MZ
Margaret Zimmermann
Founder & Principal Planner
Leads every full-planning engagement, writes the run-of-show and manages venue and vendor contracts. Fourteen years in hotel catering before founding the studio.
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About the studio
Independent, senior-led and deliberately small — here is who actually shows up on your event day.
Founded in Anaheim in 2013
Before founding this studio, Margaret Zimmermann spent fourteen years in hotel banquet and catering operations across Anaheim and Costa Mesa, the last five as director of catering for a 700-room resort property. That background shapes how we work: we think in load-in windows, banquet event orders, staffing ratios and contingency plans, not just mood boards.
The studio opened with one client and a folding table. Thirteen years later we cap the calendar at forty events a year so that a senior planner is present at each one. We have turned down work that would have broken that rule, and we intend to keep doing so.
We are a woman-owned small business registered in California, fully insured with a $2,000,000 general liability policy, and we carry the certificates of insurance most Orange County venues require before load-in.
How we charge
Flat planning fees, disclosed before you sign, plus a transparent production budget you control. We do not accept commissions, referral fees or rebates from vendors. If a vendor offers one, it is credited back to your budget — in writing.
The team
Six people, all of them senior
We do not use unpaid interns or day-of subcontractors we have never worked with. Everyone below has been with the studio for at least three years.
RC
Renata Castillo
Director of Design
Concept development, floor plans, tabletop, lighting plots and print. Trained in interior architecture at Cal State Long Beach.
TA
Theo Abrams
Production Manager
Load-in, AV and rigging coordination, vendor check-in and strike. Fifteen years in live event production and touring.
JL
Joanna Lark
Corporate Programs Lead
Multi-day conferences, registration, badging, executive travel and hospitality suites for teams of 50 to 1,200.
DP
Devon Park
Client Services Manager
Budget workbooks, contracts, insurance certificates, permits and the answers to your emails between 9am and 6pm Pacific.
SM
Sofia Marchetti
Lead Coordinator
On-site guest flow, vendor timing and the person quietly fixing the thing you never found out went wrong.
What we believe
Four working principles
The budget belongs to the client
You receive a live budget workbook with every line item, every deposit date and every balance due. No markups are hidden inside vendor invoices, and every quote we source is passed through at cost.
Timelines beat improvisation
Every event ships with a minute-by-minute run-of-show distributed to all vendors two weeks out. Improvisation is for the moments no plan covers, not for the ones it should have.
Local vendors, paid fairly
We build with Southern California florists, caterers, rental houses and fabricators we have paid on time for years. That is why they answer our calls in August and in December.
Say the hard thing early
If a guest count does not fit a venue, if a budget cannot buy the design, or if a date is a bad idea, we tell you at the proposal stage — not three weeks out.
Business details
For venues, vendors and procurement teams that need the paperwork.
| Legal & trading name | Marigold & Vine Events |
|---|---|
| Owner | Margaret Zimmermann, Founder & Principal Planner |
| Business address | 1166 Sunny Day Drive, Anaheim, CA 92801, United States |
| Telephone | 714-813-3591 (Mon–Fri 9:00–18:00 PT, Sat 10:00–16:00 PT) |
| legal@events.sriluxmitulasi.com | |
| Founded | 2013, Anaheim, California |
| Insurance | $2,000,000 general liability; certificates issued to venues on request |
| Service area | Orange County, Los Angeles County, Inland Empire, San Diego County |
| Currency & payment | USD. Bank transfer, business check and major credit cards |