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Celebrate Your Outdoor Massachusetts Wedding and Reception at Friendly Crossways Retreat Center

The first outdoor wedding held at Friendly Crossways was in July 1947, the same year that Friendly Crossways was converted from a working farm to a rustic retreat center. In 1997, that couple celebrated their 50th anniversary with a big family reunion back here at Friendly Crossways. It turns out we’ve been supporting “green” and “do-it-yourself” outdoor weddings and receptions for over 60 years!

Our facility is wonderfully suited for the couple looking for a relaxed, country atmosphere with plenty of space for family members to reunite and for guests to meet, mingle and make your wedding ceremony and celebration a memorable one. Our wedding facilities are kid friendly and wheel-chair accessible.

We understand that choosing from a wide variety of Massachusetts outdoor wedding venues can be daunting, so we hope the following information about holding a wedding ceremony and/or reception here will make it a little easier for you.

You can reserve exclusive use of our 25-acre property for up to 48 hours for a flat fee. This gives you access to the grounds with lots of options for unique, romantic outdoor wedding venues including a wooded glade, under a maple tree, or on a lovely green lawn, bordered by stone walls.

We can accommodate up to 65 guests overnight, a maximum of 72 guests can be served indoors for a sit down meal, and up to 150 guests outdoors. You also get to use the dining hall, meeting space, and the kitchen for non-reception meals. The base fee also includes accommodations for up to 35 people. More guests can be accommodated for an additional charge. For further information, please use our wedding weekend inquiry form.
We will sit down with you to create a reception menu that reflects your favorite foods and will result in a beautifully presented, delicious meal that will provide your desired ‘wow!’ factor. Our chef–who has won awards for her organic fruits, flowers, vegetables and honey–specializes in using organic or local produce, some of it from her own garden on the property. We can provide fresh, fabulous food from champagne brunches to buffets to bbqs for all eating preferences from omnivores to vegetarians to vegans.If you prefer, your friends and family may use our commercial kitchen to prepare the reception food for you, or you may also provide your own outside caterer if you wish (additional charges may apply).

For outdoor weddings and receptions, a beautiful, romantic tent (plus table, chairs and dance floor) can be provided for an additional cost. Chris and Bob of Special Events of New England have provided many of our wedding couple’s rental needs.

Local wedding photographers that do beautiful work include Holly Redmond and Leise Jones’ People, Places & Things Photography. Karen of Babycakes and Confections makes beautiful, delicious, whimsical, yummy, elegant, scrumptious, affordable wedding cakes. Locally! Maestro Wedding Musicians provide elegant string quartet music with classical wedding, traditional Jewish and romantic pop repertoire for your wedding ceremony and cocktail hour.

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