Villa Rizzardi Wedding: A Photographer's Venue Guide

Federico and Anastasiya in the center of the red dinner setting in the green theater at Villa Rizzardi, seen from above

Villa Rizzardi sits among the vineyards of Valpolicella, just north of Verona, and its Garden of Pojega, laid out in 1783, is a garden made for a wedding day: a ceremony on a stone garden staircase, portraits in the parterre and dinner in a green theater made of living hedges.

Our guide follows one wedding we photographed there, Federico and Anastasiya's wedding in red: where each part of the day happens, where the light is best, and what to plan for a garden this theatrical.

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