Ursuline Garden Party - Sonoma County Event Photographer

Fourteen years ago, I entered onto the campus of Ursuline High School.  A nervous, somewhat naive, freshman entering a private school campus after attending public school throughout my life.  Beyond my nerves, I was overwhelmed, but in a very positive way.  I was overcome with the community feeling at the school, and during the next four years this sense of community pride grew. 

The transition into a private school, although daunting, was one of the best decisions my parents and I have made together.

Founded on the the tradition of "Serviam" Ursuline High School plays an important part in Sonoma County by encouraging volunteer opportunities and overall community involvement.  This concept has followed me beyond graduation and I now continue my serve to the school as the Alumnae Association President.  One of my favorite events to help organize to the Annual Garden Party. 

 You might be asking yourself, what is a Garden Party? 

What a great question!  It is a late morning to early afternoon event, held at the ever fabulous Union Hotel in the charming town of Occidental...

 There are beautiful decorations (lots of fresh flowers that define the springtime)...

 Add in some mouth-watering home made breakfast pastries...

 Some Easter time decorations...

 And tables full of plants, herbs, trees and shrubs for sale and you have a Garden Party!

To make the event a success, you also need to have a few resident gardeners (that is a job description that I am unable to be assigned to!)

To make the event even more personable, you can add some high school student decorated "garden art"... 

To make the event even more meaningful, all proceeds support future generations of Ursuline girls by providing alumnae scholarships. 

To make the event more enjoyable, classical piano notes floated throughout the ballroom as the result of the talent of an Ursuline senior...

 

All events are the result of hard work by volunteers before, during and after the event...a Garden Party event is not exception to the power of service...

My favorite and continious partners in crime, Morgan and Meredith... 

It is rare that I would post photos of (gasp) myself on this blog, but I really really like this photo of my mom and grandma and I...honestly, I am surrounded by such beautiful women, inside and outside... 

Helping to lead the event throughout the year, is the Garden Party steering committee (we are missing a few members, but here are the majority of us)...

Now that you have learned about all of the essentials to planning a Garden Party, we hope that you will be able to join us next year!  xoxo