Hillside Acres Wedding Venue

Hillside Acres gives a Camrose wedding the kind of outdoor setting that makes the whole weekend feel like it belongs to the couple.

Only six minutes from the city, the venue is surrounded by landscaped grounds and centred on a treed pondside ceremony space with bench seating.

That is where the day can begin.

Guests gather by the water.

The couple walks toward the vows.

And afterward, nobody has to leave the property to keep celebrating.

A 4,000-square-foot transparent tent waits for the reception, with seating for up to 200 guests, farmhouse tables, cross-back chairs, string lights and space for a bar and dancing.

But the loveliest detail may be time.

Couples receive exclusive access to the venue from Friday at noon until early Sunday morning, with the ability to return afterward for décor.

So the wedding does not have to arrive and disappear in a rush.

There is time to set up.

Time to settle in.

Then evening comes.

The transparent tent begins to glow.

Dinner becomes speeches.

And the peaceful pondside property becomes considerably less peaceful once everyone finds the dance floor.

For an Alberta wedding, that sounds like a very good trade.

• Ceremony and reception in one place
• Gardens and grounds
• Tented celebrations possible