I am a wedding planner with my office in Los Angeles and have coordinated several weddings at the Nature Preserve. I love the location, as it is like a raw canvas onto which couples can paint their style, there is not much what you can't do to make it yours. It's definitely for Nature Lovers, rustic and without the weddingy touch. Great plus: there won't be any other event at the same time or following; the whole space with it's different sites is yours. For September 26, 2009 I inspired Peter to open one of the two former horse arenas, which has an amazing ocean view. We are about to measure for a gorgeous tent...

The best is to hire a wedding planner who knows the location, like me :)

My contact and additional photos of weddings at the Preserve are on my blog, http://www.greenweddingcalifornia.com/ and on the http://malibunaturepreserveweddings.com/ website.

My wedding was a very complicated one to pull off because we had two ceremonies in one day with entertainment in-between. My husband is Hindu and I am Christian, so you can see that there was plenty of planning and room for plenty to go wrong. However, with that being said, I have to tell you that Angelica did an EXCELLENT job pulling the whole thing together!

Angelica was my saving grace through the entire process. She helped me with everything from the decorating, the food and the planning of the entire day (which was ALL day, and night). She made all of my husband's Indian relatives and mine feel very comfortable and made the entire day run so smoothly. I honestly wouldn't have changed anything that day. My guests had a wonderful time, the venue was beautiful and the events of the day ran together seamlessly.

We had our wedding at an organic and "green" outside restaurant, so everything was naturally green throughout the venue. The ceremonies and reception were all at the same place.


I had so many compliments on the entire day. Many of my guests had said it was the most beautiful wedding they had ever been to. My indian guests thought that the indian food was some of the best they had tasted - which says a LOT! Angelica has such a sophisticated, yet graceful way about her that she was able to direct my guests throughout the day and it came across so beautifully - I believe that nobody else could have done the job she did.

With that said, I do believe that if you choose to hire Angelica it would be one of the best decisions you could make. I (just like many brides) felt very nervous and stressed at times with so much to do and just calling her to talk about things made everything feel easier. She was able to calm me and come up with great ideas and solutions. She was everything I could have asked for in a planner and much much more.

I wish you the best of luck with your wedding. I am sure if you are going to use Angelica it will be beautiful!

Jodi and Vipul Dev, Bakersfield