If old-fashioned charm and historic beauty are on your wedding wish list, don't miss Brookshire Gardens. Situated on a beautiful 2-acre property, Brookshire Gardens boasts one of the oldest Victorian homes in El Dorado County. Up to 150 guests can celebrate at this delightful outdoor location from May to October. Your guests will watch you take your vows among majestic, 100 year old walnut trees, casting a romantic shade over the lighted wedding arch. The beautiful shaded patio offers a perfect spot for post-ceremony cocktails, or for a smaller reception. Then, create your dream reception on the beautifully lush lawn, with the historic and charming barn in the background. Don't forget to take some fun and unique photographs inside of the beautiful barn and around the historic grounds!
Take advantage of Brookshire Gardens' flexibility. Bring your own caterer and design a wedding feast that fits your taste and budget. Free parking is available on site. And, because Brookshire Gardens hosts only one wedding per day, you can be assured that your day will get the one-on-one attention it deserves.

If rustic elegance, historic charm, and stunning foothill greenery sound like your dream wedding, take the short drive to The Davies Family Inn at Shadowridge Ranch. Located just a few miles outside of the quaint Motherlode town of Placerville, The Davies Family Inn at Shadowridge Ranch boasts a historic — yet delightfully modern — lodging house, beautiful outdoor lawns, and a variety of indoor and outdoor ceremony and reception locations to please any bride.
Flexibility is key at this beautiful venue; up to 350 people can be accommodated for weddings. Make use of the Pavilion tent for up to 150 guests, overlooking the lush, green lawn area where wildflowers bloom and butterflies flutter. A nearby covered ceremony area and covered catering tent make having a comfortable, elegant outdoor day an easy reality. Or, for larger events, host your wedding in the charming meadow surrounded by towering pines and verdant oaks, where your guests will enjoy views of the lodge and the pony barn. Smaller events, rehearsal dinners, or cocktail hours will be perfectly suited to the Lodge Dining Room, the Covered Patio or the unique Cellar Bar.

Take the picturesque drive to the quaint town of Ione and there you'll find The Heirloom Inn, a charming Southern Colonial style mansion. Surrounded by lush landscaping, you can choose from several garden locations for your ceremony, reception, and wedding photographs. The Main Garden boasts a 2,700 square foot patio, framed by colorful flowers. Green and gorgeous, this garden is most colorful from April to mid November when its many varieties of roses are in bloom. Should you choose to host your reception in the Main Garden, it will seat up to 150 people for dinner. The most popular ceremony location is at the back of the Main Garden, underneath the striking copper gazebo, atop a black slate floor. The front garden marks a lovely location for wedding photographs, complete with romantic Wisteria covering the front balcony of the mansion. Ponds, ferns, and a century-old magnolia tree complete the appeal. There's even a sweet archway and cobblestone patio that make for fabulous wedding photographs.
While you can choose an outside caterer, The Heirloom Inn offers a wedding package that offers exclusive use of the grounds, four rooms in the inn, tables, chairs, a cake table, linens, ivy centerpieces with candles, and more!

The Monte Verde Inn is a first-class location for a glorious garden wedding. Located in Foresthill nine and a half miles off Interstate 80, this six-bedroom Georgian-style manor house was originally built as a private residence in 1936. It now serves guests from around the world as a lovely bed and breakfast inn.
Set in the Sierra foothills, it offers more than six secluded acres of blooming gardens, sculpted hedges, manicured lawns, and a small forest of cedar, pine, and cypress trees. Flowering plum trees line the entrance driveway and the beautifully planted English Country Garden is a riot of color during warm months of the year. An outdoor "chapel" surrounded by 150-year-old incense cedar trees sets the mood and nature provides all the décor you will need for a memorable wedding. Stroll along a quaint path to the newly planted vineyard and take your wedding photographs amidst the picturesque vines.
Owners Douglas and Kelly Dalisa bring more than twenty-five years of hospitality and culinary experience to Monte Verde Inn. They have added elegant touches to the interior of this year-round facility and together they ensure excellent cuisine and extraordinary service for every bride. The Inn can accommodate 200 guests outdoors or up to 80 guests indoors in the elegant ballroom for receptions. This is an extraordinary property for outdoor celebrations. Wedding packages also include an onsite coordinator, custom wedding cake, professional catering, floral décor, an aisle runner and more. Everything you need is waiting at Monte Verde Inn!

Nestled on a beautiful private 40 acre estate in the heart of gold country, Willow Creek Events is the perfect place for a unique vintage, shabby chic or country wedding. Acres of gardens and walking paths create the perfect backdrop for gorgeous photos and a wedding that you and your guests will remember forever.
They specialize in vintage weddings with a great selection of vintage reception décor, cake tables and accessories, guest book table and accessories, gift and place card tables and boards, outdoor photo booth with vintage style props, s'mores bar on an old crackled desk, antique tables with old charming pedestals to display your wedding cake, sweets, cup cakes and penny candy. They always add a little bling to the vintage style to keep it elegant.
The spacious, temperature-controlled "get ready room" is able to accommodate large bridal parties, a shaded oak tree canopied patio garden is perfect for summer weddings, a mature willow tree at one of the ponds is a beautiful option for a ceremony, the indoor vintage reception space is charming and accommodates up to 150 guests, receptions over 150 are held under a high peak tent over looking three ponds.
Willow Creek can provide most every service necessary for the perfect wedding such as on-site event coordinators, complete floral services, professional harpist, emcee and DJ, vintage reception décor, officiate, catering & wait staff, coffee and tea bar, specialty linens, wedding favors, dessert and candy bar, on-site rehearsal dinner space, on-site lodging, bachelor(ette) parties, tea parties and much more.