Willow Acres

Willow Acres is the kind of prairie wedding venue where the ceremony can follow the sunset. Set on fifteen acres near Morden, the property gives couples several outdoor choices for their vows, including a covered porch facing west, a grassy setting and a peaceful pond.

The reception hall can comfortably host up to 240 guests, with a larger maximum capacity, and combines a bright wall of windows with chandeliers and soft overhead draping. Harvest tables and round tables allow different layouts, while getting-ready suites, a prep kitchen, indoor washrooms, ceremony chairs, tableware and an outdoor covered patio are part of the venue's practical wedding offering.

Couples are free to bring outside vendors, which leaves room for the food, flowers and traditions to feel genuinely theirs. The result can be wonderfully personal: vows outside in the prairie air, dinner beneath chandeliers and, if the timing is right, that covered porch framing the evening sky just as two people begin the first night of married life, leaving the kind of warm, romantic memory that feels almost storybook long after the last dance.

• Gardens and grounds
• String lights and candlelight