Monday February 26, 2018
Vixen Venue & Vendor Collaboration @ Gold Hill Gardens!
So many awesome vendors were involved to make this extremely fun couple’s wedding day a huge success. It all started with the hiring of Venue Vixen Lora of A Day to Remember! Then, the venue was chosen, which was a perfect fit for Chris & Suzanne – Gold Hill Gardens, located in Newcastle, CA (just 45 minutes from downtown Sacramento). The main house is an Inn with 5 sleeping rooms, so the bride and groom can prepare for the big day, and can also spend the night of the wedding (soooo convenient). A fantastic breakfast is served for the guests the next day.
Vixen Vendor, Beth Baugher of True Love Photo, captured all the details and beauty. Beth is a joy to work with ~ so full of happiness, humor and sincerity. She has the ability to “just know” when a tear is going to fall, or a sweet look will occur, or if sex appeal exudes, or hilarity is about to happen. Just look at all these images, and you’ll see just a tad bit of Beth’s style in her photography.
The grounds of Gold Hill Gardens are spectacular all year long. Lush foliage, flowers everywhere, stately trees, beautiful meandering pathways, and views of the Sierras in the distance. This venue is a private “home style” wedding, only you don’t have to spend hours readying your own home for the festivities. Gold Hill Gardens does it all! To learn more about Gold Hill Gardens, read the Feature Review on the Venue Vixens website, here.
Gold Hill Gardens has options as to which spot to hold the ceremony. This couple selected the hilltop, which is on an open lawn bluff with distant views of the valley and Sierras.
Jackson Catering & Events provided the dee-licious(!) meal for this wedding. They are very adaptive and accommodating to their client’s culinary wishes. Chris & Suzanne requested champagne be served prior to the ceremony as guests gathered, and for appetizers Chris begged for MORE of Jackson’s grilled cheese sandwiches (he wanted a plastic baggie of them in his jacket pocket). The food stationed dinner consisted of Cowboy Mac & Cheese with all the trimmings, Street Tacos (soooo good), and corn bread, slaw and citrus green salad. Everybody loved the dinner.
Gold Hill Gardens has, included at no extra cost, lots of fun lawn games for guests to play, be entertained by, or to be competitive!! Ladder golf, giant lawn chess, Janga, ping pong, corn hole and yes, even mechanical horses (no quarters necessary).
And let’s talk about the party that followed the dinner… Vixen Vendor, Mike Regan of Mr. DJ Event Services, is the bomb-diggity! Mike gives so much more than just playing music! He amplified the officiant and groom so the guests could easily hear the wedding ceremony, and on this wedding, he assisted the duo guitarists who plugged into Mike’s equipment for better sound. This group were party-hardy people, and Mike provided all the right music; felt the vibe and accommodated everyone’s music style. There was a lot of air-guitars being played on that dance floor! Also, Mr. DJ Event Services takes care of venue lighting needs – from ambient color to vivid and in this case, he was able to spotlight/illuminate the donut station and toasts since it was dark at that point. Well done, Mike!
Do consider checking out Gold Hill Gardens for a wedding or any fun party venue, and contact these fine vendors for your photography, catering and/or DJ needs. You will not be disappointed! Please let them know that you read about them through The Venue Vixens!