This historic farm has retained much of its charm. The docents gave us a tour of the house, which is fully furnished with period decoration. The land itself is still being worked and they have an assortment of animals such as sheep, goats, pigs, and horses.
The weather seems nice this time of year (November) but the site is still all outdoors, meaning that if it did rain we would be in trouble. The Docents recommended a summer wedding. I had a chat with the local blacksmith who makes horse shoes behind the farmhouse, its turns out he had a historical civil war era wedding at Ardenwood not too long ago. The details he put into his cermenoy makes me think that a truely victorian wedding will be quite difficult. But I think i can still have much of the flavor and charm in my wedding without serving a 9 course meal or wearing a 30lb dress (well i hope my dress wont be that heavey). So far i think this place has a lot of potential and i will definitely consider it as the final wedding and reception location.
I can Imagine this as a great Picture spot.
The Garden gazebo is just in front of the mansion, Right on the other side is the horse field, I imagine those guys will be pulling our carriage.
All Upperclass Victorians had an exotic bird house filled with quail, rare chickens, and these beautiful white doves. I think this one is posing for good luck.
