UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding – Stephanie + Steven

UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding cactus garden

Oh do I have a delight of a wedding for you! Stephanie & Steven had a summer wedding at UC Berkeley’s Botanical Gardens in Berkeley, CA. They were one of my couples who had to wait not one but two years for their wedding due to COVID causing their venue to close for an extended period of time. So it was a REAL treat when their families finally got to come together to celebrate the love these two share.

They got married under the canopy of towering redwoods in the redwood grove and then had their reception on site at the banquet hall. I loved that they had a long arc of flowers placed on the floor of their ceremony site, it really added that extra touch. I also love the sleeves of Stephanie’s dress! It added some drama to some of the photos. Enjoy these photos from their intimate summer wedding.

UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding - first look
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding - first look
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding - first look
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding - first look
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding - first look
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding redwood grove
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding in redwood grove
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding in redwood grove
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding in redwood grove
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding in redwood grove
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding in redwood grove
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding in redwood grove
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding in redwood grove
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding in redwood grove
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding redwood grove ceremony
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding redwood grove ceremony
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding redwood grove ceremony
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding redwood grove ceremony
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding redwood grove ceremony
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding redwood grove ceremony
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding redwood grove ceremony
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding redwood grove ceremony
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding redwood grove ceremony
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding redwood grove ceremony
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding redwood grove ceremony
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding redwood grove ceremony
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding redwood grove ceremony
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding redwood grove ceremony
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding reception
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding reception
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding reception
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding reception
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding reception
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding reception
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding reception
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding reception
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding reception
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding reception
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding reception
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding cactus garden
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding cactus garden
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding rose garden
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding rose garden
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding rose garden
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding rose garden
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding rose garden
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding
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So freaking excited for these two! They kept it sweet and simple with a private elopement in San Francisco's golden gate park and they also had an enormous amount of luck when they planned to get married on Wednesday when we had a break in the rain here in the SF Bay Area. It was such a joy to capture this moment ❤️
Just going to put this here... my first attempt at putting myself in front of the camera! Everyone else is doing it so I'm giving it a shot now too. ⁠
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This is from Christy & Dory's gorgeous wedding at Straus Home Ranch, in Marshall, CA. It is one of my favorite venues and this was a very special wedding. Even though this is a more serious moment there is tons of laughter that happens between these two. Christy has the most contagious laugh. I'm sure you'll be smiling when you take a peek. Check out the link in bio.⁠
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📍 Wedding Venue: Straus Home Ranch @straushomeranch⁠
💐 Florals + Planning: Three Summer Days Events, Ashley Babin @threesummerdaysevents⁠
🧀 Catering: The Girl and the Fig @figcaters⁠
🎵 Band: Lucky Devils @luckydevilsband⁠
💄 Hair + Makeup: Lea B Gorgeous @lea_bgorgeous⁠
Enjoy fleet week San Francisco. Hope you enjoy it as much as this mother of the bride!⁠
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The most memorable moments are the unexpected ones. We were getting lined up for family photos when we could hear the blue angels starting up (very loudly) and flying overhead. Emily & Will got so lucky they didn't fly over while they were exchanging their vows and only started up just minutes after they said "I do."⁠
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Also when taking this photo I was disappointed for a split second that I didn't have a long close up lens on me so I could get a better photo of the planes, but then I realized my wide angle lens was perfect for allowing me to get everyone's reaction to the planes just before they zoomed out of frame.