The things you couldn't
do anywhere else.

Live painter

An artist sets up a canvas during cocktail hour and paints your day in real time. You leave with an original painting of your wedding.

Bury a bottle of whiskey

Hide a bottle of your favourite spirit somewhere on the grounds before your wedding. Dig it up on your first anniversary — or crack it open at the end of the night with whoever is left.

Horses

Magic the horse has grazed these pastures for years. Couples have incorporated horses into first looks, processionals, and portraits. Isadora once coordinated a surprise floral wreath for the mane.

Lion dance

The 30 acres, the open lawn, the full weekend — it is the kind of venue where a lion dance during the reception is not a logistical problem. It is just Tuesday.

Baraat procession

The back lawn becomes the stage. Music, dancing, the whole procession before the ceremony begins. Couples have done full Indian-American fusion weddings here start to finish.

Fire pit

The fire pit runs all night out back. Blankets available. Couples tend to find their favourite people gathered around it around 11pm, long after the dancing is done.

"Food trucks outside, fire pit out back, casino tables throughout the house and even caricature artists."

Food trucks

Park two or three on the drive. Any cuisine, any vendor — no approved list, no corkage fee, no catch. The venue recommends three dinner trucks and one dessert truck for up to 120 guests.

Morning-after donut truck

Sunday morning. Still in wedding clothes or already in pyjamas. Donut truck in the drive, everyone sitting in the sun, replaying the night before.

Casino tables

Blackjack, poker, caricature artists — couples have turned the manor rooms into a full casino floor for an evening. The house is big enough.

"Food trucks outside, fire pit out back, casino tables throughout the house and even caricature artists."

Clay shooting and cigars

Saturday afternoon, the groomsmen take over. Skeet shooting, cigars, whiskey. The grounds have room for it. The manor has the whiskey.

Sparkler exit

Lined up along the drive with sparklers, staff on hand. It photographs exactly as well as you think it will.

Hot chocolate bar

A winter wedding staple. Staff sets up hot chocolate, blankets, and hand warmers without being asked. It is one of those things you did not know you needed until it appeared.

Pets

Nearly half of Rixey couples bring their dogs. Shih tzus, golden retrievers, rescue mutts serving as ring bearers. A staff member will personally look after them so you do not have to.

The copper tub at midnight

The bridal suite has a copper tub built for two. Getting in it at the end of the night — in the dress or not — has become something of a Rixey tradition.

Come as you are

The full Suicide Squad showed up here once. Whatever yourselves looks like — themed, costumed, unconventional, queer, polyamorous, interfaith — this is the right venue for it.

"She seems to genuinely care about each wedding she chooses to host in a way we didn't feel in any of the 20+ venues we toured."

The big group photo

Everyone. Right after the ceremony, before anyone wanders off. The whole crowd on the lawn at once. It has become a Rixey thing.

The tree swing

On the grounds. Portraits happen here. So do quiet moments between the chaos.

The library at the end of the night

At some point after midnight, the library with the real fire and the big sofas fills up with whoever is left. No one wants to go to bed.

"Curl up at the end of the night in the library with your favourite people — big sofas, real fires."

The borrow cottage

Free access to signs, vases, candleholders, lanterns, and décor donated from previous weddings. Take what you want. Leave what you do not use.

Blacksmith Cottage

Dart board, poker table, full kitchen and a place to crash - for those that don't want to spend Saturday morning in hair and makeup.