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Vine Hill House Wedding

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We photographed our first wedding at Vine Hill House in Sebastopol way back in 2012 and it’s still one of our favorite wedding venues to return to. It’s a beautiful event space overlooking the Russian River Valley wine country. The property itself is part of the O’Connell Vineyards. It’s the perfect venue for a wine country wedding with an intimate, garden feel.

Wedding ceremonies at the Vine Hill House take place in a grove of Douglas fir and redwoods over looking the valley’s vineyards. This same space can be used later as a dance floor and is illuminated at night with beautiful lanterns and sparkly string lights.

Receptions take place behind the house with plenty of space for round tables complete with heaters for those chilly Bay Area summer evenings. The house has a porch in the back which makes for a perfect stage for formal toasts during dinner.

There are plenty of picturesque areas for first looks, family portraits, and couple portraits from the wooden archway surrounded in hydrangeas to the rows of wine vines in the orchard.

How much is the Vine Hill House?

As of November 2023, pricing for a Saturday or a holiday is $9900. Fridays are $8900. Sundays are $8000. The Vine Hill House is available for rental between April 1st and November 30th.

What’s included in a Vine Hill House rental?

One of the great things that we and our couples love about the Vine Hill House is how much is included with your booking. Your 6 hour event rental includes event coordination and on-site day of coordination. Dan, the owner, has been facilitating weddings for years and he runs the show with precision. He and his team are such a great resource to have and it’s an amazing perk to have as part of your venue rental.

Your rental also includes your ceremony chairs and 60” reception tables! That’s not only a huge savings but involves way less coordination for pick up and drop off before and after your wedding.

You also get use of the house throughout the day. This is super helpful for getting ready, tucking away before your ceremony, and just general decompression time on the day of.

For a full list of what’s included in your rental, visit their rental page here.

Vine Hill House Wedding Photos

Best Bay Area Outdoor Wedding Venues

The San Francisco Bay Area is full of amazing wedding venues and as wedding photographers we’ve been lucky to work at some of the best over the years. Choosing your wedding venue is a personal decision and each wedding venue is going to check different boxes. This is our list of the best outdoor wedding venues in the Bay Area with options for outdoor ceremonies and receptions.

PIEDMONT COMMUNITY HALL

711 Highland Ave
Piedmont, CA 94611

Piedmont Community Hall is an easy, affordable Bay Area wedding venue that combines an intimate, outdoor ceremony setting with the convenience of a well appointed facility. Ceremonies take place in the redwood amphitheater followed by a cocktail hour and reception outside in the hall’s courtyard. The hall itself is a beautiful art deco building with hardwood floors and the perfect spot for desert and dancing. Naturally it can be used for your reception too.

We’re thankful to be on the venue’s preferred vendor list and you can view some of our recent photos here.

The Gardens at Heather Farm

1540 Marchbanks Dr
Walnut Creek, CA 94598

The Gardens at Heather Farm quickly became one of our favorite outdoor wedding venues in the Bay Area and it’s a place that we love returning to again and again. Located in Walnut Creek, this venue is known for it’s impressive rose garden but it’s 6.5 acres is full of an array of trees and beautiful plants. We love that The Garden’s at Heather Farm has a great mix of outdoor and indoor space and allows us a lot of variety for photos throughout the entire wedding day. Your celebration can move from the rose covered gazebo, to a cocktail on the patio, to their large, bright indoor reception space.

For more information and to see some wedding photos from The Gardens at Heather Farm, click here.

Radonich Ranch

25140 Highland Way
Los Gatos, CA 95033

Nothing beats a warm summer evening at Radonich Ranch. This old fruit packing ranch is tucked away in the Santa Cruz Mountains just outside of Los Gatos and it’s the perfect setting for an outdoor Bay Area wedding. Following your outdoor ceremony, you and your wedding guests can enjoy an evening on the main lawn underneath romantic string lighting and then dance the night away in the venue’s barn space. The beautiful grounds are large enough for some great variety for wedding photos.

For more information and to see some wedding photos from Radonich Ranch, click here.

UC Botanical Garden

200 Centennial Dr
Berkeley, CA 94720

Intimate elopement ceremonies in the redwoods are so beautiful but often only allow for a few people to attend. At the UC Botanical Garden in Berkeley you can get married amongst the towering redwoods and still invite all your friends and family. The garden’s Mather Redwood Grove has a beautiful wooden amphitheater that can accommodate up to 200 guests. After your ceremony you can cross over to the main garden space for an endless amount of photo backdrops and a wedding reception at Julia Morgan Hall.

For more information and to see some wedding photos from UC Botanical Garden, click here.

Vine Hill House

3601 Vine Hill Rd
Sebastopol, CA 95472

The Vine Hill House is an intimate outdoor wedding venue in Sebastopol with breathtaking views of the Sonoma wine country. Ceremonies take place overlooking the valley while receptions happen on the property’s lush lawn. The venue has no shortage of beautiful settings for photos from the lush hydrangea covered garden arch to the property’s own vineyard. The venue also includes on-site coordination and provides tables and chairs!

View some photos from a recent Vine Hill House wedding here.

Shelldance Orchid Gardens

2000 CA-1
Pacifica, CA 94044

One of the most unique wedding venues we’ve had the opportunity to work at is Shelldance Orchid Gardens in Pacifica. Who doesn’t want to get married in a lush greenhouse surrounded by beautiful plants? The venue has several garden rooms or greenhouse wings which can serve nicely for wedding portraits as well as distinct areas for your cocktail hour. Shelldance is also able to accommodate a reception tent for dinner outside overlooking the Pacific Ocean below.

For more information and to see some wedding photos from Shelldance Orchid Gardens, click here.

Dawn Ranch

16467 CA-116
Guerneville, CA 95446

Dawn Ranch is a stunning venue in Guerneville, CA right on the banks of the Russian River. It’s the perfect venue for a wedding weekend with your family and friends as the 15 acre property has a surprising amount of on-site cabins to meet your guest’s needs. For your wedding day there are several beautiful ceremony and reception locations including their orchard, meadow, and boathouse lawn spaces.

See more photos from a Dawn Ranch wedding here.

Headlands Center for the Arts

944 Simmonds Rd
Sausalito, CA 94965

This former military barracks is located north of the Golden Gate Bridge in the Marin Headlands. Headlands Center for the Arts is a space for artists of all disciplines to develop new work and explore the creative process. It’s also an incredible and history rich wedding venue. The four story building has big windows, tall ceilings, beautiful floors, and even a mess hall for your reception. Ceremonies take place in their amphitheater overlooking the beautiful headlands.

See a real wedding at the Headlands Center for the Arts here.

Hacienda de las Flores

2100 Donald Dr
Moraga, CA 94556

We love when wedding venues are large enough to have plenty of variety yet small enough to make day of logistics easy. Hacienda de las Flores is a great example of this. The grounds feature an open air patio with a stone fountain, a large lawn, and a beautiful enclosed pavilion space surrounded by a neoclassical colonnade. Wedding ceremonies can take place on the open air patio, nearby lawn, or in the pavilion.

You can see more photos from Hacienda de las Flores here.

BRAZILIAN ROOM

1500 Wildcat Canyon Rd
Berkeley, CA 94708

The Brazilian Room was one of the first wedding venues we got to work at as wedding photographers all the way back in 2008 and we still love going back. It’s a beautiful historic building located in Tilden Park in the Berkeley Hills. Wedding ceremonies typically take place on the flagstone patio overlooking the hills of Wildcat Canyon and receptions move inside the elegant Brazilian Room with rich wood paneling. It’s a smaller more contained venue but the location, affordability, and natural beauty make it a great option.

We’re a preferred vendor at the Brazilian Room and you can see more of our photos from there here.

About E&B Photography

We photographed our first wedding in the Bay Area back in 2008. All these years later we still love weddings! Our photography style is candid and photojournalistic and our wedding photos are bright and true to life. We believe that everyone should have great wedding photos at a reasonable price.

Learn more about our wedding photography here and see our full pricing here.

Piedmont Community Hall Wedding

We love photographing weddings at the Piedmont Community Hall. Piedmont Park was one of our first locations for family photos many years ago and it’s a perfect setting for a Bay Area wedding. Couples can have their ceremony in the hall’s amphitheater under tall redwood trees and have their reception in the art deco community hall that dates back to 1924. The venue allows for a great mix of natural California beauty with the immediate convenience of a well appointed and affordable Bay Area wedding venue. What follows is some rental information about Piedmont Community Hall as well as some recent photos from a summer wedding.

Wedding Ceremony setup at Community Hall Amphitheater


Wedding ceremonies in the Community Hall amphitheater can accommodate 120 guests and an additional 80 guests in the bleachers.

The Community Hall itself can seat 120 guests indoors or 200 guests outside on the patio. The patio is a beautiful space for cocktail hour or for your entire reception. For Summer weddings at the Community Hall we often see both the cocktail hour and reception happen outdoors before transitioning into the hall for dancing and dessert.

Piedmont Community Hall building with wedding reception on outdoor patio

Where is Piedmont Community Hall?

Piedmont Community Hall is located at 711 Highland Ave. Piedmont, CA 94611. The venue is 13 minutes from downtown Oakland and only 9 minutes from the Claremont Hotel, a popular nearby hotel for getting ready. You can also get ready in the Japanese Tea House within the park if it’s part of your rental package.

How much is the Piedmont Community Hall?

Piedmont Community Hall is available to rent for $4725 on Fridays and Sundays and $5250 on Saturdays. Rentals are for 8 hours with additional hours available for an hourly rate. The Japanese Tea House is $475 and the Amphitheater is $375 with Community Hall rental.

To reserve the Piedmont Community Hall for your wedding visit the City of Piedmont’s website here.

Wedding photos from Piedmont Community Hall

Bride getting ready in Japanese Tea House

Bride getting ready in Japanese Tea House

First Look on path in Piedmont Park

Parents walking to ceremony

Bride walking down steps to amphitheater

Wedding Ceremony at Piedmont Community Hall Amphitheater

Cocktail hour outside Japanese Tea House in Piedmont Park

Setup for outdoor reception at Piedmont Community Hall

Couple near the Exedra Fountain in Piedmont Park

Hacienda de las Flores Wedding

Who doesn’t love a quick commute to work? For us, showing up to photograph a wedding at Hacienda de las Flores in Moraga couldn’t be any easier. The venue is a short drive from where we’re based and it’s such a beautiful setting for a Bay Area wedding and one of our favorite Bay Area wedding venues

Hacienda de las Flores is a historic Spanish style estate that is owned by the town of Moraga with weddings managed by Wedgewood. We’ve worked at several Wedgewood wedding properties before and they always do a great job. Their venue packages include just about everything you need to throw a beautiful and fun wedding day including coordination, catering, DJ and MC service, among others.

As a wedding photographer, Hacienda de las Flores has so much potential for beautiful wedding photos. The grounds feature an open air patio with a stone fountain, a large lawn with tall cedar, pine, and palm trees, and a beautiful enclosed pavilion space surrounded by a neoclassical colonnade. Wedding ceremonies can take place on the open air patio, nearby lawn, or in the pavilion. We love when wedding venues are large enough to have plenty of variety yet small enough to make day of logistics easy.

Detail photo of vines climbing up pavilion colonnade

Pavilion columns at Hacienda de Las Flores in Moraga, CA

Colorful ceiling and tile inside the colonnade

Pavilion ceremony option

Stairwell and gate into enclosed pavilion. Can be used as ceremony backdrop

Hacienda de Las Flores Wedding Photos

We originally booked with these two for their wedding before covid hit and we were really excited to finally photograph a wedding at Hacienda de las Flores. While it wasn’t the wedding they initially planned for, it was still a beautiful, intimate day with their closest friends and family and it was so great that they were able to still get married at their original venue. Their ceremony took place on the main lawn in front of the mansion followed by a reception on the patio. We took couple portraits and wedding party photos throughout the property.


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UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding

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Recently we had the opportunity to photograph a small wedding ceremony in the Mather Redwood Grove at the UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley. We’ve photographed weddings before at these gardens and are always reminded how beautiful of a space it is. Not only does it make for a perfect wedding venue but it’s just a really lovely place to come and spend the afternoon. The garden itself takes up 34 acres and has over 10,000 plants, many of which are rare and endangered. We love that this amount of natural beauty is right in our backyard and it’s available for Bay Area weddings!

These two exchanged vows surrounded by an intimate group of family and friends beneath the beautiful, towering redwood trees. Following their ceremony we worked with each of them and their families to take some portraits within the redwood grove and the expansive garden across the street.

While this wedding opted for a wedding reception off-site, the UC Botanical Garden also has the Julia Morgan Hall available for wedding receptions. It’s a beautifully restored building with a warm indoor atmosphere and a great deck outside that overlooks the garden.

For more information about renting the UC Botanical Garden for your wedding you can view their rentals page here.