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Happy Apple Celebrations
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About This Vendor
Host your next party at Happy Apple Celebrations!!
Imagine your next event in in a park-like setting filled with the scenic beauty of nature at Happy Apple Celebrations. Our charming indoor and outdoor facility can host large or small weddings,receptions, banquets, to campfire. Our goal is insure your day is special for you and your guests!
Amenities + Details
Dressing Room
Handicap Accessible
Indoor Event Space
On-Site Accommodations
Outdoor Event Space
Wireless Internet
Liability Insurance
Outdoor - Covered
Guest Capacity
300+
Settings
Barn, Farm & Ranch, Park
Happy Apple Celebrations Reviews
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Participated in a wedding last night and was very impressed with this venue! The decor is very rustic with some very unique aspects. The ambiance was amazing and the owners are super nice! Hope to visit there again soon!!
We had the most beautiful wedding and experience at Happy Apple Celebrations! The owners, Sara and Ryan, were amazing to work with throughout the entire process and were available whenever we had questions! While the weather did not cooperate f...
or the ceremony outdoors, Sara and Ryan made sure to help organize moving the ceremony indoors which turned out to be just as beautiful! They truly made everything go off without a hitch and the venue itself was perfect for our big reception! The best part was that your reservation of the venue is for Friday through Sunday so you aren't trying to scramble to set up Saturday before dawn like some venues and we were able to have our rehearsal AND dinner there which saved on having to find a separate location for that. We highly recommend Happy Apple Celebrations!
Beautiful venue. Horrible experience with owners. Very unprofessional from eye rolling, making rude comments to attendees, WAY over charging for drinks, to doing illegal and inappropriate acts. Again, it is a very beautiful venue but I would ne...
ver recommend this place to anyone. On your special day you should never have to encounter that kind of behavior and unprofessionalism.
Response from the Vendor on 02/19/2020
Hello Chris! As one of the new owners of Happy Apple Celebrations, I'd like to apologize for the experience you had previously. My husband and I are a younger, energetic couple working to make sure things like what you experienced never happe...
n to anyone else, ever again! The venue is just as gorgeous as when you were here, if not more so, and we are now offering our facility up for far more than weddings, at price points that are hugely competitive in the marketplace! Let us know if we can offer you a drink to show you around and showcase how things are different. ~Sara
This is a beautiful venue and a great choice as long as you don’t mind a little casual racism and inappropriate questions from one of the owners. Male owner thought it was appropriate to ask a member of the bridal party what ethnicity she was a...
nd went on to say “I’m not racist but...” If you have to say that, then yes, yes you are racist. The following morning, when referring to any small problems that arose, he thought it necessary to refer to the kids running around as Hispanic. He also asked the bride if she was pregnant. 😳
Response from the Vendor on 02/19/2020
Hello Lucy! As one of the new owners of Happy Apple Celebrations, I'd like to apologize for the experience you had previously. My husband and I are a younger, energetic couple. We are very respectful of all people....always. If we can show y...
ou around and provide you a taste of the quite-different manner in which we now operate, let us know! :) ~Sara
Sue and Rick are AMAZING! There is nothing that compares
We loved this place. We just had our wedding and we ended up having to move it inside due to the cold weather. We were able to make it just the way we pictured!! We loved that we were able to have both the wedding and reception at the same plac...
e. Sue and Rick were great to work with!! Highly recommend this place!!
We had a wonderful time at our wedding reception and got so many compliments on everything! They have items that others have left that can be used. We were able to get into the venue on Friday for setup and have brunch on Sunday to tear down....
This was the perfect spot for our wedding and guests. 300 people is a lot to keep happy and we have heard nothing but positive feedback on the space and beauty of Happy Apple. Very accommodating. I would highly recommend Happy Apple to future brides and grooms.
Wedding 5/21/16....I can't say enough about this wonderful venue and amazing owners! They really make you feel like family. Always available when I would call with a million questions. Helpful with ideas for final decorations, although they alr...
eady have the place 90% decorated. Rick was absolutely amazing with all the kids and keeping them entertained and happy so adults could focus on the setup and celebrating. He carted my elderly father around and hung out with dad making him feel involved. Sue was amazing! She truely just wanted us to have the most beautiful experience, even if it meant compensating for another vendor. Always available to listen and talk with us. They truely are the sweetest team. Ohh and everyone went on for weeks about how beautiful there orchard is. I have already encouraged 10 if boy more brides to check this place out!!!
Rick and Sue were awesome to work with. Their place is a wonderful place for a wedding. We were planning on an outside wedding and then coming inside for the reception. The weather did not cooperate so we had it all inside. The building was bi...
g enough to accommodate us, and they were very helpful when we were arranging it all. Guests had room to visit and move around without being really crowded. Many of our guests have told us it was the best wedding ever.
Rick and Sue are the owners of this orchard, but they make you feel like part time owners as soon as you sign the contract! They are absolutely wonderful and so helpful with anything and everything you might need. They are continually adding th...
ings to the property to make it even more appealing to have a wedding there. The price was right, and we had access to the venue for the whole weekend.
This venue allows for both ceremony and reception. Beautiful outdoor setting for a ceremony, but alternative site indoors, just in case of rain. The owners Rick & Sue work to make to ensure that things run smoothly. Rick mows of several wonderf...
ul areas for photographs?
The cost was very reasonable. The flexibility was superb.
The owners of Happy Apple Celebrations were very helpul in planning the wedding ceremony and receptions. They are very easy to work with, too. There venue offers many great photograhy locations.
I looked at a lot of venues in the Des Moines area, but I was disappointed by the prices and restrictions I found. Then I came across Happy Apple. I liked that I could do both the ceremony and reception at the same venue (and it was nice to hav...
e an easy backup ceremony location in case the weather was bad). I liked that I could bring in any caterer and I could get in the day before to set-up and decorate. Rick and Sue are really nice people who are very easy to work with. The orchard has a beautiful ceremony location overlooking a pond, backed by apple trees. It's just a short drive from both Norwalk and Cumming, so it's easy for guests to get there, and because it's out in the country it's very peaceful. Compared to other local venues, I found the rental price to be competitive and the cost of beer and wine was also reasonable (and they provided bartenders!). I would absolutely choose this venue again.
This venue is great! Huge reception area, beautiful inside and out. Bring any outside vendors in, and good location. The owners are nice to work with, and easy going makes the day a lot less hectic!
Contact Info for Happy Apple Celebrations
3408 Clarke Street, Norwalk, IA
Meet the Team
Rick & Sue Motzko
Owner
Happy Apple Orchard was started in early 1970's.The original 2 dozen trees, that were planted on the farm, came from K-mart on Hickman Rd. They were a end -of-the season close-out price, that Rick purchased while delivering landscape stone to their garden department. The trees were label dwarf Red and Golden Delicious? They all turned out to be standard size, MacIntosh apple trees. Rick Motzko thought this would be a good thing for his dad, Dick, who just purchased Cumming Farm. Dick, Audrey (his wife), and son, Rick, planted and nurtured the trees, year after year, until it reached 4000 tree
Happy Apple Celebrations