San Diego • Temecula • Southern California
Gardens, bluffs and a town that never quite dresses up. We write a ceremony that fits how the day already feels.
Weddings in Encinitas
Encinitas weddings are quieter than the ones further south, and more often garden led. San Diego Botanic Garden, a private yard in Leucadia, a lawn above Moonlight Beach. Guest counts sit smaller, dress codes sit looser, and the whole day tends to run at the pace of the town, which is to say unhurried. Couples who choose Encinitas usually live here or spent a decade of weekends here.
The gardens change what the ceremony can be. Under mature trees you get shade, so a two o'clock ceremony is survivable in August in a way it is not on an open lawn. You also get shade in the photographs, which favours a later start anyway. Spring is the strongest season here, roughly March through May, when everything is in flower and the marine layer has not yet settled into its June pattern.
On the coast, the bluff sites are beautiful and awkward. Swami's and the surrounding bluffs involve stairs, and a lot of them, which rules them out for older guests. Moonlight Beach is easier to reach and busier with the public. Beach and park ceremonies in Encinitas need a city permit, and the current rules on numbers, chairs and amplified sound are worth confirming before you plan the layout.
Coast Highway 101 through Leucadia is the other thing to plan around. It is one lane each way through the middle of town, and on a Saturday in summer it backs up from the Encinitas Boulevard lights to Moonlight and beyond. Guests coming down from Carlsbad should take the freeway to Encinitas Boulevard rather than the coast road, however scenic it looks on a map. Tell them that in writing, because most of them will not think to ask.
A few of the places couples get married here. Ask us about yours.
A personal ceremony, thoughtfully led.
Everything you need for a ceremony that feels warm, personal, and unmistakably yours.
Starting at $595
Check Your DateYour story. Your vows. Your moment.
For couples who want a completely personalized ceremony experience.
Starting at $995
Check AvailabilityPrepare for the years, not the day.
Four sessions with us, the eight module Get Your Ship Together curriculum, and the workbook and book posted to your home before you begin.
Starting at $600
Start Marriage PrepPrepare for the wedding. Invest in the marriage.
The Signature Ceremony, Marriage Prep and vow coaching, prepared together. Marriage Prep runs on the eight module Get Your Ship Together curriculum.
Starting at $1,595
Begin Your ExperienceSignature
Prepare for the wedding. Then keep going.
Everything in The Marriage Experience, including the eight module Get Your Ship Together curriculum, and then four more sessions across your first twelve months of marriage, at roughly one month, three months, six months and a year.
Starting at $2,150
Begin The First YearAlso serving Cardiff · Solana Beach · Carlsbad · Del Mar · San Diego. Destination wedding inquiries are welcome.
Twenty minutes, no cost, no pressure. We talk about your day and whether we are the right fit.