Some wedding venues make you feel as though you have driven much farther from the city than you actually have.
Upton Barn sits on a private 60-acre property in Lanark County, surrounded by wildflower meadows, forest, gardens and beautiful pink bedrock.
At the centre is its elegant white barn, joined by a classic marquee where intimate weddings of up to approximately 100 guests can gather for dinner and celebration.
The day can begin outside with the countryside stretching around the ceremony.
Then the vows are finished.
Guests settle into cocktails while the newlyweds disappear among the gardens, fields and forest views for photographs.
Later, everyone comes together beneath the marquee.
Dinner begins.
The light changes outside.
And eventually the peaceful property becomes full of conversation, music and people celebrating long after the nerves of the ceremony have disappeared.
For couples who want cottage-country romance without travelling too far from Ottawa, Upton Barn offers something beautifully personal.
A white barn, wildflowers and an entire landscape waiting around one very important day.
