Moraine Farm

My wife and I were married at Moraine Farm on July 1st and could not have been happier with the entire experience. We feel blessed to have had our ceremony and reception at such a beautiful place. I feel as though Moraine is a hidden gem but won't stay that way for long after they're recent partnership with Fireside Catering. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if this becomes a premier North Shore wedding location very soon. Some of the things that really impressed my wife and I included... -The service: The wedding coordinator for The Estate at Moraine Farm is Amy Hudon and we found her to be extremely friendly, responsive and organized. The partnership between Fireside Catering and Moraine is a new one but we felt we were in very experienced hands with Amy. She walked us through the entire process and was excellent the day of the wedding. The staff did a magnificent job setting up the grounds exactly as we hoped and with preparing and serving our New England clambake reception. The guests are still raving about their experience and the friendliness of the staff. -The food: Fireside Catering has a well deserved reputation (in our opinion) for excellent food. We were impressed at our tasting but also ate at their restaurant in Groton (Gibbet Hill Grill) before the wedding and loved it. There were numerous menu options and we ended up deciding on the clambake. Our package came with 5 passed appetizers and we must admit we spent a lot of time picking our 5 from their extensive list. Every single one was a crowd pleaser (although the sliders may have been the winner - especially with the kids at our wedding). Many of our guests were native New Englanders and the clambake got glowing reviews from the steamers to the lobsters to the sides and strawberry shortcake for dessert. -The venue: We would definitely encourage anyone considering The Estate at Moraine Farm for a wedding to do a google search of wedding photographers who've shot weddings there. That should give you a great sense of how beautiful a setting it is for a special occasion. The estate has had some updates even since we booked it last fall and looks very nice inside. Everything is handicap accessible which was important to us. The veranda overlooking Wenham Lake is beautiful and was a perfect spot for our cocktail hour. We had our ceremony on the grounds in front of the tea house and took many pictures there and in the English garden below. The tent that was set up on the lawn was perfect for our guests (we had 133) and decorated just as we wanted it. We had lots of kids at our wedding and the venue is very kid-friendly. Several guests commented to us after the wedding that it had the feel of an upscale backyard garden party and that describes it well. In summary...Amy and her staff made the day truly unforgettable for us and we would recommend The Estate at Moraine Farm to anyone. Two very happy thumbs up!

Moraine Farm is stunningly beautiful and I have absolutely no regrets about having my wedding there. It was the perfect venue for us. I loved that we could bring all our own vendors, including caterer and alcohol (I think that might have changed since we signed our contract). That said, their staff isn't great. Their event contact was very hard to get in touch with after we signed our contract (she was fine before that) - although, oddly enough, she was very responsive to our caterer. Maybe she just doesn't like talking to brides. Also, the venue wasn't clean when we arrived - there was broken glass on the dance floor, for example. Our caterer and day-of coordinator had a lot of cleaning to do. Finally, the on-staff coordinator on the day of our wedding (she didn't introduce herself so I don't know her name) was...unhelpful. I missed this happening, but she basically kicked my family out after the event even though we were still within our rental time. Even worse, she locked up our leftover alcohol and wouldn't let my family take it (to return to the liquor store the next day). A family member had to drive back up there the next day to retrieve it because there was another wedding at Moraine Farm the next day (this was Labor Day weekend) and otherwise that wedding would have consumed our alcohol! Basically, her attitude seemed to be that we were the enemy. My wedding was perfect anyway. They were very flexible - letting us walk through the venue as we needed to for planning, and letting our caterer come to set up for the event prior to when our contract said the rental window would begin. It's so pretty and the price is right, and I would recommend that someone else get married there, but I would definitely advise the staff to step it up in terms of professionalism. Note: these are just my opinions. Other couples may have had totally different experiences.