wedding at Hans Fahden Winery Calistoga

All photos by Laurent Levy

My lovely bride choose her gown at an antique store and had it altered. It had a slight lavender hue to it, so beautiful. To fit the vintage gown we created a presentation style bouquet using calla lillies and garden roses. Then wrapped the stems in real satin. I think it is one of my all time favoirtes!
For her bridesmaid we went with multiple colored calla lilies in purples. then added fall colored roses and tied it with silver satin.
The Chuppa was constructed out of birch and done simply to not compete with the beautiful ceremony area at Hans Fahden.
Guests went from the ceremony area by the pond up the hill to the tea room for cocktails and the into the beautiul wine cave. Rather than placing centerpiece down the table, we construced a runner of twigs, succulants, flowers, grapes and hundreds of candles.