About this venue
Matt Mermod
OWNER/CHEF
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Located in Newcastle, California, Newcastle Gardens provides a beautiful setting for couples seeking a private, peaceful, and picturesque wedding with many inclusive features like catering, florals and professional wedding coordination to make your big day memorable and stress-free. Located near Sacramento and Roseville and nestled sweetly in the Sierra foothills, this unique 12-acre estate has a beautiful 200-year-old heritage oak tree setting the backdrop for your romantic garden ceremony, a rock garden waterfall, lots of shade and beautiful lush greenery, and a gorgeous refurbished rustic barn venue just steps away for your magical reception.
Couples looking to get married at Newcastle Gardens can accommodate up to 150 guests. The Gardens are brimming with beautiful elements, such as heritage oak trees, granite boulders, a waterfall, potted plants and flowers, cobblestone walkways and secret paths. Any one of these gorgeous locations can be the perfect place for your wedding photographs. Receptions can be held at the Red Horse Barn, which has been renovated with vaulted ceilings, iron chandeliers, stained concrete floors, a custom built-in bar, plus a Barn Loft Showroom full of wedding decor free to use on your special day, including lanterns, floral vessels, votives, easels, signage, antique originals, fabrics, table numbers, and more! Exclusive access to these items come with your venue rental and help offset many must-haves costs on the big day!
From the time of booking Newcastle Gardens as a venue to the day of the wedding, couples will receive full-service planning support. Everything from a bridal suite and groom's room, to services like setup, cleanup, and in-house coordination, florals and catering are all available. Tables, chairs, linens, glassware, flatware, and event rentals are also available. Lighting and sound equipment may be accommodated on request.
Newcastle Gardens is owned and operated by Matt and Jessica Mermod. With combined experience of over 30 years in the service industry in bars, restaurants and catering, Newcastle Gardens is a labor of love for the both of them. Chef Matt has exercised his culinary talents from Southern California to the Bay Area, and up to wine country. Customizing menus and service styles are what set Matt and Newcastle Gardens apart from every other venue; ANYTHING you want to create for your wedding menu is a possibility. Anything from hand-rolled sushi, Sicilian-style pizza, BBQ, Coastal cuisine...the more creative, the better!
Meet the team
- Matt MermodOwner/ChefNewcastle Gardens’ in-house chef, Matt Mermod, has been working in the restaurant industry for over 30 years. He has consulted with and helped to open restaurants across the West Coast, including restaurants in Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose and San Diego. He opened his own Creole-influenced restaurant in downtown Napa, Bleaux Magnolia, in 2005. Specifically, his ten years of experience for a large catering company in the very food-diverse South Bay gives Newcastle Gardens a distinct edge when it comes to menu design; Matt can and will do anything! Nothing is considered too outside-the-box: Italian, sushi, homemade pizzas, street tacos, home-made artisan breads and loaves, Asian cuisine, tapas…The only limit is the imagination of our clients. Being able to do different things is what drives and excites Matt in the kitchen and he looks forward to working with each and every bride and groom/client on menu design.
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