Livermore Area Recreation and Park District

We had our wedding here a few weeks back, and I have to say, we could not have picked a better venue. It's seriously gorgeous, and the grounds are meticulously cared for. LARPD was pretty easy to work with, and Aaron was our coordinator for the day. He's super awesome and helpful. The only thing I was concerned about was that the party had to be over by 7pm, but it turned out to be the perfect amount of time. I absolutely loved having our wedding here, and I would do it again in a heart beat!

I would never give LARPD a cent. What awful people to deal with. After calling a number of times over a solid week just to schedule this place with Carol Markie we finally got a call back. This was more than 6 months before our wedding day. 2 weeks after booking we had some unfortunate events happen in our lives were we needed to change dates. Before we even had a chance to explain we needed to change dates Carol made it clear we were not getting back our $500. No regard for our situation or even wanted to work with us. What a heartless individual and should never have a job in customer service. All they care about is the money. If you want to contribute to that go ahead and have your wedding here. I'm glad writing in a date and erasing 2 weeks later is worth $500 to them. Thieves!

We ended up discovering Ravenswood via Google, when trying to locate an SF area venue that would allow us to have food trucks and home brewed beer. They were incredibly accommodating, the property is gorgeous and well-maintained, and they had tables, chairs, and umbrellas as part of their rental, which made our lives easier. We primarily worked with Carol and Kevin, who answered all of our questions promptly, helped us design sunny and rainy day seating plans for both the ceremony and reception, and generally went above and beyond to make sure our wedding day happened smoothly. Carol and the facility staff helped us set up the day-of; and the on-site facility manager, Carl, was a big help and made sure we had everything we needed throughout the day. Definite Positives: - Flexible catering options (even non-traditional services) - Provides tables, chairs, and umbrellas (linens not provided) - Has additional services such lawn games, for reasonable price - Communication, contracts, and guidelines very clear - Reasonable price, given the area and the services provided - Beautiful location, well-maintained Things to Keep in Mind: - Seasonal hours (facility is open a shorter period of time during winter months, however "summer" hours begin early in the year) - Good for day weddings, but is not available after sunset

The site is beautiful, but with it comes a few warnings. I put my deposit down in Jan. and after pestering them daily I finally received a contract in April. Until this point we only had a verbal even though they had cashed my check. The walk through went well (we got to deal with the workers who set up and tear down). We had requests for a jumpy house and horse and carriage, couple of weeks later I had permission in writing. A month before the event I received a call from the facility's supervisor saying I didn't have permission to have the jumpy house. I forwarded her the email from her boss showing permission and suddenly she was OK with it. All seemed fine until the day before the wedding, I received a frantic phone call from the supervisor saying we didn't have permission for horse and carriage. I had to bring in my contract showing written permission. Then we were asked to provide Ins forms for the vendors. All were not a problem but the day before the wedding is not the day to read your contracts! They have too many chefs and not enough servers.