Sunshower Farms

“We found Kate and Sunshower Farms through WeddingWire and then did our own research by reading her reviews, blog posts and social media. At the time she didn’t have as many reviews, so it felt like a bigger risk to go with a mom and pop shop. But it was the BEST DECISION EVER!! Our wedding exceeded everyone’s expectations (including ours). When reaching out to Kate she was friendly and organized. Besides being our location vendor, Kate was a jack of all trades and was also our wedding coordinator. From her previous weddings, she had an extensive menu of personal vendors that we could pick from. It was a fun and stress-free experience to select the vendors we wanted to work with. She also provided flexibility for our own creative concepts to book a “create your own lei” station. Due to the increase in bookings around the half-point mark of our wedding planning, she let us know we would have to book our own caterer. It was quite easy taking that role as she provided a list of recommended vendors who had worked with her before. Kate guided us through the dress rehearsal and wedding day in a way that we felt at ease and at home. When we took photos with our photographer, she helped us with pointers and allowed us to take photos all around her farm. In result, we will have a huge variety of wedding photos that most others don’t have the opportunity to have. The venue itself was Instagram-able and unique! Our floral arrangements accentuated our tropical farm-to-table wedding theme. Feeding the goats was hilarious and taking photos with baby lambs was the cherry on top! We were told afterwards from our guests that the lambs were a hit. Finally, what made it special, were the little above and beyond touches that Kate did for us (that you won’t get from a templated wedding venue). A few examples: At no extra charge, she provided our table with extra decorative dinner plates and colorful candles to create more color and pop. She also provided us with an album of high-quality photos and videos she had taken from her phone throughout the day—going above and beyond her role. It’s clear that she genuinely loves what she does and really cares about every one of her clients. She takes pride in her venue and work and is the idyllic model of what a wedding coordinator and venue host should be. Thank you Kate for truly making our wedding! Lots of love, Hayley & Anna”

“Sunshower Farms was amazing! Kate did an outstanding job planning and organizing our wedding to match our wants and needs as a non-traditional same-sex couple. Kate smoothly managed all the details through email, phone and video calls, and her relaxed attitude is incredibly accommodating and fun. Though we were more than welcome to find our own preferred caterer, we had Kate locate a caterer based on the type of food and the budget per-plate we’d chosen. The food was fantastic and Kates knowledge and personal relationships with local vendors is invaluable! Often, bad catered food can be the only thing people remember from a wedding but that was certainly NOT the case here – the food was so good it was almost forgetful, but only in the best of ways! Our guests focused on talking, laughing and celebrating while being finely wined and dined. Oh, and Kate used bananas from her own farm in our fruit plater and I honest haven’t stopped thinking about them since – SO DELICIOUS. The location and hillside farmhouse were also unbelievable perfect! We choose to get married at sunset, and on the day the farm was covered in beautiful blue mist. When booking Sunshower we loved the huge ocean views and hoped for a clear day. However, on our special Mother Nature decided otherwise – and it was the best decision she’s ever made for us. IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL! And intimate, and cozy, and cool (compared to HOT Kona), and relaxing, and tropical, and and and! We had a small wedding and for our less than 20 guests, the house and grounds were plenty big enough for mingling and dancing.”

“My wife Suzie and I were married at Sunshower Farms last fall and had the wedding of our dreams! Our friends and family that attended still tell us all the time how great of a wedding it was, how beautiful the venue was and how great of a job the staff did to make it a great evening for all of us. Kate was amazing to work with through the entire process of planning our wedding. We planned the wedding from Alaska just working with Kate over phone calls and emails to make the plans. She customized the wedding to our preferences, let us choose everything we wanted to and then took care of everything for us. It turned out amazing! Working with Kate made planning a wedding easier than I ever imagined. Planning a wedding is normally time consuming and stressful, but not when you work with Kate. Our wedding was a perfect blend of inside areas, outside areas and cool places for people to hang out everywhere you look. Kate arranged our photography, catering and music with people she had previously worked with and all of them were excellent as well. We had an amazing meal featuring fresh foods and coffee from the farm. We had a bon fire. We watched the stars at night. There is nothing we could have added to make it a better day. It was perfect. Kate made sure of that so we could enjoy the day with our closest friends and family and that's exactly what we did. I would recommend Kate and Sunshower farms to anyone looking for a beautiful Hawaiian venue for a wedding or any type of event. Thank you again for everything Kate!”

“Sunshower Farms was great for our wedding. Everything went off without a hitch and we couldn't have dreamt of a better venue for our wedding! Kate was so helpful. She crafted the perfect decorations, coordinated all of our vendors, and planned a seamless event for our friends and family. All of our guests had a great time and talk up our wedding all the time. Our recently engaged friends have said they want to have a destination wedding after seeing the photos from our wedding. Kate was also transparent about the pricing and our friends were amazed when we told them how much our wedding cost. No one believes us when we tell them we had a wedding for less money than a random hotel ballroom in the suburbs. I can't speak enough positive praise for Kate and Sunshower Farms. We even got to take some coffee home and a great way to relive that day and all of those memories. Thank you Kate!”

“Wonderful experience! It's a single, windy, paved road with a few potholes on the way up so take your time. Bring a jacket just in case. You will be outside the entire time. You'll walk around some coffee trees so tennis shoes and bug spray are helpful. Our guide was so sweet, nice and knowledgeable. She did a great job answering all our questions! I highly recommend this cupping (under a tent). It's laid back and a smaller group setting. Thank you!! 🤙🏼❤️”

“My husband and I hosted a welcome party/rehearsal dinner at Sunshower Farms the night before our wedding (Sept 2019). Kate helped us plan all the details and Aly was on site with us the day of the event. Everything turned out wonderful! We loved the space and so did our guests. Kate helped us coordinate with Tony the Coconut Guy & set up a s'mores station... Would highly recommend both as well as the event space overall :)”

“So glad we did this tour! After a fun drive up the mountain, Kate showed us around her amazing farm taking us from the plant to what ends up in your cup. We learned so much about coffee and farm life! While other farms may offer free tours, I think the 20 bucks you spend here was more than worth it for the intimate small group and coffee tasting after!”

“It was great meeting Kate. There was a little issue where she was shorthanded, but she agreed to do both the tour and the tasting anyway. She was very friendly, knowledgeable and informative. I was very happy to learn more about their farm, their process and of course coffee! It was also great meeting the other helpers around the farm (see picture).”