Malibu Nature Preserve

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.

I give the site itself 5 Stars.
Peter gets 3 Stars.

The views from the top bluff is just amazing. 360' view of mountain and ocean, it is truly magical. My husband and I looked forever before we fell in love with this view.

But you have to deal with Peter and he is an interesting guy. He is really nice and everything but he likes to backpack and will go off into the woods for a few days and you won't be able to get a hold of him for vendor coordination or any questions. Some of our meetings were interrupted by people and he had a hard time remembering what what we were there for. So once again a really nice guy but...you are not his main focus.

I can respect that he is like that because he is running a preserve. His main focus is maintaining the wildlife and vegetation. And oddly enough that was important to us. I would just suggest that he get someone else part-time to run the weddings.

I love photographing this venue! It has everything that a couple could want; the most beautiful and dramatic vistas, so many great places for portraits, the ideal reception site with more ocean views, and a great staff to make the day flow smoothly. This venue has all of the elements to make a wedding truly memorable.