Small weddings overlooking the ocean

WildSpring is a lovely, naturally beautiful place for small weddings and commitment ceremonies. The perfect, peaceful setting for families and friends to spend time with each other and celebrate this special event.

Imagine an open-air ceremony overlooking the ocean on the Guest Hall deck (see the bird's-eye view of the deck on the right), or in Mary's Grove next to the walking labyrinth surrounded by 100-ft trees. Or in the Guest Hall at night, draped with twinkling lights.

We can set up the Guest Hall for the reception (and even move the ceremony inside in case of inclement weather), where the floor-to-ceiling windows bring the outside in. Or design a candlelit party on the deck with a brilliant canopy of stars.

And, we can arrange for everything you need, including catering for a reception/dinner, flowers, decorations, cake and officiate.

Weddings can be scheduled from October through May, outside of holiday weekends, and one thing to keep in mind when considering WildSpring: We will work with you to make sure it lives up to your hopes. However, it would be challenging to plan a formal, traditional ceremony and reception/dinner here. We can certainly make your event look lovely, with exceptional catering, but in a more natural setting with more simple decorations...and especially if you are looking for an eco-friendly celebration.

Lodging accommodations
We can accommodate 22 people in 16 beds among five cabins. Each cabin has a livingroom and bedroom that can be seperated by pocket doors. The spacious bathroom can be accessed from either room.

Each cabin has a top-of-the-line Simmons pillow-top queen bed in the bedroom, with two Lane Snuggler loveseats in the livingroom that pull out to become twin beds (which we top with a feather mattress before making up, so they are very comfortable). In addition, the large cabin, Annwyn, has a Flex-Steel queen pullout (also topped with a feather mattress, also very comfortable).

This means the four regular cabins can sleep 4 people total, or 3 if they each want their own bed. And in the large cabin, it sleeps 6 people total, or 4 with their own bed.

The wedding party
We can accommodate a few more people for the ceremony and gatherings than we have lodging availability (we can help make arrangements for others in your group to stay elsewhere as well). Approximately 28 people can fit on the deck or in the Guest Hall.

For larger ceremonies where the immediate family would like to stay together here, there is a combination art gallery/restaurant that will be built overlooking Port Orford Bay that will have expanded capacity. It is scheduled to be completed mid-May 2010.

Catering
We can cater meals for your party, bring in a chef to cook to your specifications in the modern, fully-equipped kitchen in the Guest Hall, arrange for group meals at local restaurants. You can also use the facilities to prepare your own meals - we even have both propane and charcoal grills for your use.

We start each day with our breakfast buffet suited to your preferences in the Guest Hall overlooking the ocean (great whale-watching all year long on the deck).

We can also provide wines and champagne at below-retail prices.

Activities
We can arrange for activities for your group, such as jet boats up the Rogue River in Gold Beach, sunset horseback rides on the beach, golf, and ocean, river and lake fishing. There are art galleries galore in Port Orford and the south coast. And, we can arrange for massages, tai chi, drumming/Native American flute circle, guided meditation and arts and crafts here at WildSpring. And don't forget, there is great beach-combing here for driftwood and agates.

Unique wedding gifts and favors
Check out our Objets d'Heart for beautiful, hand-crafted hearts made of vintage and designer jewelry. They can be customized to your color palette and preferences and make perfect favors and gifts to commemorate this day.

A beautiful Fall wedding*

Family shots on the Guest Hall deck

A small ceremoney in the center of the walking labyrinth

For a wedding on the deck
overlooking the ocean

Charges
Lodging charges will be determined based on your party - how many and how long you're staying. If the ceremony is to be here, weddings almost always require a two-day stay in order to accommodate that.

Group rates

In addition to lodging, we add a surcharge to all weddings, whether or not there is a group or reception, because in our experience all wedding bookings require more time to assist in information, planning and managing the event than regular lodging or small groups:

If you take the entire property: You have full use of all our facilities at any time, though there is a charge for our time and staff to help develop and facilitate your event, including gathering information, discussing options, planning and making arrangements with you prior to the wedding, working with caterer, florist, photographer, music and officiant as necessary, and to handle setting up and breaking down the tables and chairs, and cleanup. That will run from $500 to $1500, depending on number of people and amount of our time and staff your event requires.

Plus, like all small groups, there will be a service surcharge on the other days of your stay, depending on use of our facilities and how much assistance you need to set up and clean up for group use of the faciities, as well as planning for group meals and gatherings. This will be a minimum of $100/day, up to $500/day...though normally there is no charge for the last day since we take care of breakfast for your group.

If you do not take the entire property: We will have to discuss the impact of your plans on other guests - you will have to share the common facilities with everyone here and work around our normal daily schedule. There will still be a service charge to cover any planning, development and management of your event, minimum $150. This must be for a very small ceremony, with only a few people, and no reception.

We will also discuss additional costs, such as flowers, decorating, catering, rentals, officiant, and witnesses you need. We will require full payment of these items 30 days before arrival.

Please understand that our policies and charges are based on long experience with the time and effort that weddings require here. We certainly understand your desire to minimize your costs, and hope you understand our need to cover ours.

Reservations & Cancellations
A 50% deposit is required when making reservations for groups. For cancellation more than 30 days before arrival date, we will refund half your deposit. No refunds for cancellations within 30 days before arrival date. Group rate will not change due to individual cancellations less than 5 days before the event.

Children
While our policy is a minimum age for children of 13, we allow very mature children a few years younger. We will accept infants if a group is taking the entire property and they are not yet out of the crib. Our cabins are filled with art and antiques that make it impossible for us to child-proof against toddlers or even crawling babies. Infants would be an additional $15 charge/day.

* Click here to visit BellaJane Photography, who shot the wedding in the slideshow.

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