Nestldown is a privately owned redwood estate above Los Gatos in the Santa Cruz Mountains, run by the Beck family and booked as a self-catered site. Its gardens, Chapel and Foxglove Meadow are included in the rental, which runs for nine hours. The venue can accommodate up to 200 guests for your wedding celebration.
Nestldown is a family-run estate in the redwoods of the Santa Cruz Mountains, close to Los Gatos. Mark and Barbara Beck bought the land in 1991, and what became the venue began as a garden and a children's fantasy playhouse. Weddings came later, after friends and neighbours kept asking to marry there. The property now stages around 150 events a year and gives couples the use of its roughly 36 acres of gardens, among them the Chapel, the Foxglove Meadow, the Koi Pond and the Fantasy and Medieval Gardens.
A site rental covers nine hours and includes a 20-passenger vintage train, a London taxi, a life-size chess set and bocce courts, along with a dedicated Special Events Manager. Nestldown is not a full-service venue. Catering, entertainment and a planner must come from its approved vendor list, so the day is closer to staging your own event on a very unusual site than to booking a package.
Enquire about Nestldown →What's included9-hour site rental of all 36 acres; Special Events Manager; day-of event team (minimum 3 including the SEM); customised Nestldown timeline and layout; 20-passenger train; vintage London taxi; ceremony and reception tables and chairs; sound system for ceremony; life-size chess set; two bocce ball courts; Fantasy Garden; set-up for ceremony, cocktail hour, dinner and reception. No additional taxes; no corkage fees.
The rental includes all 36 acres for nine hours, a Special Events Manager, a day-of team of at least three, a 20-passenger train, a vintage London taxi, ceremony and reception tables and chairs, a sound system for ceremony, a life-size chess set, bocce ball courts, and set-up for ceremony, cocktail hour, dinner and reception. No additional taxes and no corkage fees apply.
No — Nestldown is not a full-service venue. Catering must be hired from Nestldown's approved vendor list. A Wedding Planner, DJ or band, lighting, and furniture rentals must also come from the approved list.
All music must conclude by 10pm at the latest, in accordance with Santa Clara County noise ordinances and out of respect for neighbours.
Yes — Nestldown hosts only one wedding event per rental period, giving couples and their guests full, private use of the property.
Semi-private tours are offered by appointment on weekends, for couples looking for their wedding venue only. Book via the Nestldown website to experience the gardens and spaces in person.
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