There are a few weeks each year when the fields at Lavender Ridge Farm turn purple.
And if your wedding happens to fall among them, it is difficult to imagine a more romantic place to begin.
About 30 minutes west of downtown Ottawa, this private family-run farm unfolds across 80 acres of countryside, where lavender grows along the ridge, mature forest surrounds the property and pieces of its agricultural past still remain among the landscape.
At the entrance stands a restored 19th-century pioneer log cabin. Nearby are the historic remains of the farm's old dairy barn.
Then, tucked away in a secluded forest clearing, couples discover the place where the wedding happens.
A beautiful timber-frame barn rises among the trees, with handcrafted wooden beams, soaring ceilings and enormous doors connecting the celebration inside with the countryside beyond. Up to 100 guests can gather here, creating a wedding that feels full and joyful without losing the intimacy that makes a country celebration so special.
The vows can happen somewhere entirely different.
When the lavender is in season, couples can marry among rows of fragrant purple blooms, with the countryside stretching beyond them.
Or perhaps the forest feels more like you.
A peaceful tree-lined clearing offers another ceremony setting, surrounded by green rather than flowers. And because Ontario weather occasionally has its own wedding plans, the climate-controlled barn can become a beautiful indoor ceremony setting too.
Afterwards, nobody needs to leave.
Guests can gather for cocktails on the string-lit patio while the newlyweds disappear across the property for photographs.
There are lavender rows and forest.
Old barns and the pioneer log cabin.
Open countryside and the warm, weathered pieces of a farm that was here long before anyone thought about turning it into a wedding venue.
Then everyone finds their way back to the barn.
Dinner happens beneath the timber beams.
Couples have the freedom to choose their own caterer and vendors, allowing the food, flowers and details to feel genuinely personal rather than selected from a predetermined venue package.
As evening settles over the farm, tiny lights begin glowing around the barn and patio.
The fire pit becomes somewhere to escape between dances. Lawn games keep people outside a little longer. The countryside grows dark around the clearing while inside, dinner has become speeches and speeches have become music.
And somewhere between all of it, the farm stops feeling like a venue.
It becomes the place where your wedding happened.
The place with the old log cabin.
The barn hidden among the trees.
The fire glowing outside after dark.
And, if you timed it just right, rows and rows of lavender turning an Ontario field purple on the day you said yes.
We added this page from public information so couples can find Lavender Ridge Farm. It has not been claimed, Lavender Ridge Farm is not partnered with OpenDates, and we never use a venue’s photos without permission.
