Hastings House Garden Weddings 347 Mirada Rd • Half Moon Bay • CA 94019

Ceremony packages at Hastings House Garden Weddings in Half Moon Bay can include exclusive use of the ceremony garden, private access to the oceanview cliffs for photos, ceremony chairs and setup, custom music from a local musician, professional photography, an on-site getting-ready cottage and event planning. Owner Linda Montalto Patterson photographs weddings herself, and her husband, Richard Patterson, plays guitar. Your reception happens elsewhere, so that venue, food and drinks are separate.

Hastings House Garden Weddings is a ceremony-only venue, so you'll hold your reception somewhere else. The upside: you get the garden entirely to yourselves for the ceremony, and the owners will help you find a reception spot nearby, so your guests have an easy next stop.

At Hastings House Garden Weddings in Half Moon Bay, elopement packages start at $3,000 for up to 10 people, counting the two of you, and can include a photographer and a musician. Ceremony packages for larger groups start at $4,000, with a maximum of 30 guests. Your total depends on your guest count and which services you add, like photography, music and planning, all handled by the owners and their local musician. Since the garden is ceremony-only, budget separately for your reception venue, food and drinks.

Ceremonies at Hastings House Garden Weddings happen during daylight hours only, any day of the year. Music is acoustic only, which suits the garden perfectly: co-owner Richard Patterson plays guitar at weddings, or a local musician can play custom ceremony music for you.

Hastings House Garden Weddings is exclusively a small wedding and elopement venue, so your ceremony never competes with a big event for the date or the owners' attention. It's a private home garden on the Pacific coast in Half Moon Bay, with rose beds, herbs and paths that owner Linda Montalto Patterson designs and tends herself. You'll also get private access to the oceanview cliffs for photos. It's a true family business: Linda can photograph your ceremony, and her husband, Richard, plays guitar, so one small team handles the details.

Yes, small weddings and elopements are all Hastings House Garden Weddings does. Elopement packages start at $3,000 for up to 10 people, including the two of you, and ceremony packages host up to 30 guests. Picture your vows in a private coastal garden, guitar music from co-owner Richard Patterson, photos by Linda Montalto Patterson on the oceanview cliffs, and a cottage on-site to get ready in.