{"id":563778,"date":"2015-09-18T12:00:41","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T17:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/?p=563778"},"modified":"2016-04-11T16:34:10","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T21:34:10","slug":"garden-wedding-napa-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/garden-wedding-napa-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Garden Wedding in Napa Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-563802\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/d6\/26\/d62670c1a8f8f08c.jpg\" alt=\"Garden-Wedding-in-Napa-Valley (24 of 29)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p>Choosing a venue close to their hearts,&nbsp;Brendan and&nbsp;Jena hosted their rustic wedding at the&nbsp;bride&rsquo;s family home and business, Forni-Brown-Welsh Gardens in California. Bright florals and&nbsp;rustic d&eacute;cor came together perfectly to create their garden party wedding. Adding another sentimental touch to this sweet wedding, the couple gave away homemade olive oil as favors.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.clarkiephotography.com\/\">Clarkie Photography<\/a>&nbsp;captured all the meaningful moments at this outdoor wedding in Napa Valley.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Couple:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Brendan and&nbsp;Jena<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Wedding:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Forni-Brown-Welsh Gardens, Napa Valley, California<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Inspiration:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>It was mostly taken from the location. We we&rsquo;re extraordinarily lucky to have Forni-Brown-Welsh Gardens as our family home; and the family and friends that put so many years into cultivating the land also put so much love and care into our wedding.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-563780\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/18\/38\/1838ae1718c7ee3d.jpg\" alt=\"Garden-Wedding-in-Napa-Valley (2 of 29)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-563781\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/d4\/46\/d446ecd61c657150.jpg\" alt=\"Garden-Wedding-in-Napa-Valley (3 of 29)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-563782\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/0a\/bf\/0abffbc37847b849.jpg\" alt=\"Garden-Wedding-in-Napa-Valley (4 of 29)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-563785\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/86\/17\/861706d48a4250c5.jpg\" alt=\"Garden-Wedding-in-Napa-Valley (7 of 29)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-563784\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/19\/bd\/19bd5bc5c66ffacd.jpg\" alt=\"Garden-Wedding-in-Napa-Valley (6 of 29)\" width=\"600\" height=\"898\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-563783\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/a3\/14\/a314b28489aa47f0.jpg\" alt=\"Garden-Wedding-in-Napa-Valley (5 of 29)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-563786\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/e7\/ed\/e7eda18d73e8e07f.jpg\" alt=\"Garden-Wedding-in-Napa-Valley (8 of 29)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-563787\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/7f\/9a\/7f9a7b508721b26d.jpg\" alt=\"Garden-Wedding-in-Napa-Valley (9 of 29)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-563788\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/01\/3f\/013f4435f14e6b47.jpg\" alt=\"Garden-Wedding-in-Napa-Valley (10 of 29)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-563789\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/25\/a2\/25a21d86e9d9d8ec.jpg\" alt=\"Garden-Wedding-in-Napa-Valley (11 of 29)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-563790\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/e2\/da\/e2da2db360ded9d8.jpg\" alt=\"Garden-Wedding-in-Napa-Valley (12 of 29)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-563791\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/d8\/85\/d885753b50ee6aec.jpg\" alt=\"Garden-Wedding-in-Napa-Valley (13 of 29)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-563792\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/72\/6f\/726f664474076b05.jpg\" alt=\"Garden-Wedding-in-Napa-Valley (14 of 29)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-563793\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/f6\/72\/f672ad56b9d77c56.jpg\" alt=\"Garden-Wedding-in-Napa-Valley (15 of 29)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-563794\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/27\/79\/2779aff65332ecfa.jpg\" alt=\"Garden-Wedding-in-Napa-Valley (16 of 29)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-563795\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/d9\/5d\/d95d011774ebbda9.jpg\" alt=\"Garden-Wedding-in-Napa-Valley (17 of 29)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-563799\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/0c\/a0\/0ca069dac6aa8ec3.jpg\" alt=\"Garden-Wedding-in-Napa-Valley (21 of 29)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-563800\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/04\/bd\/04bdb3dbcf3a07ab.jpg\" alt=\"Garden-Wedding-in-Napa-Valley (22 of 29)\" width=\"600\" height=\"898\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-563801\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/d7\/04\/d70472ce73ead49b.jpg\" alt=\"Garden-Wedding-in-Napa-Valley (23 of 29)\" width=\"600\" height=\"898\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-563803\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/70\/7b\/707b4ef2133ecf11.jpg\" alt=\"Garden-Wedding-in-Napa-Valley (25 of 29)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-563804\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/5e\/79\/5e79714fa6b7b05f.jpg\" alt=\"Garden-Wedding-in-Napa-Valley (26 of 29)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-563797\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/b7\/d4\/b7d427e9d6a84055.jpg\" alt=\"Garden-Wedding-in-Napa-Valley (19 of 29)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-563798\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/28\/37\/2837c4519e3c616e.jpg\" alt=\"Garden-Wedding-in-Napa-Valley (20 of 29)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-563796\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/2a\/f4\/2af4853d853f724d.jpg\" alt=\"Garden-Wedding-in-Napa-Valley (18 of 29)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-563779\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/b7\/d6\/b7d66e6b098e3f04.jpg\" alt=\"Garden-Wedding-in-Napa-Valley (1 of 29)\" width=\"600\" height=\"898\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-563805\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/16\/b7\/16b7a286761b5055.jpg\" alt=\"Garden-Wedding-in-Napa-Valley (27 of 29)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-563806\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/43\/07\/4307ed2317b67e63.jpg\" alt=\"Garden-Wedding-in-Napa-Valley (28 of 29)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-563807\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/fe\/c4\/fec4659dfd692571.jpg\" alt=\"Garden-Wedding-in-Napa-Valley (29 of 29)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Moments:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"il\">Brendan<\/span>: <em>My favorite moment was when the entire party was just getting their seats for dinner; the sun was just setting&nbsp;on the Palisade mountains and the light was hitting all of our family and friends perfectly.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"il\">Jena<\/span>: <em>I think my favorite moment was immediately after the wedding, as we were walking down the aisle. In the pictures, you can really see the pure joy on both of our faces. Joy &mdash; mixed with love and relief!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Couple Recommends:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>We were very lucky in that everyone we worked with was wonderful! Everyone was extremely professional, timely and made the whole experience pleasant. 5 stars all around!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Wedding Team:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photography &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clarkiephotography.com\/\">Clarkie Photography<\/a><br>\nEvent Planning &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stellareesewine.com\/\">Stellareese Wines<\/a><br>\nVenue &ndash;&nbsp;Forni-Brown-Welsh Gardens<br>\nFloral Design &ndash;&nbsp;Lauren Schiller<br>\nCatering &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/calistogakitchen.com\/CalistogaKitchen\/Catering.html\">Rick Warkel Catering<\/a><br>\nCake &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetoncake.com\">Sweet On Cake<\/a><br>\nOfficiant &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/\">Edie Weinstein<\/a><br>\nLive Music &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cosmoalleycats.com\">Cosmo Alley Cats<\/a><br>\nInvitations &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/hellotenfold?ref=l2-shopheader-name\">HelloTenFold<\/a><br>\nMakeup Artist &ndash;&nbsp;Misty Taylor<br>\nHair Styling &ndash;&nbsp;Misty Taylor<br>\nWedding Dress &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sajawedding.com\/\">Saja Wedding<\/a><br>\nBridesmaids&rsquo; Apparel &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/Jcrew.com\" target=\"_blank\">J.Crew<\/a><br>\nGroom&rsquo;s Apparel &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/Jcrew.com\" target=\"_blank\">J.Crew<\/a><br>\nRentals &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/classicpartyrentals.com\" target=\"_blank\">Classic Party Rentals<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A special thanks to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.clarkiephotography.com\/\">Clarkie Photography<\/a>&nbsp;for giving us a glimpse into&nbsp;Brendan and&nbsp;Jena&rsquo;s garden party wedding&nbsp;in Napa Valley. Love this bright floral look? Head over to this <a href=\"http:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/southwestern-inspired-wedding-mercury-hall\/\">southwestern inspired wedding at Mercury Hall<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/xoxoJackie3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"xoxo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.junebugweddings.com\/blog\/xoxo\/xo-jackie.png\" alt=\"xoxoJackie\" width=\"101\" height=\"47\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Choosing a venue close to their hearts,&nbsp;Brendan and&nbsp;Jena hosted their rustic wedding at the&nbsp;bride&rsquo;s family home and business, Forni-Brown-Welsh Gardens in California. Bright florals and&nbsp;rustic d&eacute;cor came together perfectly to create their garden party wedding. Adding another sentimental touch to this sweet wedding, the couple gave away homemade olive oil as favors.&nbsp;Clarkie Photography&nbsp;captured all the meaningful moments at this outdoor wedding in Napa Valley. The Couple: Brendan and&nbsp;Jena The Wedding: Forni-Brown-Welsh Gardens, Napa Valley, California [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"kia_subtitle":"","footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[1368,1052,1070,1149,1071,1079,1288,1005,1088],"tags":[1110,1106,1097],"class_list":["post-563778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-backyard-wedding","category-best-wedding-photography","category-bohemian-wedding","category-california-wedding","category-casual-wedding","category-garden-wedding","category-napa-wedding","category-real-weddings","category-rustic-wedding","tag-dark-pink","tag-orange","tag-yellow"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}