Oakdale | Wedding Venue in Hanover, VA

By Shalese Higginbotham, POSH PR®

When he was driving earlier a lovely farm property each individual day on his way to perform as a police officer, Chris Stem never ever imagined that he would sometime get to convert that assets into a marriage ceremony location.

“I retained telling my wife that I could not enable it convert into a housing advancement,” Chris says. “I believe she considered I was a minor outrageous, but listed here we are!” Immediately after surviving 2020 just after just opening in 2019, Oakdale is now thoroughly immersed in the marriage increase and scheduling nicely into 2023.

When they chose to create the wedding space, 1 issue was completely distinct to Chris and his partners, Jeff Sears and Eric Pair: they experienced to retain the integrity of the land and its abundant historical past. The initial move? Picking out a name with a great deal of individual this means.

The title Oakdale will come from Jeff Sears’ close by spouse and children farm that has been handed down from generation to era because 1902. Currently, Oakdale even now maintains its agricultural roots. It is the home of 75 head of cattle, pigs, sheep, and a booming hay procedure. It is also Chris’s dwelling and of program, a spectacular wedding and occasion location.

Oakdale is the best mixture of convenience and seclusion. The 100 acre house is correctly quiet and idyllic, nevertheless it sits just 10 minutes from Limited Pump and Downtown Ashland. Solutions for rehearsal evening meal places and visitor accommodations are plentiful! Moreover, for your out-of-city company, Oakdale is a swift 35 moment push from the Richmond Airport.

The jewel of it all, a modern-day black and white barn with huge photo windows, supplies the excellent equilibrium of rusticity and magnificence. “It seems like a barn, but within, it is a blank slate,” Chris claims. “Our partners can create a area that feels truly exquisite, or they can make it feel very simple and cozy. It is all above the map. We’ve seen anything from rustic themes to an opulent indoor yard topic. It is a terrific house to develop whichever aspiration you have for your major day.”

The totally local climate-controlled barn overlooks a glittering pond and open hayfield where partners can decide on from numerous picturesque outside spots for their ceremony. Your cocktail hour can consider place inside of or you can use the two outside patios complete with a fireplace pit and outdoor bar for individuals pre-evening meal beverages.

With 4,000 sq. toes of indoor occasion room, Oakdale can host weddings up to 200 company. You can decide on to have your ceremony outdoors or within, whichever you (or the weather conditions!) favor. There is also an alternative to host a completely outside marriage less than a tent or in the open air so you can enjoy a night underneath the stars. The venue is thoroughly handicap obtainable and of program, includes loads of parking for guest motor vehicles as effectively as limos and buses.

Oakdale is the fantastic location for the couple who desires to retain the setting up method uncomplicated. Your package deal consists of 10 hours of location access, a day-of coordinator, numerous outdoor ceremony site choices, indoor event house, tables, chairs, linens, golf carts to shuttle your friends from their autos to the function, bartenders, established up, break down, and even a DJ if you’d like! “The constructing sells itself,” Chris claims, “and we’re really laid again. We give so much, so our purchasers are at ease simply because we consider so much off of their plates.”

“When it arrives to internet hosting a marriage here, all you have to do is bring in catering,” says venue supervisor Mary Jane Spagnolo. And it’s correct! All you have to do is find your caterer, photographer, and florist, and Oakdale’s incredible employees will take care of the rest.

If you’re looking for a slice of heaven not way too considerably off the beaten path, Oakdale is exactly what you require. Not only will you have a focused and expert staff by your side for all of your arranging desires, you will also get to be a element of this beautiful property’s heritage.

 

Oakdale is now getting bookings for 2021-2022 and further than. Take a look at their website, www.oakdalerva.com, e-mail [email protected], or simply call 804-629-1824 for scheduling inquiries or extra data. 13497 Ashland Highway, Ashland, VA 23005