Evergreen Springs by Wedgewood Weddings

til 4 months before our event (per how they work!), every time I had questions before then and emailed the team, they responded super quick and always answered my questions. We loved how they had items included in their packages, including DJ, catering/bar, floral, photographer, officiant, and grand sparkler entrance. Even though some required extra cost, it was helpful for us to add just a bit more $ but less headache having to find another vendor. Also, in our detail planning, we found out they let you use their lanterns, votives, vases, and easels for no charge at all on the day - that was a pleasant surprise. The team even helps charge items overnight (such as our bubble guns), prepares petals for the ceremony walkway if you purchase the flowers and give them to them during your rehearsal; and even gave us a beautiful gift to us before the end of the night on our event. In conclusion when it came to our team (Kali & Anelise), they were phenomenal, and I would never stop recommending them. The only items we were a bit upset about were: - even though you do not need to pay 25% until 6 months before the event and the rest 50% 10 days prior, keep in mind the Elk Grove tax increases every year. So we were hit with some more fees, which I did not account for when budgeting - the photography team (API) did not reach out to us until we mentioned this to Anelise during our last detail meeting (10 days prior), and she reached out to them. API did send me a nice long email explaining that they normally don't until the week of, but promised they would start reaching out to their clients sooner so it doesn't become another couple's last-week stress factor. The photos came out super gorgeous though (ask for sunset pics!) - same issue with the DJ. The event binder said to email him our song list a month before, which we did, but we didn't hear back from him until the week before. Again, he noted it was due to wanting to have details fresh in his mind for the event. That made sense, but on the day, he still overlooked a few items we asked for. For example, we were under the impression that he was going to play songs from our Spotify playlist ONLY for the dance party, but he only used some of the songs for reference; he said that he does not play the full songs to rotate more songs, but he did on the day for the dance party (some guests also mentioned the song transitions were off); a few announcements were not made clear (such as announcing cake cutting or the taco bar) - could not find the banquet captain after the reception/our event coordinator left for the day. Communication with the ES team went kind of downhill after Kali left. Besides the frustrations mentioned above, we loved Evergreen Springs and would recommend it. Just make sure your communicate with them and their vendors very clearly. There is plenty of parking, a huge and beautiful bathroom for guests (very important), a beautiful getting ready room for the bride with a private bathroom, and as mentioned a wonderful team.

e first toured in early March of 2020, about 1 week before the world shut down. For almost a year and half, I communicated via email with Natalie and Lucy and they always answered my questions. I was drawn to this venue because it was so clean and elegant and because it was all inclusive. I didn’t have to worry about cups, forks, spoons and linens. Everything was there and we could customize our day to whatever we wanted. I also appreciated that we received a binder to help the details, Bliss benefits that we could use towards our invitations and scheduled details appts. All follow up with great. I also loved that there was an open house where we could sample food and see other vendors. At our open house, there was a raffle and I won. We got the upgraded chairs and I was so happy. People kept telling me no one would notice the chairs, but I did and it was everything for me. Also, I loved that there is sufficient accent lighting. I didn’t have to hire a lighting company because the hall was already lit perfectly for us and went well with the DJ’s lighting, another vendor’s lighting and the lighting I brought in. Our guests looked the venue and found it super elegant. Everyone raved about the food! It was delicious food and so many choices especially when it came to sides. None of our guests left hungry. We also loved that there was unlimited wine while eating dinner. Price lists that were given at initials appts and appts after were super helpful. So information is given during appts. I would highly recommend this establishment. I wish I could do my wedding reception all over again.

ecades. The planning, wedding rehersal and 1st portion of the wedding were absolutely awesome. However Wedgewood has a policy which calls for the wedding coordinator, during the wedding, to hand off responsibilities to the Banquet Captain . Bryan was unfortunately our assigned Banquet Captain. After Jasmine left, the wedding quickly went from a "10" to a "4 or 5." If it wasn't for the DJ, a Wedgewood vendor, the wedding would have dropped to a "2 or 3." We chose the buffet option, and an inadequate amount of salmon and Chicken Cordo Blue were prepared. This lead to many of our guests including my Mother, not being offered any meat. We paid $99 per guest, so we were extremely disappointed. We had ~ 100 guests so that was nearly $10,000. That did not include the flat venue and ceremony fees, upgraded chairs, open California bar. Nor did it include the required fee for a security guard.