Maravilla Gardens Reviews
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Natalie Sent on 06/04/2026Dream wedding!
We got married at Maravilla Gardens on May 29th, 2026. Mel is incredible. From the moment we began working together, she was on it! She is communicative, detail-oriented, and incredibly thoughtful. On the wedding day, we felt completely taken care of. Mel managed everything and got everyone to where they needed to be.I didn't have to worry about a single thing! Every detail, every piece of signage, every vision we had was executed perfectly. The whole experience felt effortless and seamless. The entire venue was so beautiful with our guests still raving about it! Thank you to Mel and Maravilla Gardens for helping make the wedding of our dreams!
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Ara C. Sent on 10/25/2024The perfect day
If you want a beautiful outdoor wedding, Maravilla Gardens is an absolute dream! Choosing this venue was one of the best decisions we made for our special day. From the first tour, I was captivated by the lush greenery, abundant flowers, and stunning views that make this place magical.
Since we started with a tight budget, we wanted a venue that wouldn’t require much extra decor. Maravilla Gardens exceeded our expectations in this area, with its natural beauty allowing us to keep florals and decor minimal. Our guests couldn’t stop raving about how breathtaking and enchanting everything looked. And there was absolutely no shortage of photo opportunities! So many beautiful backdrops for all your photography and videography needs.
The venue layout is perfect for seamless transitions, from the welcome garden to the ceremony space, cocktail hour, and reception area. Guests easily flowed between spaces, and the setup felt spacious but connected. The dance floor being central to the reception meant everyone could feel included, whether seated or on the dance floor.
We also appreciated the incentive to book within 30 days, which allowed us to add on unique touches like a ceremony arch, chandeliers, and a dessert table. Maravilla’s rentals fit perfectly with our earthy color theme and were all beautifully maintained. Their inclusions—tables, chairs, linens, a coordinator, a grand sparkler exit, and more—made planning so much easier.
Mel, our coordinator, was incredible! Her experience shows in everything she does. She offered excellent suggestions, was highly responsive, and made sure the day was completely seamless. It’s a huge comfort to work with someone who you know has everything under control.
With Command Performance Catering and Brick and Brass Bar as the exclusive catering and bar vendors, planning was simplified. Both were very affordable for the quality and customization they offered. We worked with Keith, who helped us create a menu and drink selection our guests loved—especially the appetizers like the grilled cheese shots, which were a hit!
Maravilla Gardens provided the perfect backdrop for our wedding, and the ease of planning here was invaluable. If you’re considering this venue, know that you’re in great hands with their team and that the natural beauty of the space will wow your guests just as much as it did ours. -
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Justin Sent on 08/31/2024Our Dream Wedding!
We are so happy we chose Maravilla Gardens as our venue! The property itself is stunning and filled with natural beauty with the gardens and landscaping. Being able to use the glam studio to get ready was so nice and the brides & grooms lounges were perfect for relaxing in before the ceremony. Mel was incredible to work with and made the whole process so easy for us, especially since we were planning our wedding from across the country. Highly recommend picking vendors from their preferred list, they all work together often and have great rapport, which made our life so much easier! Our wedding day was beyond perfect, and the team at Maravilla Gardens played a huge role in that! -
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Erica Sent on 05/09/2023A unique and unforgettable wedding day
We just had our wedding at Maravilla Gardens and it was one of the most beautiful, magical, wonderful experiences of my LIFE. The venue itself is just so unique and beautiful. The planning team, Jenn, Mel, Keith, Robert, Gidget etc are just masters at wedding planning and so the entire process was so easy and helpful. All of our guests loved the California feel to the venue and how unique it was. Maravilla constantly updates their own rentals, decor and services so it's always building. We also rented the day of getting ready house which was a life saver and saved me so much stress and worry about transportation. Mel is a dream come true month of coordinator and was very responsive and professional. We were so happy to have met her. Jenn was with his most of the earlier planning process and her and Gidget helped with all of the set up to throw it over the Mel. Keith and Robert for Command Performance Catering were amazing and so informative and helpful when building our wedding menu. We had multiple guests asking if the catering had a restaurant as well! Everyone absolutely loved the food, the atmosphere, the venue and everything that made our day as unique and magical as I could have ever imagined. -
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Jaimee Sent on 07/14/2022Like a Hidden Gem
I am a DJ so I work at a lot of venues in So Cal. When my wedding came around, I decided to use Maravilla because it is literally designed for weddings. They have a built in surround sound system for the DJ to patch into, the space is beautiful, the gardens are amazing, and it's perfect for larger weddings but also smaller more intimate weddings like mine. I will just let you see the photos for yourself.
Even my photographer was blown away with how many perfect places there are to get magazine quality shots there. -
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Wendy Sent on 06/19/2022Beautiful venue, great experience!
Maravilla Gardens is not only breathtakingly beautiful, but also a well-organized, accessible, and comfortable venue both for the wedding party and the guests. We just celebrated our daughter and son-in-law’s wedding there and were very happy. Everyone commented on the beautiful setting – green and flowery, and shaded in all the right places. The ceremony, cocktail area and reception space are each right next to one another and the paths are wide and smooth – easy for everyone, even high heels and wheelchairs. The late-afternoon/evening event was warm and lovely. They put out the heat lamps at just the right time when it started to be chilly – perfectly placed and unobtrusive. There is a frame over the reception area that really adds to the ambiance and also provides support if it rains. The sound system is brand new and sounds great! The team at Maravilla is organized and personable and they know their stuff. Our outside planner and the Maravilla planners worked well together we felt confident and supported at every step. Jen, the venue owner, has an amazing barn full of beautiful and unique items she searches out to add to whatever ambiance you want to create. There are air-conditioned “getting ready” spaces for both halves of the wedding party. Bathrooms are spotless and plentiful. The caterer they use, Command Performance, is excellent and it was so nice to have the venue and caterer work together as an experienced team. We are so glad we got to celebrate at Maravilla and would choose them again in a heartbeat! -
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Tiffeny Sent on 10/26/2019
Maravilla Gardens- The perfect venue!
We were just married at Maravilla Gardens on 10/19/19 and thanks to Jen, Erin, Rob and Command Performance the day was perfect. During the planning process, I must of visited the venue 20 times. Jen was so accommodating and made me feel right at home. The venue was beautiful and Jen & company provided vender recommendations and helped make the process seamless. Everything was perfect and my guests couldn't stop raving about the venue and the food.
There is also a beautiful house on the property that sleeps ten available to rent. Myself and my bridal party stayed in the house the night before which made getting ready a breeze. My husband and I stayed the night of our wedding. Very peaceful and quiet. -
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Karrie Sent on 09/04/2019Beautiful Venue
We had our wedding on 8/17/19 at Maravilla Gardens. The venue is quite amazing!! Jen was super helpful in arranging for us to have our wedding there and Mel, our coordinator, was sooo super helpful. One can not say too much on how beautiful the grounds are!! All the wonderful different flowers, trees, and lawn well kept. The views in all directions will not disappoint!! Everyone there was amazed and could not help but take many photos of their own. So happy we were able to have our wedding at Maravilla Gardens! We had a Perfect Day!! You will not go wrong with this venue. -
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Ali Sent on 11/18/2018Maravilla Gardens rescued our wedding and we are so grateful
Our booked wedding venue had to cancel on us the day before our wedding due to wild fires in Malibu Canyon. By the time we learned this news, however, our incredible wedding planner, Jessica Foster Planning, had already been in touch with Jenn at Maravilla Gardens! Maravilla had ended its wedding season a couple of weeks prior, but so sweetly reopened to rescue our wedding! The grounds are beautiful and everything worked out so well. Our guests’ agreed that they couldn’t imagine what our initial venue was like because Maravilla was such a perfect location! My family and I agreed that we would have booked Maravilla from the start had we known how lovely it was initially. Thank you SO MUCH Jenn & Maravilla Gardens! -
Jennifer Sent on 08/04/2018I had been searching for the perfect outdoor wedding venue in a garden location and one night I came across Maravilla Gardens through a Google search. After scrolling through their website I knew this location was everything that I was looking for and more. We quickly contacted them and booked a site tour. The in person visit was even more beautiful and I was constantly in awe of the location and the services that they offered. A few days after our visit we booked our date. Jen was great to work with and boy does she know her stuff! Each meeting was so productive and I left feeling more comfortable each time. So many people kept asking me if I was stressed out planning a wedding and working with Jen and her team helped make the planning process a lot easier. I loved how Maravilla Gardens provides almost everything you need. We loved working with their caterer, Command Performance Catering, our coordinator Mel was beyond amazing and we also ordered most of our rentals through MVG which was so convenient. All of our guest could not stop talking about how beautiful the location was and how seamless the day was. We truly had the best day ever and loved everything about our wedding day. We can’t thank Jen and her team enough for everything they did. Everything about Maravilla Gardens was truly perfect for our wedding.
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Nancy Sent on 07/18/2012Let me start my review of Maravilla Gardens by saying it is a visually stunning venue for a wedding! The grounds are beautiful, bursting with spectacular flowering blooms and greenery. Our weather was absolutely perfect – not too hot during the day, and just cool enough once the sun set. For our daughter and son-in-law who were married there in June, 2012, it was their perfect day and everything they had dreamed of, and all of our guests had a fantastic time! The Command Performance Catering manager, Robert, was a joy to work with, and the food was fantastic! The Maravilla staff, from owner Jo to her daughter Jen, to our day-of-coordinator Erin, were a pleasure to work with - very professional, helpful and accommodating. A simply perfect day!!
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Maricela Sent on 10/15/2011Maravilla Gardens is a BEAUTIFUL venue! The owner Jo is very nice and our day of wedding coordinator Erin was a life saver. The venue had three different sections, the ceremony area is gorgeous, the separate cocktail area is very spacious and has breathtaking scenery, and the reception area is very open and green with beautiful views. All of our guests will not stop commenting on how beautiful the venue was and how organized everything was. The only drawback about this venue is that the overall event time is too short. The earliest time you are allowed to come in without additional charge is 3:30 pm and everyone has to be out by 10pm... no exceptions. We had to cut a couple of things from our schedule just to have a bit more dancing time for our guests and we still felt that we didn't have enough time.
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