Hale Farm & Village

, it was stunning. Our wedding was on 9/28/24 so the property was open to the public during the day, but not very busy. We used the east side of the property and it was beyond picture perfect. The pavilion set the most perfect vibes for our reception, and the area behind the Herrick House was a dream come true for our ceremony. My husband and I did a first look and private vows in front of the yellow house, and were able to take photos on the entire property. It was MAGICAL to say the least. But this review is mostly for the AMAZING Miss Dotty. About two months before my wedding, I was notified that the person I had been in contact with and had been planning with was no longer with HF. Obviously, I was stressed and nervous to say the least. But once Dotty was brought on, and after one meeting with her my fears subsided. This amazing person did EVERYTHING in her power to help me achieve the wedding of my dreams. She came up with solutions to any issues, she offered ideas and thoughts for any question I had. This woman worked her butt off the day of my wedding!! With the change in staffing, and promises made from the prior, Dotty went above and beyond to make things happen. She also had a second wedding on the west side of the property the same day, and Dotty seemed to always be around when I needed something. When my ceremony was 45 minutes late... no fault of HF or Dotty (family drama)... and I was on the verge of a breakdown, Dotty came over to me and asked "you want to hear a funny story?" and continued to tell me something funny to distract me, and make me laugh. She made sure I wasn't too shiny from the stress sweat, and helped get things back on track. At one point she had the help of a young man named Alex (I hope that's right) who was just as kind and helpful as she was. Both helped with set up, and tear down. Alex helped fluff my dress before I walked at the ceremony as Dotty was closing and opening the entrance doors for me. They both seemed to make sure that everything could go as best as it could. I know for a fact this day would not have happened, and would not have been as amazing as it was, if not for Dotty. She is a superhero. Hale Farm and Village was truly a dream come true venue for us and our special day. But Dotty was a rock star and I am forever grateful for her, her hard work, and her kindness from the moment I met her. Thank you!!!

han 75 people. We opted to use the Gatehouse as it was a July wedding and you never know if it’s going to 100 degrees or raining. We had free rein to use the entire venue to get all the pictures we wanted and were even golf carted around so we could get all those fabulous pictures!! The disappointments came with the lack of communication with the venue coordinator who also was going to be our officiant. Emails were rarely returned. I emailed several times about finalizing my ceremony with no reply and ended up not finalizing it until the day of rehearsal. Due to the lack of communication I ended up hiring a planner, it was made very evident by the venue coordinator she did not like the fact I hired a planner. My planner also stated she had the same issues with getting responses from the venue coordinator. Another issue is that we decided to rent chairs for the reception. They have a preferred vendors list and we used their vendor for chairs. They were nice enough to allow us to pick up our belongings on Saturday and that is when I found that the chairs that I had rented were then being used by the Saturday wedding. When my husband asked the venue coordinator about this she said well “I am storing the chairs for you.” We went through their preferred vendors and what the arrangements they had set up was between them, not us. My problem came as if what if we were short a chair or something had been damaged by the other wedding? That was my name on the contract. And it’s not like I was given nicer chairs for my wedding for free. UPDATE - within minutes of my review I received a very unprofessional text from the venue coordinator.

Highly recommend.