Historic Rosemont

e family traveling to attend the wedding. Gifford, Bill and Sabrina were beyond reproach in their attention to every detail to our wedding and meticulous service to us and our families during our weekend at the Rosemont. The venue was amazing and our guests were blown away at its beauty, the elegance, and history. The orchestration of the service and music were pristine and captured our elegant simplicity. Their staff and catering presented an elegant, simplistic, comforting weekend brunch style reception that gave our guests and families a relaxed feeling with comfort food set to amazing music and conversation. We, our families and friends highly recommend the Historic Rosemont for your wedding venue. The venue itself, the staff, and the catering provided are second to none. We still receive compliments on our wedding and reception to this day ( a month after the actually wedding).

ue and beauty of the location. The ceremony was on the lawn off of the grand portico and the reception was in the carriage house. It was important to us to find a location with overnight accommodations for our immediate family, have an intimate ceremony, and reception. Rosemont worked with us and provided suggestions to help us stay on budget. We decided to use Rosemont for our day of wedding planning and tuxedo rental. The wedding day was very organized and stress free, Michael did a great job orchestrating the event. Our only regret is not booking the venue for an extra hour in the evening. The carriage house really sparkled when the sun went down. We would highly recommend Historic Rosemont Manor for your wedding.

unique Rosemont Wedding symbolic coin which is a nice reminder of our special day.

was a different story. The extended weekend Rosemont provided for our friends and family allowed my husband and I to soak in every moment, every relationship, every meaningful conversation with individuals who mean the absolute world to both of us. Rosemont made our guests feel so cared-for through personalized assistance and attendance to their room, food, and personal needs. Rosemont set up intimate tables for dining, where we could catch up one-on-one with old friends while Rosemont staff made us feel like royalty by the way they cared for our needs and requests. The wedding weekend and time leading up to it had an aura of peace and stress-free joy. This was especially due to Celebrations Catering and Rosemont's wedding planning services. Beginning from our first free trial tasting with Celebrations, we felt they "catered" to us all the way. They provided top-notch service from planning the intricacies of the dishes, to great communication, to accommodating our finicky seating requests, and absolutely delicious food! They handled our every request -- from specific cocktail drinks to specific food combinations -- with ease! The wedding planning services at Rosemont also made the planning process and entire wedding weekend a breeze!! Leading up to the wedding, I was able to hand things off to Michael Haymaker, one of Rosemont's wedding planners, knowing that he would not only arrange things on my behalf, but do so well and with patience and poise. On the wedding weekend, I know for a fact that Michael and other staff were "going to bat for me" by calming inevitable little wedding-day ruffles...ruffles that I didn't even know existed because the staff addressed them with such grace without even needing to bother me! This all shows they cared about my husband's and my peace of mind, creating a magical weekend with friends and family alongside the man I adore more than any other person in this world. I hope that you, too, can have the wedding experience that my husband and I did. Trust me: Rosemont makes it happen.

d - he fell for the venue's elegance, and as we could both picture our wedding there, we selected them. Michael Haymaker, the director of weddings, is a magician - always ready with the right answer to questions we didn't even know to ask. He is passionate about seeing brides happy and relaxed as the wedding approaches, and our planning sessions with him were fruitful. If he asked a question I wasn't prepared to answer, he generally had a few options or narratives for me to consider, and always made me feel he was there to help me realize my dream wedding. The catering at the Rosemont is spot on. Michael worked very hard to stay within our price point while still generating a delicious entree of mango salsa over chicken which my husband likened to a delicious chutney. Our rehearsal dinner took the form of a casual BBQ, which allowed family and friends to loosen up on the day before our ceremony and get acquainted. Michael correctly predicted rain, and had the meal moved indoors discreetly, going so far as to devise centerpieces for the indoor tables at the last second. It's clear Michael has years of experience in knowing what makes successful weddings, and he readily dispenses this experience by guardrailing couples and their families towards a grand time. Throughout the process I found the venue very responsive to my needs and requests, and they let me know in picking them one of the points of pride for the staff is a set of backup plans for each event - no matter what comes your way at Rosemont, the staff is prepared to move quickly & efficiently to keep the event on track. I appreciated their thoroughness and attention to detail. The Rosemont also doubles as a bed and breakfast, and our wedding package used 10 of the manor's bedrooms, allowing the wedding party to stay the night after the reception dinner. We all left the next morning after a delicious hot breakfast of french toast, which we also happily recommend. Price is the only potential downside to selecting Rosemont. It lies at the upper end of venues, though they certainly work hard to cater to a wide variety of brides and budgets. This reflects a 'peace-of-mind' premium - this is a venue which takes success seriously, and will not fail you. This extends to vendors affiliated with Rosemont - while Michael worked hard to stay in our price point, vendors which meet his standards are generally on the upper end of their comparable peers, leading us to research some of our own vendors to stay within budget. From the arboretum and rolling hills which served as the backdrop to our wedding, to the sparkler sendoff as we left the carriage house, Rosemont earned our business by ensuring the success of our dream wedding.

st rooms and cottages, making it easy for your guests to have fun and not have to drive. The day of the wedding was flawless, everyone loved the location, and our pictures are perfect. Leading up to the wedding day, however, was a little bumpy. Starting off with the price; we first went to look at the manor not having any idea of the price. They kind of trick you; they show you the property, make you fall madly in love with it to the point where you are 100% sure this is where your wedding is going to be held, and THEN they give you the price. They have different packages for the different days ranging from yikes to sweet Jesus (with absolutely no room for negotiations). The Historic Rosemont Manor only allows one catering company to cater your wedding. I found this to be very frustrating because we were not thrilled with the food we had tasted and the price was very difficult to negotiate. It would have been nice to have our options open. Although the catering staff on the day of was incredible and the food was better than expected, it would have been nice to be able to look into different companies that offered lower prices. When you sign your contract with Rosemont, you are expected to have a wedding coordinator on site the day of the wedding (which is completely understandable). You are able to hire your own coordinator, but Rosemont has one on staff for convenience. We decided to hire the Rosemont coordinator, since it would have been easier than hiring one of our own. On the day of the wedding, our coordinator was so wonderful, everything was perfect, with a big thanks to him. But leading up to the wedding day, we had to answer the same questions 3, 4, 5 times only to have to fix his answers later on. I was called the wrong name and was sent other couple’s wedding day information, which was pretty frustrating. So, even though he was great on the wedding day, we definitely had our nerves leading up to it. We did not hear from the owner, Biff, too much during our planning process. We noticed a $50 marriage license charge on an invoice and asked our coordinator if this charge could be removed, since it was only $50 and were already spending a lot of money on the venue. We were unaware of what the process was (we figured it was just a signature). This question offended Biff so much that he felt it necessary to send us a response himself, instead of having our coordinator answer on behalf of him, like he typically did. His response was rude, belittling and completely unprofessional. Again, we did not know that the $50 charge was for signing AND delivering the license, or we would not have asked. He responded telling us that other places charge hundreds for this service and that we are lucky to have him do it for us at that price and he would be more than happy to make us find someone else to do it. We were so shocked that the owner of a place we were spending so much money at would talk to us the way he did. Overall, even though we had a few headaches along the way, our wedding day was picture perfect. I would recommend The Historic Rosemont Manor to anyone who wants beautiful pictures and a great weekend. If you have low patience and like to negotiate, this might not be the place for you

ael Haymaker (Director of Events.) He is awesome! We hired him as our planner and it was possibly the best money we spent. He is easy to work with and very responsive to our ideas. He even set up a vendor fair and brought vendors to us all in one day. He made the day perfect and everything that we had hoped for.

t at Rosemont your special day lasts so much longer. Additionally, their staff is very knowledgeable (thank you Michael) which puts a nervous bride at ease. Rosemont is also a B&B, so we are going to spend an anniversary or two there, which will be very special!

this is the place to do it. The Manor looks absolutely gorgeous and the cottages are perfect for friends and family to spend the night in. The staff was attentive and they are fairly easy to work with. I would recommend any future bride to take a walk on the premise as you may fall in love with this place upon entering their gates.

to find somewhere in Virginia convenient to airports and hotels, since both of our families would be traveling from diverse states. We scheduled the First Lady Wedding package at Rosemont. Working with Rosemont made planning our wedding probably as stress-free as such an endeavor could be. Staying in one location all weekend—for the rehearsal dinner, wedding, and reception—gave the whole weekend a wonderful sense of self-containment and continuity. And the historical beauty of the house is not to be rivaled. We ended up doing a rehearsal dinner inside, with our wedding out on the lawn, and the reception in the gorgeous Carriage House. Each event had its own distinct flavor, but each was surpassingly elegant and lovely, and a perfect reflection of our taste and style. The wedding out on the lawn was absolutely amazing and beautiful. The grounds made for absolutely stunning wedding photos. The Carriage House, decked out in fairy lights, candles, and old-fashioned barn lanterns was perfect, exactly the picture I had in my mind. Rosemont partners with Celebrations Catering, which meant we didn’t have to look for or test out caterers; an excellent one was built right in, and Celebrations and Rosemont work together very well, coordinating table linens, chairs, tables, decorations, menus, and layouts. We got married on a fall afternoon, and were very lucky to have perfect weather and stunning golden light. Our photographers took pictures of us separately getting ready, and here’s something I hadn’t anticipated when planning the wedding: The preparation photos are almost as good as the ceremony ones, with the Rosemont suites as backdrops. (The dapper groomsmen in the red Churchill suite, and the demure bridesmaids in the sunny Eisenhower suite.) They’re lovely intimate portraits. We had a lot of family and large wedding parties, but we were able to house all our immediate family at the Rosemont itself for the entire weekend. Some of our close friends and the rest of the wedding party were able to stay in the houses on the grounds, which was very convenient and cozy for everyone. It was perfect. Having everything in one place allowed me (and everyone else in the wedding party and family) to remain calmer than we would have any other way. We didn’t have to rush around driving anywhere, nothing important got lost or left behind, and we all loved running into and out of each others’ rooms getting ready. The suites are so beautiful and comfortable that it was like being at a luxurious hotel, but with the cozy intimacy of staying at someone’s house. It’s as if, for this weekend, you miraculously inherit a gorgeous estate, run by family who want nothing more than to see you happy. I would highly recommend anyone get married this way. The First Lady Package offers a wonderful value; having family housed all in one place was priceless, the house itself is beautiful, and the scenery is unmatched. The experience is one I will treasure, and the photos are gems that will last forever. I had no idea a wedding could be all at once beautiful and perfect, and also so calm and so much fun. Rosemont is a perfect place to have