Barn Weddings in Oregon

(Photo courtesy of One Love Photo)

I really would love it if a bride would come to me wanting a barn wedding, and needing help with all of the details and decor (details and decor are my favorite aspects of wedding planning btw). Being that much of Oregon is farm country you'd think that we'd have barn venues galore, but I have yet to find one that really rivals some of the great barn venues across the US that you see in blogs everyday.

Here are a few images of barn weddings I've adored:

(Photo Courtesy of Project Wedding)

(Photo Courtesy of Wedding Bee)

(Photo Courtesy of Martha Stewart Weddings)

I did hunt around to find a few local barn venues, two of which I hadn't heard of before. Green Villa Barn is a very up-to-date barn in Independence, Oregon (where I actually did Casey & Shanna's wedding if you remember) with a beautiful garden as well, but for me it doesn't give that really rustic feel I crave. Two barn venues which I had not heard of prior, but found today, are Beazell Education Center in Philomath and Blue Rooster B&B barn outside of Eugene. Both appear to be very rustic, with Beazell located in a state park.

If you are planning a budget wedding, I always recommend state park venues because you don't seem to be taken by large fees and there's usually few restrictions or guidelines to follow/abide by including which caterers to use, etc. Beazell for instance will cost you $675 for all day use on a Fri-Sun with a $300 refundable deposit. This is so small compared to most venues who also add on food and beverage minimums. Here you could make your own food on site if you really wanted.

I also personally love barn weddings because they work really well for long rectangular table seating and family style dining. This provides for a very intimate and close setting with those people who mean the most to you. Not to mention, add in christmas lights, lanterns or other hanging elements from the exposed beams and you can definitely make the view overhead magical. I doubt places like this will care if you put a nail in a beam, so long as you remove it afterward. Not to mention barn venues typicall have large outdoor spaces for ceremonies under a large oak or those hay couches I showed in a previous post.

If you know of other Oregon barn venues to list here, or want to make a comment on barn weddings/decor in general I'd love to have you comment below!

Happy Planning!

~A

PS: If you have a great old barn on your large outdoor property, I really recommend you turn it into an event venue and I'd be more than happy to work with you in doing so. I think Oregon needs more venues like this!