Pageo Lavender Farm — Attraction in Turlock

From our first tour and picnic lunch on the grounds to our big day, our experience with Pageo as our ceremony and reception venue was top-notch all around. Alexandria and the owners Patty and George were professional, communicative, detail-oriented, and kind. The care that they take in the business and the satisfaction of their clients is evident.

The venue itself is stunning and immaculate and perfect for a couple who values details and is looking for something more special than a banquet hall. Patty has conceptualized every inch of the property to make the space shine and has collected amazing antique items that just feel like they belong there without overdoing anything. It is not the "shabby chic" that tries too hard or a country style that not everyone can appreciate: it is pure sophistication with great pieces from the past. The many lights in the trees at night under the stars added so much to the atmosphere and were a better-than-expected surprise on our wedding day, which was the first time we had seen the venue at night.

George and Alexandria seem to keep the place running without a hitch and they were a pleasure to interface with intermittently throughout the year leading up to our wedding. George went above and beyond in helping to hang a chandelier for us and arranging our ceremony seats in an uncommon way to accommodate our unique processional for two brides. Alexandria addressed a couple of potentially problematic situations with professionalism and grace. At one point Alexandria came up to me to let me know that one of our guests was asking to purchase something from the gift store where our buffet had been set up and wanted to ask how I wanted to proceed. I was perfectly okay with it of course, but I thought it was so sweet of Alexandria to ask my permission for something that could potentially detract from the reason everyone was there and I respected her for thinking of that.

I could almost swear that George, Patty and Alexandria also made the weather better and brought some welcomed clouds and the breeze on what the forecast said would be scorcher of a day; our experience with Pageo...

I got married on July 21, 2018 at Pageo Lavender Farm in Turlock. After my husband and I got engaged, I started looking at outdoor garden and forest style venues in Northern California. After compiling a long list of options, I started prioritizing my favorites and emailing them for more information and options to come tour in person. Pageo was the second venue we toured in April 2017 and we fell in love with not just the scenery of the grounds, but the customer service we experienced. The next day we learned that a Saturday in July 2018 had become available and without a second thought about any other venue we had on our list, we signed the contract.

Holly was our primary point-of-contact throughout the period we were wedding planning. She was so friendly and responsive, never showing any impatience or frustration with the dozens of questions I probably emailed her about throughout that time. Whenever we came to visit the venue to work out more logistics, Josh always greeted us and got to know what we were envisioning for the day. Whenever we asked about how certain things could be done, there was never a “No, we can’t do that,” but always a “Let us see how we can make that happen for you.”

About a month before, we were paired with our day-of coordinator, Jaimee Hinman. During our walkthrough we met with Jaimee in person and she was very well organized and knowledgeable about the wedding planning process, and gave us a few last minute suggestions around some planning items we were still handling. On our wedding day, everything went smoothly and I am so happy with how everything turned out! Our guests were blown away by the venue and service.

After planning my own wedding, I can say that I probably doubted almost every decision at some point in the process. But the one decision I never doubted for a second was booking Pageo Lavender Farm as our wedding venue. I cannot say enough good things out this place and...

If I could leave 0 stars, I would. My boyfriend and I went to their Valentine’s Day Dinner event and we had the worst experience ever. We got there and waited about 45 mins to get our appetizer and salads. We also ordered drinks but never got them. Finally got our entrees after an hour of waiting but it was already cold. Food had no flavor too. It was utterly ridiculous how much we waited to be served. I would think since they sold a certain amount of tickets for this event, that they would have done better and prepared more to get food out in a timely manner, but it definitely showed otherwise.

My boyfriend had also shared with me that he received uncomfortable looks throughout the night and he felt that, as a brown person, he was not welcomed. He also had an unpleasant interaction with one of the servers because they had asked him if he had already paid, and he had told the server he did and the server asked condescendingly, “Are you sure?” Yeah we paid, even though we probably shouldn’t have because the service was just terrible.

Throughout the night I would look around the room to see if anyone else was waiting to be served but it seemed like we were the only ones waiting. It truly seemed we were purposely not taken care of and for that, I’ll never come back. And for that I also urge other brown people to be careful when setting foot in this place. Might get disparaging looks or comments from ignorant staff members.

This place may do a good job at hosting weddings but their personal events definitely need some work...