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The Juice, which recently opened in Atwater Village, makes and delivers fresh green elixirs and fruit juice blends, like green apple, lemon, kale, and ginger. There is a minimum of six juices per order for delivery.

Summerland is the busy Angeleno’s answer to fresh produce. Delivered in a cute box, the organized, curated selection of seasonal veggies and fruits rivals local farmer’s market finds. Weekly subscriptions can be tailored to be all fruit, all veggies, or a mix. Plus, Summerland’s website offers recipe ideas and other products like artisanal peanut butter and totes.

Moon Canyon, one of Los Angeles’s up-and-coming floral design studios, creates rustic, natural arrangements that can be used for all kinds of events from weddings to dinner parties. The founders also host flower workshops where students learn the basics about seasonal blooms.

Heirloom LA—a popular, tight-knit catering company—rose to fame after its Lasagna Cupcake became a SoCal classic, and credits its sustainable approach to cuisine for its continued success. In addition to its food truck and catering business, Heirloom also operates the Salon, a 26-seat “Benihana”-style dining space that is available for private parties.

Found Vintage Rentals is a company that does the treasure hunting for planners. With 15 years under her belt, owner Jeni Maus sources California and beyond for unique pieces for events. All hand-picked and all with a story to tell, the inventory of furniture, as well as trunks and suitcases, is constantly being refreshed with the seasons.

L.A.-based open-air photo booth Flipbooth creates mini books of photos, similar to old-school animation flipbooks. Guests record a six-second video, and then Flipbooth staffers produce a tiny photo album to replay the action. Backdrops, book covers, and props can be customized to match the event’s theme and decor. Pricing starts at $995 for flipbooks.

The Wild Thyme Company's new Thyme Table Challenge is a hands-on battle of culinary wits between coworkers. The competition can be held on site or at the San Diego-based catering company's commercial kitchen. Each team of employees is asked to make a dish using the same basket of unknown ingredients, with all dishes forming a cohesive meal. At the end of the challenge, both sides dine together on the cooking collaboration.

Entertain clients with breakfast and a view. Starting in November, San Diego Zoo guests can enjoy a buffet breakfast while watching the koala colony munch on theirs in the Queenslander House. A traditional hot breakfast will be served in the shaded venue from 8 to 9 a.m. before the park opens. The morning activity starts November 15 and continues every Saturdays until December 27; tickets cost $45 per person for adults and children.

As part of its 25th anniversary celebration, Pacifica Del Mar is offering a three-course tasting menu, highlighting guests' favorite dishes both old and new, such as sugar-spiced salmon and slow-poached Maine lobster. The menu is available until the end of the year for $25.

As part of its corporate social responsibility mission, San Clemente, California-based Ocean Minded organizes year-round community beach cleanups to encourage an eco-friendly lifestyle. Upcoming events include the Tijuana River Action Month Finale at Goat Canyon in Border Field State Park in San Diego on October 11 and the Surfrider Regional Cleanup at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas, California, on October 18. Participants are encouraged to bring their own reusable bag or bucket and work gloves.

Holiday party planning has kicked into high gear, and rental companies are getting more requests for backlit bars, such as the industrial steel one in malachite from FormDecor. The bar comes in a wide selection of seasonal designs. Delivery is available throughout Southern California; pricing is available upon request.

White flowers and manzanita branches spruce up the Whole Foods Market South Loop's Tablescapes design.

The entire floor of the clear tent was paved with real grass and frosted with faux snow.

In keeping with the evening's loose Russian theme, organizers prominently placed bottles of Imperia Vodka, a chief sponsor of the gala, in icy-looking buckets on each table.

Russell Harris Event Group produced a winter wonderland-themed party for Fox in 2010. The designers covered the patio at Los Angeles's Villa Sorriso in blue carpeting and hung LED tubes in the trees, creating an effect that simulated falling snow.

Sony turned a parking lot into a nightclub.

Large-scale projections brought a winter setting to sunny Los Angeles for DirecTV's annual holiday party. Firefly LA and the Hand Company projected snow-covered forests, icicles, and other scenes onto a 120- by 140-foot tent on DirecTV's campus.