Malibu Nature Wedding, luxuriously green

Stephanie and Randal who were the first couple partying at the former horse arena at the Malibu Nature Preserve had an amazing time. The ocean view was spectacular especially from the lounge area in front of the tent. We got the locals, Malibu Party Rents to deliver white cotton sofas for a friendly price.



There's always that sports fan who can't do without the ball and the beer...


The local food was market fresh, the Martini mashed potato bar deliciously organic and the fish was sustainable.
The wine wasn't organic but local and brought in by the couple's parents.


Stephanie and her mom made the escort cards, orange paper flowers on long stems holding the cards. Guests hurried to take bunches of them home, they were too cool.



Uptown supplied their shiny metal bathrooms, it was powered by a bio diesel generator which was also used for the DJ and lighting by ELM Concierge.

From happy sunlight to saturated sunset colors into the star spangled night... the lighting was spectacular, nature is the best show, Elm's swirly out side effect were pretty cool too.



200 guests partied with one of the Nature Preserve's best DJ's, Gil Goren.

Malibu wedding tent adventures

There was nothing but a plain huge horse arena with amazing ocean view. Then we came with eco friendly trucks and built a tent for 250 guests.








We worked on this for 9 hours and then we got the lanterns competing with the sunset.

What was

Creative Wedding Photography

Let's do pictures, shall we? Stephanie and Randal got married at the Malibu Nature Preserve on September 26, on a former horse arena overlooking the ocean.

Their photographer, Leslie Talley, was totally hands on...


And Randal needed a break...
More about this amazing wedding, to which 100 out-of-towners were shuttled in eco-vans after the busy weekend.

Malibu Wedding with earth, wind and ocean

Maria and Joshua celebrated their ocean themed wedding at the Malibu Nature Preserve on Saturday, September 5, 2009. As a green wedding expert I can only recommend this beautiful nature site, which is not your typical groomed wedding venue but lends itself to all styles and ideas. The money for the venue goes back to preserving nature rather than into somebody's Hummer... I helped orchestrate Maria and Joshua's love for nature by orchestrating their idea to use the entire property: the couple wowed their guests with spectacular views from the ocean bluff during their ceremony, then let them experience the contrast of the woodsy the Sycamore lawn. Any mountain lions around?

The two power ladies, Maria and her mom, helped create the (local) flowers arrangements before the wedding. Joshua who loves to organize and be on top of things, came late, stuck on the busy freeway.

Guests had fun walking the nature trail to and from the bar with home made Sangria and hors d'oeuvres reception to the ocean deck, where a sunset over the ocean and a delicious market fresh meal, created by Diana Temple was awaiting them - after the first dance.





Susina Bakery and Cafe created and set up the yummy chocolate raspberry cake, I tasted many and this one was truly delicious.

Right after set-up and before the guest arrived I snapped a picture of myself - on big Nature weddings where I rush up and down hills and over dusty paths I just take a little Canon video camera and leave the Nikon at home.

Now I am opening Maria and and Joshua's favor for dinner - with a big cheers to their amazing joyfulness and to the tasty California wines...

Greenish wedding in Malibu

Monica and Jeremy were married at the Malibu Nature Preserve on July 10, 2009. Their casually green wedding started with a blast: they had rented a school bus for the trip and were singing their way to the wedding.











Monica and Jeremy had shared their green ideas, which centered around keeping everything as natural, local and low key as possible without loosing the glamor and fun with Arte TV earlier this year.
Miriam Geer, a well known local photographer, was right there capturing the joy and fun of everybody.