I owe some amazing brides and grooms from last year some amazing blogs.  I was almost on top of every wedding from last summer, but there were quite a few that slipped through the cracks and remained, taunting me from my to-do list.  Heather and Gerrad’s Berkeley Botanical Garden Wedding is one of these.  I could wait until their one year anniversary to post it, but frankly, the lush gorgeous greenness of it all is just too fabulous to wait any longer for.

Heather and Gerrad met at a Starbucks in Tempe, where they both worked.  They quickly became fast friends after sharing a chocolate chip cookie together on their first day at work.  On the day of their wedding they told me all about their planned Honeymoon.  It turns out they both have an insane love for Disneyland (Gerrad claims he’d liver there if he could) and they drove from Napa down Hwy 1, topping off their vacation with a visit to their favorite place.

Heather and Gerrad are beautiful people and I’m so insanely lucky that they managed to connect with me.  Heather and Gerrad were Thumbtack clients of mine and they are 110% proof that awesome people use Thumbtack.  They are fun, bright, and smart with delightfully sweet families.  Their August wedding was small, intimate and full of tender moments and completely reflected their quirky personalities.  Plus, they are clearly folks after my own heart: they served BRUNCH.  Their first look is one of my favorite first looks of all time: we held it in the Japanese Tea Garden which was lush, peaceful, and gorgeous.

Without further adieu (because really, it’s been quite long enough), here are some of my favorite images from Heather and Gerrad’s gorgeous botanical garden wedding.

Venue: UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens | Officient and Day Of Coordination: Jen Antoniou | Flowers: Costco | Catering: Wilma Lott