A 16′ round bridal tent complete with sub-floor and sisal carpet.  We love the Manzanita branches on the tent poles.

A bride makes her debut from our bridal tent.  Photo source – Martha Stewart Weddings

This bride chose to have her hair and make-up done al fresco.

Several hours later, the farmland was transformed with a carpeted sub-floor, tents and lighting.  The guests arrived dressed in formal attire and enjoyed a performance by professional opera singers, fine food by Inverness caterer, Pam Ferrari, and dancing into the wee hours.

Photos graciously shared by Paige Green Photography.

Designer Kathy Hoffman once again wows us with her style – love the use of vibrant yellows and oranges.

Above photos by Sara Remington

This photo was featured in the 2010 Winter issue of Martha Stewart Weddings, Anniversary Edition.  The chuppah was adorned with olive branches and magnolia leaves.

For this wedding at di Rosa Preserva in Napa, the tent was used as shelter from the rain.  Designer, Kathy Hoffman created a beautiful contemporary floral design.

1.  GREAT Locations!

Stinson Beach – an idyllic setting.  We built a wood sub floor on the beach and constructed a walkway up through the dunes to the house.

Once guests were in the tent for dinner, we had our crew place our custom cordless wood LED pathway lights for the guests to exit the tent safely.

An intimate wedding in Zion National Park, Utah.  Our tents fit gracefully into even the most natural of settings.

Wedding Planner, Rebecca Reategui, invited our tents and lighting to Durango, Colorado.    

Also in Durango, floral designer, Ariella Chezar, provided gorgeous centerpieces and decor.

Zephyr Tents installed a custom gobo wash on the dance floor as well as over 100 Japanese lanterns hung above the tables.  Suspended lanterns in the trees provided decorative pathway lighting for the guests.

2.  Our Farm Tables, Benches & Wood Bar were VERY well received.

Our tables down on the farm in Winters, CA

Custom wood bar and Adirondack furniture at a wedding in Sonoma Valley

Farm tables featured at a wedding in Geyserville

Benches set-up for a ceremony in the lavender field at Bear Flag Farm

Farm Tables at a wedding in Petaluma

3.  Custom Wood Walkway

We love to build stuff!  We constructed this gorgeous walkway for a Menlo Circus Club wedding planned by Zest Productions and designer J Floral Art. These wood structures are individual 8′ sections and can be made any length.  They are quite versatile – a structure over a bar or food station, a chuppah, a canopy over a long dining table….whatever strikes your fancy!

4.  Arrondi Chandeliers – designed by Tod Owsley of Zephyr Tents

These beautiful 48″ round chandeliers can be installed under a tent or in a reception room.  They are illuminated with exposed filament bulbs or LED pillar candles.

Wedding designed by Alison Events at Durham Ranch in Calistoga

A wedding produced by Green Girl Events in Point Reyes debuted the chandeliers with LED candles.

We are gearing up for this year’s weddings and cannot wait to see what 2010 will bring!

During the daylight hours, the interior of the tent was designed with shades of white with pink accents, including custom pennants on each tent peak.  As night fell, Zephyr Tents pattern-washed the canopy and dining room in pink swirls creating a dramatic atmosphere for the after-dark festivities.  As a personal touch, we projected the bride and groom’s monogram on the center of the white dancefloor.

The guests enjoyed a late-night dj lounge in the club and were treated to a pink spotlit exit from the bride and groom as they drove away via Rolls Royce.  A grand ending to a beautiful event.

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

As many of you are the first to receive a call from a newly engaged bride, or any individual that is planning to host an event, we would like to reacquaint you with Sperry Tents.  Most of you are familiar with our tents but you may not be aware of the evolution of the product or of the fact that we just finished and moved into a new 10,000 square foot warehouse and manufacturing facility in Rochester, MA (stop by, it’s the big wooden barn in the center of town). We also want to address a matter of immediate concern regarding what an authentic Sperry Tent is and where you can rent them.

I had hoped to save this letter for the “off-season”, but there is already enough confusion out there that I feel we should create some clarity regarding the matter before we are in the midst of the September and October wedding madness and all of the sudden it is November.  It is often said that “imitation is the ultimate form of flattery”, and that “if you are going to be original, you can expect to be copied”.   Well, as you may or may not be aware, there is now a ‘knock-off’ version of our tent designs out there that is being promoted as “sailcloth tents” for “fair-weather events”.

Our obvious concern – in fact it has happened – is that people are going to confuse these new tents with ours and we will be associated with tents that cannot stand up to the elements. Or worse, these tents will fail in heavy weather and people will assume all sailcloth tents are fragile, leaky structures.  With over 30 years of innovation and refinement in response to the demands of both our customers and the Mother Nature on the coast of New England, we are highly confident in our tents and the event services we provide.  Along with the new facility we have also invested in a new computer cutting machine and state of the art machines for sealing the reinforcement patches and the seams, all of which contribute to a product that is both durable and watertight. We are not building ‘fair-weather’ tents.

We want people to understand that this new product is not a Sperry Tent, and that the only place you can find an authentic Sperry Tent is from the licensed Sperry Tent companies found on our website (please see www.sperrytents.com for locations). Something being called a sailcloth tent from anyone other than a licensed Sperry Tents rental company is simply not a Sperry Tent.

I appreciate you taking the time to read this.   We look forward to continuing to work together with you.

Best Wishes,

Tim Sperry

Thank you to Cooper Carras, Gene Higa & Ann Hamilton for the beautiful photos!

We are often asked if we travel outside of the San Francisco Bay Area for tented events.  The answer is a resounding “yes”!  Our staff recently returned from Zion National Park in Utah capturing a few moments of this small celebration in a vast valley.  The photos are really more about the landscape than our tent – I can admit when we’ve been upstaged.   Needless to say, I’ll be clearing my calendar next time we’re asked to travel!