We recently had our family reunion catered by Kea for a afternoon day in the park on Saturday and a…read morefarewell dinner on Sunday. ALL OF THE FOOD WAS ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS.... well and prepared with great seasonings! It was the best Soulfood I've had in a long time... A long, long time. And my favorite was her potato salad, better than my and grandmother's recipes. Now, if I can figure out a way that I can hire her to come out to Northern Utah to cater an event for me, that would be great! I highly recommend her and her staff for your next catered event.

KeasKatering is awesome! We had her cater for a party of 50 people at our house. We scheduled her…read moreserving time to be from 3 PM to 5 PM. She arrived promptly at 2:30 PM to set everything up. Her two staff members, Tasha and her mom Cynthia (Shout out to you Moms!) were super friendly and professional. Our menu consisted of the all you could eat Stuffed Potato bar with the mouthwatering, smoked brisket, savory smoked pork and tender, smoked chicken. Additional items were cheese and broccoli, sour cream, and chives, bacon, bits, and jalapeños. We also added a tray of collard greens, Black Eyed Peas and cornbread. Boy! Let me tell you about them collard greens and cornbread! Packed full of flavor and delicious! Everyone at the party were ranting and raving about the food and several of them got her contact information to have KeasKatering at their event! She also has meal prep plans where you order ahead and pick it up for a very reasonable price! Check her out, you will not be disappointed!

Working with Sandra was an absolute dream, right from the start. About two months out from our…read morewedding, we absolutely knew we needed a day-of coordinator. Our photographer connected us with Sandra, saying she was the best in the business, and from our first call, we knew we could put her faith in her. From the initial call, we knew we wanted to work more closely with Sandra than just the day of, and we asked her to be our lead-up coordinator. Together, she helped us put together a timeline that was more realistic than our initial, and made sure that everything we wanted on our special day was there: spending quality time with our guests, incorporating a Chinese tea ceremony, and even helping with the mics during the ceremony! Sandra did an amazing job stepping in with vendor communications, making sure we had everything in place before we even stepped in the venue. She seamlessly helped all our disparate pieces marry--from chargers we brought to plates we rented (making sure nothing got mixed up!)--and all our guests noticed every detail we planned together. At the end of the day, our officiant turned to me, an absolute control freak, and said, "Sandra must have really earned your trust. You were really just having fun!" And it was true! The day ran so smoothly--and I was oblivious to any hiccups (they were so easily handled). If I could do it again with Sandra, I would a thousand times over.

There are not enough words to describe how AMAZING Sandra and her team are. I am lucky enough to…read morehave gotten to call Sandra my wedding planner, but she is also a very close friend. Over the years, I watched her build this business with such passion and dedication that I had no doubt I needed her talent and expertise when it came time to plan my own wedding.  I don't think my husband and I fully understand what it took to plan a wedding on the shorter timeline we had, and I can confidently say we would've been lost without Sandra. She coordinated with our vendors, created a schedule and timeline, and kept everything moving. But most importantly, throughout the process, she really cared and listened to what mattered to the two of us, creating a day that felt special and true to us. Anyone can be insanely organized (which, by the way, she is, and her day-of document is an organizational DREAM!), but having a planner care at that level of detail made the process even better! Our wedding was a dream that our guests, my husband, and I still rave about! It truly wouldn't have been possible without everything Sandra did. Above all else, Sandra is an incredible person with an incredible heart and passion for her work. She and her team will always go above and beyond for her couples and make sure that you have the wedding day of your dreams. I cannot stress how AMAZING she is or how much you need her to make your wedding dreams come true.

We wholeheartedly agree with every positive comment in Brooke's previous reviews! She made our…read moreentire wedding day flow effortlessly from start to finish. We found Brooke by searching for wedding planners that had worked with our venue (Timber Cove Resort) before. Having worked there before, it was a huge plus that she already knew the coordinators and had cultivated relationships with trusted vendors who were familiar with the property. This insider knowledge made our planning process very smooth. We decided to go with the partial planning package, which fit our needs well. Early in the planning process, we'd spend time researching vendors on our own as well as ask Brooke for her recommendations, then reach out to the vendors on both of our lists. We found ourselves choosing her suggestions almost every time. Her industry experience and keen eye for quality vendors became obvious very quickly, yet she never made us feel pressured to go with any particular choice. She simply provided excellent options and let us make the decisions. Throughout the entire process, Brooke was incredibly mindful of our budget. In our very first meeting, she showed us a detailed budget from a previous wedding she did at our venue and walked us through each line item, pointing out areas where we might want to allocate more or less based on our priorities. This level of transparency and attention to detail immediately gave us confidence in her approach. Her communication style was exactly what we needed. We often sent her emails late at night, and Brooke would consistently respond first thing the next morning with clear, comprehensive answers. There was not a single time that she didn't address a concern in one of our emails, even when we sent her massive lists. She was also always proactive about letting us know when she'd be on vacation well in advance, allowing us to plan our questions and timeline accordingly. Brooke's flexibility was another standout quality. While our contract only covered the wedding day itself, we had planned a Welcome Dinner the night before and a Farewell Brunch the day after that we intended to handle ourselves. Unlike other planners we'd heard about from our friends who strictly limit their involvement to contracted days (which is understandable), Brooke was incredibly supportive when questions came up about these additional events. She went above and beyond by helping us order linens from the rental company and create layouts for these extra events. Not to say that future clients should expect this kind of support for non-contracted events by any means, but we were grateful for her willingness to lend a helping hand with the extra details that made our entire wedding weekend cohesive and stress-free. When our wedding day arrived, everything ran flawlessly! Even when we had a last-minute request to move our toasts indoors due to wind and chilly weather, Brooke handled it seamlessly without missing a beat. We can't imagine having planned our wedding without Brooke. Her expertise, professionalism, and genuine care for our vision made what could have been an overwhelming process both enjoyable and successful. We truly couldn't think of anything negative when she asked for our feedback after the wedding. We absolutely recommend her without reservation!

Our married friends told us it's *very* important to choose a good wedding planner. Luckily, I…read morefound Orchard Ave Events by googling "how much does it cost to have a wedding in Sonoma wine country?" One of the top hits was a very helpful article written by Brooke, which gave dollar value ranges with useful context. I sent her an inquiry and she got back to us promptly. From the first phone call, Brooke was personable, down to earth, and with her many years of experience in hospitality it was obvious she was well-connected to local vendors in Sonoma. She was keenly interested in getting to know us as a couple and helped us determine the things that were most important to us for our wedding. We chose a partial planning package: a highly collaborative arrangement with unlimited emails, phone calls, texts, in addition to strategically timed in-person visits. After we signed our contract, Brooke sent us a thorough budget worksheet that allowed us to play with each cost and see how it affected our bottom line. She also made us a detailed wedding planning timeline outlining all our tasks by month. This greatly helped us stay on track, get things done in a reasonable timeframe, and not forget any step. In choosing vendors, we'd ask Brooke for recommendations and she'd send us emails detailing 3-4 good options. She'd then explain which one she thought would be the best fit for us and why. At first, I'd do a lot of research on all the options, but I always ended up agreeing with her first choice. I learned to trust Brooke's judgment so thoroughly that I started going with whatever her top suggestion was without even looking into the others. I have no regrets and it saved us a ton of time.  Re: reception and ceremony layout, style, decor, etc. Brooke is just as detail-oriented as I am and literally nothing got by her--even passing comments I made about hating the overuse of Papyrus and that I love my food piping hot--she captured all these little preferences making sure the caterer didn't print our menus in Papyrus and instructed them to bring out our food extra hot! It was obvious that she listened carefully, taking meticulous notes and kept all our information organized in a large folder for in-person visits. Often, I'd send long, late-night emails to Brooke asking a host of questions at once. She'd reliably respond the next morning with a thorough answer to every question written in a different color under my original text. Even when she was handling another event, her responses were still remarkably fast. Brooke is easily able to work with different communication styles. For instance, my husband is more of a get-to-the-point, bullet notes, 2 min call kind of guy. On the other hand, I am liable to tell the whole meandering backstory (for example, this review) and discuss every option in detail over 40 mins. Brooke was able to cater to each of our disparate styles with ease. My husband is still learning :)  So our vendors were all picked, save-the-dates sent, and everything was going great when a big wrench got thrown into our plans. BR Cohn wanted to schedule BottleRock on the day of our wedding and they offered to pay for a significant chunk of our wedding costs if we'd agree to move to a different venue. This was a big dilemma: it would be great to save a lot of money, but we had already spent months planning our vision for the space at BR Cohn. Thank god we had Brooke to guide us through this unforeseen situation. She graciously agreed to meet us at the other venue right away and spent hours helping us consider whether or not to make the move. I was really stressed--my heart was set on BR Cohn and although the new venue was also beautiful, it was just not what I had envisioned. My husband, however, was far less attached and wanted to save the cash. Brooke helped us draft a counter-offer to stay at BR Cohn but switch dates and they accepted. She even handled the immense amount of work that resulted from this: contacting all our vendors about the new date and literally re-doing every contract. This whole debacle is a great example of something we had no way of anticipating would happen and are SO grateful we had Brooke to lean on to guide us through it!  In the end, everything was amazing. Some vendors even threw in a few extras for free just because they love working with Brooke. She also let us borrow a huge collection of wedding decor items she owns, which saved us on rental costs. These are just some cherry-on-top items you'll enjoy with Brooke as your planner. In closing, this is a long overdue review... my husband asked me if the reason I was dragging my feet was because after this our time with Brooke is officially over. Perhaps there's some truth to that--Brooke grew to be a constant sense of calm in my life. To say that I'll miss working with her is an understatement and it's certainly the saddest part of our wedding being over. Choose Brooke at Orchard Ave Events and you'll see just what I mean.

Lili made our wedding ceremony everything we were hoping for and more! We met several times (on…read moreZoom and in person) and were in constant communication via email to perfect our ceremony. She made the daunting task of creating a short, simple but sweet ceremony easy to do. She guided us through the whole process and it was not overwhelming at all! She even helped guide us through the vow writing process too. What I was most thankful for though was the actual day of- My fiance and I were both so nervous and her calm, gentle voice kept the ceremony moving at the perfect pace that felt sentimental and special. She is calm, cool, collected perfection! We highly, highly recommend Lili for your wedding ceremony!

Lili was great! We are so thankful we were able to have her officiate our wedding. She clearly has…read morea lot of experience, so the process of working with her was super easy--we met for a Zoom call introduction, talked about the type of ceremony we wanted, then Lili provided a sample script for the ceremony with options for us to customize each section. She even helped us pick out our readings and vows. We were really happy with the script we ended up with; we felt like it was tailored to us and we got to have input while she took care of all the details behind-the-scenes. She was great the day-of, too--engaging, reliable, and friendly. Fully recommend! Photos from our wedding photographer, Savannah Hayes Photography.

Echo is a great wedding planner, and I am happy we chose her to guide us through the process. From…read morethe initial phone call, I got the impression that she was organized, professional and honest, which was true throughout the planning process. Me and my husband got the middle-tier package, which did not include budget and vendor payments (note: this package excludes reminders to pay vendors as well). Echo's approach to wedding planning is methodical and well-organized. For instance, she created a dedicated folder where she would post/remove deliverables incrementally as we went through the process. That way, we did not feel overwhelmed since she already broke down the steps into smaller, manageable pieces. Or, another great example is organizing our email communications by different work streams so that we could easily refer to conversations by topic, and not lose track of items when discussing multiple vendors at once. Echo was always quick to reply on every communication platform. We trusted Echo not only for her planning skills, but also for her local knowledge of vendors. We followed her recommendations under the assumption that she would put together an excellent team to execute our vision. On the day of the wedding, they all worked together like a well-oiled machine. They say that something always goes wrong on your actual wedding day, but ours was had little/no stress. I know that there is a lot of background work for that to occur -- so thank you Echo!

Echo was a wonderful wedding planner. From the beginning, she was extremely organized,…read moreaccommodating, responsive and understood exactly what we wanted. Echo paid attention to the details and was always willing to go above and beyond to make us feel special. I would definitely recommend her as your wedding planner! Our wedding day was a breeze thanks to her help:)

This company will be DJing my wedding this coming weekend. The owner (Richard G., I think?) has…read morebeen extremely well organized in helping me pick out the right music and musicians. I looked at ALOT of DJ's for events in Napa/Sonoma and TrueMusicMedia had the best overall looking website, were very honest and upfront with the cost, and extremely innovative in the latest technologies in sound. I will post an update after the wedding... ----- AFTER THE WEDDING!! Let me just say Thank you so much True Music Media! They went above and beyond their responsibilities (such as maintaining and eventually asking other (DRUNK) vendors (hair and makeup!) to leave. I decided last minute that it would be *nice* to have a flamenco guitarist after the ceremony - and VOILA! Ask and you shall receive. I swear Richard (the owner) has some serious connections. Not like mafia or anything...but you get my drift ;) Thank you again!

This review is long overdue but Harlene is truly a gem. From our first initial inquiry to the very…read morelast event, she handled everything with great detail, precision and care. We had a multi day fusion wedding and every single moment was perfect. Harlene made the process so stress free and fun for us. She was patient with our many questions and even coordinated with our families. Harlene went above and beyond in every detail. We are truly so grateful to have had her as our planner!

I can't even imagine our wedding without Harlene. I consider myself a Type-A personality and pretty…read moreorganized, but Harlene has me beat -- in the best way possible!! She made our month-out wedding planning go so incredibly smooth, which made our actual wedding day so enjoyable. If anything went wrong, I didn't know about it or even notice. We were actually running early, which I've never heard happen at a wedding before! We got so many compliments about the flow of our wedding and how on-point Harlene and her team were. The venue also complimented us on our choice of coordinator, so if you have any doubts, don't! For example, she wasn't thrilled with how the venue was folding the napkins, so she asked them to refold so our guests could see their names/menus/our gifts on the table placements. And she made sure every one was done right. Harlene is bubbly, bright, calming, and exactly what you need for your big day. I have zero regrets about hiring her and would 100% do it again. Thank you again, Harlene!

We hired DJ Brette to DJ and sing at our Xmas party. They came early to setup and able to do an…read moreexcellent job to entertain all our guests! The Karaoke was a hit, especially after everyone had a few drinks! We would definitely use them again for future events at our home.

Ken was amazing with helping my 10 years anniversary flows very well. He meet up with us at our…read moreplace to planning meetings and having a layout where the band will be. He had great suggestions on the timeline. He is very easy to work with. He help me pick and coordinate a band who his daughter was a fanatic singer. They executed the music so nicely. She sang all Romaric songs for my 1920-1940's them. Nice job team!