Looking for venue w/pond and bridge for Monet inspired wedding..?? So lost.

xxxpinksuedexxx

I would like to have a Claude Monet inspired wedding theme and the perfect setting would be somewhere with a pond or lake, a small bridge and gardens but I can't seem to find one. Any help would be appreciated! The venue doesn't have to be huge. Our guest list is under 70.

Bonzo2011

What area are you looking at? If you're in the Bay Area, there are some nice garden venues for that size of guest list, though I don't know about bridges. Ardenwood Historic Farms (if they've resolved the lawsuit against their old caterer, not sure how that's going), thre are some gardens at Golden Gate Park you can rent out...the list is pretty big. Try searching on Here Comes the Guide. I liked their venue search far better than TK's.

emineminem

http://www.yelp.com/biz/hakone-estate-and-gardens-saratoga

highly recommend! it's got kind of a Japanese flavor to it, but you will definitely find the pond and bridges a la monet.

In Saratoga, CA (south near San Jose)

floriev

Try The Garden at Heather Farms park in Walnut Creek.

anglyn

The Japanese Garden at Micke Grove has a bridge/pond. 

The Japanese Garden at SF Golden Gate Park does too. 

Vino Con Brio Vineyards in Lodi has a pond but no bridge. 

xxxpinksuedexxx

Thank you so much for all the wonderful suggestions ladies! I'm going to check them all out. We're pretty open to where we'll have the wedding since our family is spread out all over Northern California. It doesn't really matter what city we host it in.. people will be travelling an hour or so either way.