Ben and Laura Green Wed in Sonoma

Former Palisadian Benjamin Paul Green and Laura Brianne Cucco of Napa, California, exchanged vows on May 6 at the Cornerstone Festival of Gardens in Sonoma Valley. Ben is the son of Harold and Carolyn Green, former Palisadians, now living in West Hills. His mother was a native Palisadian, who moved away in 2002. Ben attended Marquez Elementary, Paul Revere Middle School and graduated from Palisades High School in 1996. He also participated in many activities in the Palisades, including being a member of Boy Scout Troop 223, where he earned the rank of Eagle Scout. He graduated from UC Davis with a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture in 2001. He is currently practicing as a senior project manager in Sacramento with vanderToolen and Associates, a landscape architecture firm based in Napa. The bride, daughter of Joe and Valerie Cucco of Napa, is a 1997 graduate of Napa High School and graduated from UC Davis with a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture in 2001. She practices landscape architecture with Cunningham Engineering Corporation in Davis. The wedding venue, Cornerstone Festival of Gardens, was chosen by the couple because it was designed and built by landscape architects’fitting for them because of their profession. The location of the ceremony overlooked a beautiful Sonoma vineyard and a reflecting pond at one end of the grassy area. In the reflecting pond, the couple floated gardenia flowers in honor of Ben’s maternal grandmother, Marion Stevens Hill, who raised her entire family in the Palisades and who recently passed away. Gardenias were her favorite flower. The ceremony was officiated by Rev. V. Donald Emmel. The bride was attended by her sisters, maid of honor Caren Cucco and bridesmaid Joanna Cuevas. The flower girl was the bride’s niece, Antonia Cuevas. The best man was the bridegroom’s Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity brother Greg Mazur. The groomsmen were fraternity brothers Brian Morgan and Matt Kennedy and the bridegroom’s brother, Matt Green. The couple honeymooned in Lake Tahoe for one week following the ceremony. They currently reside in Davis.