Planner Resource
Specification sheet for planners and vendors.
Everything a planner or vendor needs to recommend the property with confidence and prepare for the day.
Capacity and configuration
- Comfortable capacity
- Approximately 200 guests
- Maximum capacity
- 250 guests
- Ceremony
- Lakeside, at the water's edge
- Cocktail hour
- Pool terrace, included at no additional charge
- Reception
- Open-air, shaded hardscape and lawn
- Events on site
- One celebration at a time
Arrival and access
- Parking
- Virtually unlimited on-property parking
- Guest transportation
- Golf carts at the scale the wedding requires
- Load-in route
- Maintained property routes to the reception area
- Load-in and breakdown
- Standard setup and breakdown windows, extended access available
Facilities and comfort
- Restrooms
- Luxury restroom trailer included in the venue fee
- Shade
- Included shade structures and shade cloth
- Cooling
- Misters and large cooling fans; shaded concrete reception areas
- Heating
- Complimentary patio heaters for cool evenings
- Tents
- Temporary event tents permitted at the couple's expense; not included in the venue fee
- Lighting
- Evening lighting and maintained pathways
- Power
- On-site power for vendors; confirm loads in advance
Preparation spaces
- Bridal party
- Main-residence living areas
- Groomsmen
- Separate space with shower and refrigerator
Catering and beverage
- Catering
- Outside caterers and cuisines welcomed; on-site cooking permitted
- Food trucks
- Welcomed with sufficient service capacity for the guest count
- Service standard
- A plan able to feed the full guest count within an approved period
- Alcohol
- Bring your own beer, wine, and champagne; no spirits or hard alcohol; no corkage, no bar minimum
Vendors and hours
- Vendors
- Outside vendors welcomed
- Curfew
- None
- Sound
- No sound restrictions
Photography
- Settings
- Lake, vineyard, sunset, and open land
- Sunset direction
- Evening light moves across the lake and open land
- Environment
- No city noise or background lighting
Direct contact
For a site visit, load-in questions, or availability, reach The Lake at Silva Ranch at Tracy_silva@yahoo.com.