Stacy Salvatori Photography at the Farm Bakery and Events

“It’s like rain on your wedding day” - Alanis Morissette

That might sound like a bad thing - but believe it or not, rain on your wedding day is actually widely considered to be good luck!

Most couples (but not all!) who book with us are looking to hold their ceremony at our outdoor ceremony site, complete with a beautiful wooden arbor and surrounded by tall fields blowing in the breeze.

Alanis Morissette said it best, but one of the biggest factors when planning for an outdoor ceremony is making sure that you have a good backup plan in case the weather is less than perfect. No matter where you are having your wedding, it is so important to have a rain plan thought out ahead of time, just in case. This is one of the biggest questions we are asked when couples first come to tour with us, and one that we are thankful to say we have an amazing system for! Ultimately, we are able to offer a lot of options that depend on a lot of different factors (such as your guest count, the severity of the weather, and your personal preference!). We are able to accommodate bringing in tents to cover the ceremony space, and also have two potential indoor ceremony options depending on your guest count!

So, what happens when (for one reason or another) we host your ceremony indoors?

We wanted to give you the inside scoop by walking you through the wedding of one of our October 2018 couples who held their wedding ceremony and reception in our Seed Barn. Sarah & Scott had a beautiful day full of love and laughter, surrounded by their dearest friends and family. One of the other reasons we adore this wedding is because Sarah & Scott are related to one of our Wedding Coordinators, Caris Green! Caris was Sarah’s Matron of Honor and we are so immensely thankful to have met Caris through this wedding!

The process of creating a rain plan begins long before the wedding day. Each of our couples is assigned a wedding coordinator included through the Farm who will be their point person of contact throughout their planning process. They meet with the couples to discuss the details of the wedding day, including putting together a rain plan. We confirm the details of this plan well ahead of time so that, in the event of rain, we are ready to execute it perfectly without having to work through any nitty-gritty details during your wedding day. We’ll handle the moving parts of your big day so that you and the love of your life can enjoy this amazing time with your loved ones (and with each other) without having to manage any of these details yourselves.

Sarah and Scott held their ceremony inside our Seed Barn. It wasn’t rainy on their wedding day, but it was chilly and windy, so they elected to have their ceremony indoors.

We have a couple of different options to move a ceremony indoors. The Seed Barn is able to accommodate up to 200 guests ceremony-style, utilizing our rustic wooden cross-back chairs. The newest addition to our property, the Harvest Barn, can host more intimate ceremonies as well. Stay tuned for another blog post to see what a ceremony in the Harvest Barn looks like in the coming months!

Sarah & Scott’s processional was greeted with a grand entrance through the Seed Barn Doors, before making their way down the aisle for their beautiful ceremony.

The beams in the Seed Barn serve the purpose of an arbor to frame your ceremony, hang floral installments, and hold the special details and decorations of your ceremony. Whether your initial plan was to hold your ceremony outdoors or you planned for an indoor ceremony from the beginning, rest assured that we can accommodate the personalizations you want to include in your ceremony!

After the ceremony, we usher the bridal party and all your guests down to our open-air, fully covered patio for cocktail hour. If there is inclement weather on your wedding day, we are well equipped with plenty of umbrellas to help your guests and bridal party around our property.

Stacy Salvatori at the Farm Bakery and Events

While you and your new spouse enjoy your cocktail hour spending time with your guests, taking a moment to yourselves, or taking dreamy portraits with your photographer, our Farm staff teams up with your catering staff to transform the Seed Barn for your reception! Before the ceremony, we ensure that your tables are fully set up, complete with linen and your centerpieces, and moved to line the walls of the Seed Barn during your ceremony. After your ceremony, while you and your guests enjoy cocktail hour, we transform the Seed Barn and set up the floor plan for your reception. We refresh the tables and complete any additional set-up that might be needed, allowing for a grand reveal of the space when your guests enter for the reception.

When your guests return to the Seed Barn for your reception, they are greeted by a fully refreshed space complete with all of the special details that make the space your own! When you make your grand entrance to the Barn, every detail will have been accounted for so you are able to simply enjoy your wedding day with all your favorite people.

We work with incredible teams of vendors who are all there to ensuring that, rain or shine, your wedding day is even more special than you dreamed. The vendors on our preferred list are people who we trust to give our couples the highest level of service, especially on occasions where we may have to resort to a rain plan.

Sarah & Scott enjoyed a beautiful reception catered by 2 Little Piggys with Chris Marx Events as their DJ, captured beautifully by Stacy Salvatori. This was a fantastic showcase of the vendors on our preferred list, and we can’t recommend them enough!

The Farm Bakery and Events supplied their wedding cake and rustic dessert table.

Sarah and Scott, we are so thankful that you chose us to host your wedding! Your indoor ceremony was so beautiful, and we are truly blessed to have been able to serve you and celebrate with you on your wedding day! We wish you a long and happy life together!