My husband and I had our wedding here in June, and for the most part we loved our planning process and actual wedding day here! We ultimately felt like it was a 3.5/5 star review o...f the experience.
The best parts: The setting is absolutely gorgeous for an outdoor wedding! The gazebo outside is lovely. We had about 70 guests, and it seemed to fit them well. We were able to use a grassy space outside for the cocktail hour and reception, which offered guests a nice way to socialize and move around.
A major benefit to this venue was that they set everything up for us— so no one had to worry about that extra task during the wedding weekend. They had a lot of decor items available for use, so it limited how much we had to purchase and bring ourselves. Kristen took time to meet with us ahead of time to get details sorted out, and was easy to contact with questions in the planning process.
Things we didn’t love: I’ll preface to say that some of this could have been our misunderstanding. However one thing that still sticks with us, is that as we were socializing near the end of our reception, Kristen came up to us asking how we were paying for everything. Luckily we had a credit card on hand to give her, but it felt awkward to give that to her while we were talking with guests at the reception. Looking back at our contract, payment was to be given the day before the wedding, but with the craziness of planning, it completely slipped our mind. We wish we would have been asked by the staff to pay ahead of time, as we would have gladly done so.
We also were under the impression that the venue was able to keep our decorations for us for a couple of days, and that we could pick them up the Monday after our Saturday wedding. We were told at the reception that it all had to be taken home as soon as the reception was over, which created a scramble for which family members were taking things home for us. Again, could have been our misunderstanding, but we had the impression from our meetings pre-wedding that it wouldn’t be a problem.
And then little things, like the food not being ready quite on schedule. We had a morning wedding with a late afternoon wedding happening after us, and the tear down happened while we and some guests were still there. It just felt like a little chaotic of a way to end the event. We knew that could happen with a quick turnaround of events, but just felt a little stressful.
One thing to know: We did not have a DJ, because we weren’t doing dancing. Without a DJ, we had to bring our own equipment for sound (mics, speaker for music/mics) during the outdoor ceremony. They did have AV equipment inside, but not outside.
Overall, we would definitely recommend this venue to others, but would just offer those “heads up” things, so that they could be better sorted out ahead of time. It was a beautiful day and all of our guests had wonderful things to say about the setting and the staff! Staff was very helpful and kind.