tjgringa's reviews

This is an absolutely beautiful garden and venue to host a reception, but you have to be willing to put up with the personality of the owner. We had a few problems w/ her before the wedding including her adding on the "optional gratuity" to our final payment that was due 2 weeks before the wedding. I don't know about you, but if it says optional you should give people the option of paying it and not demanding it in advance of actually providing the services! On the day of the wedding she was an absolute control freak and wanted to get her way regardless of whether or not it was what my fiance and I wanted. When our photographers were not taking pictures in the area that she thought was the best location she started driving a golf cart back and forth in front of the photographers while they were trying to take pictures. It was incredibly passive-aggressive. When my fiance arrived at the venue an hour early she immediately asked him what he was doing there and that he had to leave! She lacks what normal people would call "tact" and what I would call normal politeness. If you have the ability to put your foot down and don't back down from what you want, then you will fair fine at this venue. If you or your groom are easily persuaded into doing things or adding things on that you did not originally want, then you should avoid this venue b/c you will end up with a wedding that the owner approves of, but one that you do not!