Locust Grove Estate

e to get ready in Stonehouse (12 in total), and it was not overly crowded what so ever. Ken also opened the house an hour earlier and would answer all of my random questions at any time of day really. The grounds were beautiful as well. We used the garden next to the house for our first look and private vows, which was absolutely perfect. The reception area was more than large enough for a wedding of 75 guests. There was more than enough room to dance and to have the tables spaced comfortably. Both ceremony spaces were beautiful and were set regardless of the weather. We had to use the indoor ceremony space, which was very easy to decorate. The bridal suite next to the reception area was very accommodating as well as it connected right to the womens room. Really was an amazing experience overall.

king with him. He answered all of our questions and provided expert insight to help guide us on planning our wedding. The venue itself is gorgeous. Our guests enjoyed being able to walk the grounds and browse the art when they wanted to step away from the party. The venue is so beautiful we didn't need extra decorations or other add-ons as it would be a distraction. Highly recommend Locust Grove!

en was great to work with and was very accommodating. He’s responsive and very helpful! Thank you for helping to make our wedding the most perfect and special day!

was the venue perfect for our needs, but Ken was also so easy to work with - a great communicator, so professional and kind!

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Ken Snodgrass, who we booked with and coordinated everything with, was so professional and responsive with all questions I had. We had an incredible experience with Locust Grove from start to finish! Don’t hesitate to book with them!

- it was exactly what we wanted as we took such an important step forward together. After the ceremony, the cocktail hour happened on the patio, which was a perfect space to enjoy hors d’oeuvres, drinks, and the beautiful weather with our loved ones! The reception space is also excellent, and had a fantastic dance floor and great HVAC to keep the guests cool, calm, and collected. We love Locust Grove and are so excited to have it be a part of our relationship. We look forward to coming back to visit in the future! Also, no review of Locust Grove would be complete without the mention of Kenneth Snodgrass, the director - he is an absolute champion and was always willing to help us with whatever we needed to make sure our wedding went perfectly!

accommodate any issue we might have run into. It's also wheelchair accessible, which was important to us. The grounds and gardens are perfect for photos and an outdoor ceremony. We had the cocktail hour on the covered patio and the reception in the large hall. Ken was so easy to work with throughout the entire process, from first scoping out the venue to the day of the wedding. He was responsive and amenable to anything we needed. We also love that Locust Grove is an open park and we can come back any time we want to enjoy the beautiful grounds, gardens, hiking, and scenery.

stunning! I highly recommend having your ceremony and reception here.

r photos were beautiful from the grounds, ceremony and the indoor space. Guests loved it and the museum. Rentals were easy as we didn’t need to order tables and chairs. It also has a full kitchen for any caterers. Highly recommend!

le to our guests near and far was really important to us. Locust Grove checked all of those boxes and more - the grounds are absolutely stunning with beautiful spaces to host the ceremony, cocktail hour and reception. They even had a rain location as backup for no additional cost, and with a hotel next door, it was easy for us and our out-of-town guests. Also, there were SO many places to take photos! And because Locust Grove is a nonprofit, the rental fee helps to support their education programs - another huge selling point for us! Planning a wedding on the opposite coast should be stressful, but Ken was incredibly helpful and made everything so easy. I was not able to actually see the venue before our wedding week, but he hosted my mother-in-law and family for tours, was super responsive to our emails and always willing to jump on a call if we needed. Highly, highly recommend Locust Grove if you want a beautiful, stress-free day! :)

neither were our guests. Locust Grove has a laid back sophisticated vibe perfect for most of today’s wedding. Whether the budget is high or low Locust Grove delivered. It was beautiful.

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grounds were amazing for photos and our guests were able to explore the gardens and trails before the ceremony started. The cherry blossoms were out for our photos so couldn't have been more perfect!

ring town and held our cocktail hour outside on the porch and the remainder of our reception inside. Ken was great to work with and helped give us excellent recommendations for caterers. I'm beyond happy that my husband and I had our wedding at Locust Grove!

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The grounds were beautifully kept, and the whole place looked like the fairytale we had envisioned. Our wedding was small but this was the perfect venue for our simple and sweet garden party wedding. Would highly highly highly recommend!

mony location, great settings for photographs, and a beautiful reception room. we couldn't have asked for a better place, our guests cannot stop talking about how beautiful locust Grove is. oh, and Ken is a dream to work with. he is so helpful with any questions you have!

loved it. Everything about the space is beautiful. Ken was a pleasure to work with and answered all of our questions quickly. The venue fee goes towards maintaining the grounds and educational programs. The best part was being able to decide whether we wanted an indoor or outdoor ceremony the day of, weather dependent. Would definitely recommend for future weddings any time of year!

seconds into seeing the space. They have multiple spots to choose from for the ceremony; we got lucky with the weather and did ours outdoors, but would have been fine holding it in either of the beautiful galleries if we had to. The cocktail hour spot was perfect - we had a live jazz trio and it worked so well in the covered outdoor space, and the reception room was absolutely beautiful. There are breathtaking gardens all over the property, and the entire place is just gorgeous. Our guests were blown away. Ken, Jay and Sean were all great to work with. We really hope to do another event there one day. HIGHLY recommend!!

of our guests were not from the Poughkeepsie area so they were blown away by the venue. They have great staff and I can truly say we had the best night of our lives and are so happy we picked Locust Grove!

Morse), museum, local art exhibit, garden, and park rolled all into one. The rose garden offered a perfect backdrop for the ceremony, and guests enjoyed the shade provided by the trees and awning during the outdoor cocktail session. The West Gallery, with its high ceilings and french doors that looked out to the grounds, provided an elegant space for the reception. The grounds also had many lovely nooks and scenery for photos. Ken and his staff were very accommodating and helpful throughout the entire process, from arranging the tour and answering all of our logistical questions to allowing us to drop off some items for the wedding the day before. Definitely check out Locust Grove if you're looking for a unique, elegant, and picturesque venue for a special event.

hat we needed! Ken was amazing to work with from start to finish! He responded to our messages so quickly and answered every question that we had! The venue was perfect!

ortant to me. As it turns out, there were hundreds of tiny purple flowers carpeting the ground all around our ceremony. The reception in the large gallery was a perfect space and everyone came away from our wedding saying how beautiful the setting was. We also had our rehearsal dinner at the Stone Cottage which couldn't have been more perfect, intimate and really unique. Ken, the Events Manager, was fantastic and so easy to work with and was always available to help coordinate with vendors. I'm so so happy that we went with Locust Grove Estate and cherish the beautiful memories I have from celebrating our big day at a historical yet modern facility. Highly recommend!

ngs to say too. Even with chilly weather and overcast skies, the flowers, trees, scenery and beautiful indoor space made-up for it. I was initially apprehensive about having an indoor ceremony, but our indoor ceremony and reception were both beautiful and it was much warmer inside than it was outside. Ken was great to work with and always answered any questions I had during the process. The price for a venue in this area is also unbeatable. I spent a lot of time looking into venues and nothing really came close in terms of what you get for a venue like this. I found this venue about 6 months before the date we decided to book for our wedding and almost every date was taken for the remainder of the 2018 wedding season, so I would suggest booking farther in advance than we did to get your preferred date. Overall, I would highly recommend Locust Grove. I had such a great time at my wedding that if I could do it all again, I would!

was always willing to set up a walk through so we could get a picture of what our day would be like. The space itself is ideal. To be able to have the ceremony and reception at the same place made it a seamless transition from getting married to having fun. I loved knowing there was a back up plan if the weather didn't hold up for our outdoor ceremony. We had 100 guests, and the space was perfect, the room felt full, but not cramped. We had a wonderful wedding day, and Locust Grove in September provided an incredibly beautiful backdrop. (seriously, the gardens were RIDICULOUS)

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nd chairs and not have to pay to bring that in. The venue is so beautiful on its own and needed very few decorations. Our Locust Grove wedding felt intimate and low-key; our guests said they felt like it was out of a story book. Highly recommend this perfect venue!

needed (but we did have an indoor backup room, which also seemed lovely if we had to go to it). Our guests enjoyed wandering through some of the gardens to the hill overlooking the river before the ceremony and during cocktail hour. The terrace area was a perfect bar-spot both for cocktails and a breath of fresh air once our dance party got going later in the night! And the main West Gallery is simply beautiful on its own: we were happy to have a venue where we didn't have to do any decoration for it to look nice. Everything was so lovely that my very picky mother actually suggested my sister just get married there as well!

both indoor and outdoor spaces, historical architecture details, and enveloped our guests. We booked our June 2016 wedding in April 2015 (we’d recommend booking over a year in advance for this venue during popular months). Ken was absolutely wonderful to work with and was helpful, cheerful, and super responsive. The day of, the grounds were in full bloom and guests loved being able to walk through the gardens.

coordinator is super nice and is great to work with. Highly recommend!

n is a pleasure to work with and quick to answer questions. I am taking off one star due to the fact that there was another wedding party taking pictures at the exact spot where we planned to have our first look. I discovered this as I was arriving at Locust Grove and saw another bridal party on the grounds. This set our entire timeline back and created for a stressful situation in the moment. When we asked the staff to help, they reminded us that the area was open to public and there was nothing they could do... which is true, but still unfortunate for us. I would suggest that Locust Grove consider implementing a policy which gives precedent for the couple that has paid to reserve the space. Other than this, I would still recommend this venue!

wedding on a Monday and they were so helpful with set up and breakdown. It rained midday but Ken was more than happy to wipe down the chairs to have our ceremony in the afternoon when it cleared up. I am so happy to have picked this venue!

o beautiful and serene. The gardens are breath-taking and the indoor space is gorgeous. Ken was amazing and so accommodating. I couldn't imagine a better place for a wedding!

band is from and most of his family still lives, and came across Locust Grove online. We were looking for the very popular “rustic” venue and did research on lots of barns, but most of them either couldn’t hold more than 130 people (our guest list was 150+) or didn’t have AC (my mom’s #1 priority) or you had to bring in your own bathrooms. Most of those sites also do not have kitchens onsite either, which we learned can translate to higher catering costs as they need to rent more equipment. We wanted a venue that would include a little bit more than bare timbers but still allow us to personalize and make the space our own. From our first walk-through at Locust Grove, we were hooked. We loved that Locust Grove was a historic site instead of a “wedding factory” and that our money was going towards maintaining the original house as a museum as well as the upkeep of the grounds and gardens. It has the most beautiful locations throughout the grounds for photos, and having our ceremony outside on the lawn in the shade of a gigantic tree was just perfect. The large porch area was great for cocktail hour, and our caterer set the bar up there and it was busy all night! We also had our buffet set up outside on the porch in stations, which worked out perfectly. I was also so happy we had an air conditioned reception as it was definitely a hot and humid day! While some of the decorating rules (no tape/hanging anything, no sparklers, etc) may seem restrictive, we were able to come up with ways of decorating (hanging chalkboards from easels with the menu, displaying photos on top of tables in old windows) that still allowed us to incorporate all the rustic décor elements I wanted without overwhelming the natural beauty of the location. Last but not least, Ken Snodgrass, the executive director, was so helpful and accommodating. He answered emails promptly, always had the answers to any questions we came up with, and was happy to meet with us to look over the layout of the room as we were planning details closer to the big day. Overall, we felt like the value we got at Locust Grove was second to none. We definitely recommend it as an amazing wedding venue!

re the wedding) because of rain and Ken was very flexible to make the changes.The venue was gorgeous and offers beautiful space both inside and out. Also, the venue fee goes toward grounds maintenance and continuing community programs; good causes. We absolutely loved having our wedding here and I'd recommend it to any bride!

ion are just spectacular. Executive Director Ken Snodgrass was wonderful to deal with. He helped with all the detais which made our day even more special. I would recommend Locust Grove Estate for any wedding celebration. You will certainly be happy that you did. It is definitely worth more than 5 stars!!!!

ssed with the gardens, facilities and shear beauty of LG. I highly recommend going to see Ken at LG to schedule a consultation. The grounds are open daily. Take a look for yourself. I guarantee once you step foot on the grounds of LG and you'll sign on the dotted line. -Brad and Gary PS When you rent LG you also get all the tables and chairs along with use of the grounds and reception area. HUGE SAVING!

or space, especially the traditional English garden where our wedding ceremony was held. Our guests enjoyed walking the grounds of Locust Grove! Highly recommend and we could not have imagined a more perfect place to have our wedding ceremony and reception!