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Mother-Daughter in the Business of 'Making Amazingly Beautiful Celebrations'

Mother-Daughter in the Business of 'Making Amazingly Beautiful Celebrations'

母女從事 “製作精彩的慶祝活動”
Accesswire ·  05/23 21:45

Camarillo, California-based Maravilla Gardens is a family legacy that evolved from lemon orchard into wedding venueJen Loller and her mom, Jo Maravilla, at Maravilla Gardens.

總部位於加利福尼亞州卡馬裏洛的馬拉維拉花園是家族遺產,從檸檬園演變爲婚禮場地詹·洛勒和她的媽媽喬·馬拉維拉在馬拉維拉花園。

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / May 23, 2024 / U.S. Bank
Originally published on U.S. Bank company blog

馬薩諸塞州北安普敦/ACCESSWIRE /2024年5月23日/美國銀行
最初發表在美國銀行公司博客上

For more than a decade, Jen Loller and her mom, Jo Maravilla, have jointly run a thriving outdoor wedding venue business while also juggling the joys and logistical challenges of a multi-generational family.

十多年來,詹·洛勒和她的媽媽喬·馬拉維拉共同經營着蓬勃發展的戶外婚禮場地業務,同時還兼顧了多代家庭的歡樂和後勤挑戰。

"There's really no other way to describe running a business with your own mother than to say, our business and personal lives are interwoven. We're not just coworkers, we are family, and support each other emotionally as well," said Loller, whose two sons grew into adults while she helped manage Maravilla Gardens in Camarillo, California. "It's like a big nest, as if we are birds collecting branches and building a nest to support both the business and our lives together."

“要描述與自己的母親一起經營企業,除了說,我們的商業和個人生活交織在一起之外,沒有其他方法可以形容了。我們不只是同事,我們是家人,在情感上也互相支持。” 洛勒說,她的兩個兒子在她幫助管理的同時成長爲成年人 馬拉維拉花園 在加利福尼亞州卡馬裏洛。“它就像一個大巢穴,就好像我們在收集樹枝和築巢一樣,共同支持生意和生活。”

The roots of Maravilla Gardens go back to some of Loller's earliest memories. When she was four, her parents - Jo and Tony Maravilla - purchased a lemon orchard in the Ventura County foothills. They turned it into a nursery, started up a landscaping contracting business and also built the family's home on the property.

馬拉維拉花園的根源可以追溯到洛勒最早的記憶。當她四歲時,她的父母 —— 喬和託尼·馬拉維拉 —— 在文圖拉縣山腳下購買了一個檸檬園。他們把它變成了託兒所,創辦了一家園林綠化承包公司,並在該物業上建造了家庭住宅。

Pinched by the early 2000s recession, her parents decided to diversify their business by adding a wedding venue to the scenic grounds. Her father, Tony Maravilla, who designed and installed landscaping for his business, methodically created the venue grounds. Jo Maravilla, meanwhile, enlisted her knowledge of gardening, a trade she developed during her many years of running a plant nursery on the property, and turned the wedding venue into a joint project they were excited to work on as a team. In addition to running the nursery, Jo Maravilla kept the office straight for all three businesses.

受2000年代初經濟衰退的困擾,她的父母決定通過在風景秀麗的場地上增加婚禮場地來實現業務多元化。她的父親託尼·馬拉維拉爲自己的企業設計和安裝了園林綠化,他有條不紊地建造了場地。與此同時,喬·馬拉維拉利用了自己的園藝知識,這是她在該物業經營植物苗圃的多年中發展的一門行業,並將婚禮場地變成了他們很高興能作爲一個團隊合作的聯合項目。除了經營託兒所外,喬·馬拉維拉還保持了所有三家企業的辦公室整潔。

During that time, Loller lived in Sacramento and was busy raising her young family. But she stayed in close touch with her parents and found that her artistic eye - Loller holds a degree in studio art - could benefit their business. She helped create a website that showcased the wedding venue's scenic setting, doubling the number of ceremonies in a year. Within a few years the Maravillas decided to focus solely on weddings at the six-acre property. Loller and her family moved back to Camarillo in 2010 so she could jointly run the business with her mom, and today lives in her childhood home that overlooks the reception area.

在那段時間裏,洛勒住在薩克拉曼多,正忙着撫養她的年輕家庭。但是她與父母保持了密切的聯繫,發現自己的藝術眼光——洛勒擁有工作室藝術學位——可以使他們的業務受益。她幫助創建了一個展示婚禮場地風景優美的網站,使一年的儀式數量翻了一番。幾年之內,Maravillas決定只專注於這座佔地六英畝的土地上的婚禮。洛勒和她的家人於2010年搬回卡馬裏洛,這樣她就可以和媽媽共同經營這家公司,現在住在童年時代的家中,可以俯瞰接待區。

"When people visit, they always comment on how the site has such an amazing flow - from the cocktail and reception areas the views overlook agricultural land that can't be developed" because the base of the valley is a flood plain, she said.

她說:“當人們參觀時,他們總是評論這個地方的流量如此驚人——從雞尾酒會和接待區可以俯瞰無法開發的農田”,因爲山谷的底部是洪泛區。

Maravilla Gardens' relationship with U.S. Bank began 15 years ago with predecessor company Union Bank. Over the years, Maravilla Gardens has worked with the bank for financing including a Small Business Administration loan, said Priscilla Valles, small business specialist at U.S. Bank.

馬拉維拉花園與美國銀行的關係始於15年前與前身聯合銀行的關係。美國銀行的小企業專家普里西拉·瓦爾斯說,多年來,馬拉維拉花園一直與該銀行合作進行融資,包括小企業管理局的貸款。

"I'm honored that they trust me as an honest advisor who will always be here to support this family legacy business for years to come," Valles said.

瓦勒斯說:“我很榮幸他們信任我,我是一位誠實的顧問,在未來幾年裏,他將一直爲這家家族遺產業務提供支持。”

"There's really no other way to describe running a business with your own mother than to say, our business and personal lives are interwoven. We're not just coworkers, we are family, and support each other emotionally as well."

- Jen Loller, who runs Maravilla Gardens with her mom, Jo Maravilla

“要描述與自己的母親一起經營企業,除了說,我們的商業和個人生活交織在一起之外,沒有其他方法可以形容了。我們不只是同事,我們是一家人,在情感上也互相支持。”

-詹·洛勒,她和媽媽喬·馬拉維拉一起經營馬拉維拉花園

Camarillo's year-round sunshine and mountain views have turned the Southern California city into a destination for outdoor weddings in recent years. While the eight permitted venues in the area are technically competitors, they've also banded together to help market the region. The Camarillo wedding venue community also provided immeasurable practical and emotional support to each other during the nerve-racking months when all events in the state were canceled due to Covid.

近年來,卡馬裏洛全年陽光明媚,山景使這座南加州城市成爲戶外婚禮的目的地。儘管從技術上講,該地區允許的八個場館是競爭對手,但它們也聯合起來 幫助推銷該地區。由於Covid,該州的所有活動都取消了,卡馬裏洛的婚禮場地社區也在緊張的月份中互相提供了不可估量的實際和情感支持。

For Maravilla Gardens, the shutdown was particularly painful because the lavish landscaping needs constant attention.

對於馬拉維拉花園來說,停工尤其令人痛苦,因爲豪華的園林綠化需要持續關注。

"Our business is, literally, alive," Loller said with a laugh. "We had to stay on top of all of the maintenance of the gardens even though we couldn't hold any events."

洛勒笑着說:“從字面上看,我們的生意還活着。”“儘管我們無法舉辦任何活動,但我們必須全權負責花園的所有維護工作。”

When the pandemic hit, Maravilla Gardens had 58 weddings booked for the 2020 season, set to begin in less than two weeks. Suddenly 58 couples, made up of 116 engaged people in the middle of their wedding planning, began calling to express anxiety, grief, and an intense annoyance over the loss of control they were experiencing, Loller said

疫情爆發時,馬拉維拉花園已爲2020賽季預訂了58場婚禮,將在不到兩週的時間內開始。洛勒說,突然有58對新人(由116名正在策劃婚禮的人組成)開始打電話表達焦慮、悲傷和對他們失控的強烈煩惱。

"The wedding industry is a joyful, energetic, and vibrant business, that requires teamwork, all while guiding a host of interesting and sometimes challenging clients," she said. "My job was to listen, support, and assist each couple in picking dates that would postpone their forthcoming nuptials to what ended up being as long as three years past their original wedding date. I found myself in the trenches, performing the role of a makeshift wedding therapist. Let's just say that I empathized my heart out!"

她說:“婚禮行業是一個快樂、充滿活力和充滿活力的行業,需要團隊合作,同時指導許多有趣的、有時甚至是具有挑戰性的客戶。”“我的工作是傾聽、支持和協助每對夫婦選擇日期,將他們即將舉行的婚禮推遲到他們最初的結婚日期之後長達三年的時間。我發現自己身處戰壕,扮演臨時婚禮治療師的角色。假設我同情我的心!”

Now the wedding industry is returning to a new normal, and Jo Maravilla and her daughter are starting to plan ahead. Jo Maravilla celebrated her 83rd birthday in April. While she continues to be involved in owning the business, she's also thinking ahead to her eventual retirement.

現在,婚禮行業正在恢復新常態,喬·馬拉維拉和她的女兒開始提前計劃。喬·馬拉維拉慶祝了她 83第三方 四月的生日。在她繼續參與擁有企業的同時,她也在展望自己最終的退休生活。

"This property was previously owned by a member of the Camarillo family. It is now our family legacy, and the business is a big part of what my parents have built to pass on," Loller said. "Running a business that makes amazingly beautiful celebrations possible for so many couples is an honor. Over the years couples have returned for anniversary, family, and maternity photo shoots. It is a wonderful purpose to create a setting where beautiful moments happen on very important days. It doesn't get much better than that."

“這處房產以前由卡馬裏洛家族的一位成員擁有。現在,這是我們的家族遺產,生意是我父母爲傳承而建立的業務的重要組成部分,” 洛勒說。“經營一家能夠爲這麼多情侶舉辦精彩慶祝活動的企業是一種榮幸。多年來,情侶們紛紛回來拍週年紀念、家庭和孕婦照。創造一個讓美好時刻在非常重要的日子裏發生的環境是一個很好的目的。沒有比這更好的了。”

View additional multimedia and more ESG storytelling from U.S. Bank on 3blmedia.com.

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