We came to the Holly Farm after being cancelled out by the Mayacamas Ranch in Calistoga with only 6 months to go until the wedding date. This was indeed a blessing in disguise. Both the Holly Farm, Erin, and the Grapes of Wrath caterer, Dana, made us feel that we were finally in capable hands. As my daughter likes to say, ""WE now had the PHD's of wedding planning!"" We had special needs. This was going to be an old fashioned Jewish wedding with separate gatherings for men and women before the ceremony and special requests with food. Both the Holly Farm and GOW came to our aid with good suggestions: grapes for the tables, hand washing station for the more Orthodox, chuppah to decorate, menus that kept to our various food issues, challa table and when could we fit in the puppet show. I could go on and on. The wedding day flowed effortlessly. I, as mother of the bride, enjoyed everything and never felt the need to remind anyone of what needed to be done. The staff from the Holly Farm and the GOW were so reliable, friendly, helpful and competent, that I had no complaints. Our guests from age 3-82 all said they had never seen such a wonderful wedding, nor had so much fun. The GOW also had very competent vendors for such items as Kosher food, a cupcake tower, flowers for the table, and the liquor store for wine and beer. I'm only sad that I don't have any other children to marry off so that I could do another event at the garden of Eden.
Pros: perfect garden setting, very good list of additional vendors, great caterer
Cons: I can't think of any
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