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reesied · 2010-01-11, 01:42 PM

We got married on a farm and our reception was held in a barn.

The location:

Saar Bank Farms in Abbotsford.

This was such a unique wedding location and we were so happy with the result. The farm cannot advertise due to being on agricultural land so they are not known and not on any of the venue listings. I had a hard time finding any barns to speak of that would rent within the lower mainland, and then I stumbled on this one! The lady that we dealt with, her name is Magdalene Vanderlinde and she was a gem. She answered all of our questions and gave us a lot of leeway with the decor and plans that we wanted to do in her barn. We rented chandeliers and the barn was absolutely breathtaking. They have previously held quite a few weddings there and rely on word of mouth to spread the word. For some pictures you can check out our website at www.reeseandaaron.com
She has a list of vendors that we used, and list of her own as well. There is a lot to plan for a barn wedding, but if you are looking for a unique location and a really fabulous result then I would recommend this farm.
You can contact Magdalene at 6048640624 or via email at hmv@pacificcoast.net.

We had 116 guests at our wedding, but the barn could hold about 150 people. The venue is quite inexpensive, keep in mind your rentals when budgeting. They have chairs and tables to rent. I believe that they have the head table platform that we made and left there available for rent as well. If you are looking to rent chandeliers, Art of the Party did ours and now know that venue, so they are a reliable option. For chandeliers you will need to rent a generator for the extra wattage due to the electricty constraints (chandeliers suck a lot of energy!), but it is about $200.00 for one and you can rent it at United Rentals in Abbotsford. You need to keep this in mind though when planning. Ask her for a list of vendors!

The barn turned out breathtaking in my opinion. This was such a unique place to get married. I have attached a few photos. These are just a glimmer of the amazing location.

Happy Planning Guys! I hope that your wedding turns out as spectacular as ours did

reesied · 2010-01-11, 01:47 PM

Hey, I just posted something about Saar Bank Farms on page 3 if you are interested. I had my wedding there and I LOVED IT! We posted a few pics and there is a link to our wedding website that has a few more.

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Originally Posted by mackenzie10

thanks alot for the info on the old orchard hall

... I'm also looking for possibly a barn venue and the one i founnd closest to us would be the Saar Bank Farms in Abbotsford. I cant get too much information about so I'm wondering if anybody knows anything about them.

mackenzie10 · 2010-01-11, 11:04 PM

I checked out the Saars bank farm and i thought it was super cute i actually saw pictures of the chandeliers awhile ago and thats what made me check out the farm. Magdelene was amazing and really sweet. Your wedding looked absolutley gorgeous. What did you do about the bathroom issue? and were there any stinky farm smells on your wedding day?? lol

reesied · 2010-01-13, 05:27 PM

We actually rented washroom trailers. We went through a company called Sunrise washroom rentals and the girl's name was Amy. They currently have a coupon for about $200.00 off I think, but I was able to talk them down another $150.00 I believe it was by working the competetor angle. (There is another company in Burnaby as well) Amy was amazing to deal with and the Washrooms were great! They even put a vase of flowers in there for you to jazz them up. They weren't cheap to rent, but well worth it. Magdalene had been talking about purchasing a washroom trailer at some point, I'm not sure if that happened or not. Because of the generator that we for the chandeliers, the trailer had more than enough power and we had no issues. I know that Magdalene does say that if she has a few weddings booked, that she will rent the Port-a-Potty that is handicapped sized for wheel chairs so that there is more room and the price is split between a few, but to be honest I didn't really like the idea of a port-a-potty and my dress touching walls and all that stuff... ICK. So we opted to spend the extra to get a 2 washrooom trailer rental which worked out very very nicely. No real line-ups to speak of for the washroom and there was a mens and a ladies.

We didn't have any bad smells to speak of that I can remember. The barn smells like hay which I personally liked... We got married June 27th and Magdalene did make mention that they do the manure later in the months in Abbotsford... but as for the actual farm we didn't have any issues with bad smells and nobody commented on anything.

I hope that helps and I would be happy to provide any more details if you need them.

Reese

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Originally Posted by mackenzie10

I checked out the Saars bank farm and i thought it was super cute i actually saw pictures of the chandeliers awhile ago and thats what made me check out the farm. Magdelene was amazing and really sweet. Your wedding looked absolutley gorgeous. What did you do about the bathroom issue? and were there any stinky farm smells on your wedding day?? lol

reesied · 2010-01-13, 05:35 PM

I am simply adding this post for Google Search Engine purposes. I know that I had the most horrible time finding anything to come up in our area when I typed in "barn wedding Vancouver" and still after my post it doesn't come up because I put Abbotsford where the barn actually is. So, for all of those people that are typing "Barn wedding Vancouver" into google or other search engines, this is the site that you want to go to in order to find a location like Saar Bank Farms for a barn wedding. Now hopefully Google does their dance and it will come up

Hee hee.

reesied · 2010-01-13, 05:45 PM

Hey Mackenzie,
Did you contact Magdalene via email? I just tried to email her and found that the email address is bouncing back? Did you know if she had a new email address and if she does are you able to post it?

Thanks!

Quote:

Originally Posted by mackenzie10

I checked out the Saars bank farm and i thought it was super cute i actually saw pictures of the chandeliers awhile ago and thats what made me check out the farm. Magdelene was amazing and really sweet. Your wedding looked absolutley gorgeous. What did you do about the bathroom issue? and were there any stinky farm smells on your wedding day?? lol

mackenzie10 · 2010-01-13, 09:55 PM

thanks reesied!
the washrooms are a big concern to me because of our grandparents and I know what you mean about port-a-potties ewww! I haven't contacted Magdelene in quite some time...the only e-mail address I have for is hmv@pacificcoast.net...hope that helps

reesied · 2010-01-14, 09:16 PM

No worries at all. If it helps, my Grandma is 95 years old (uses a walker) and she had no problem with the washrooms. The stairs that go up to the barn loft, she needed help to get down those but once outside the washroom trailers were no problem for her.

That is the same email address that I had for her which is bouncing back. I wonder if they changed providers or something. Oh well, at least I posted her phone number and I can call her and get her new email from her. Thanks again!

Quote:

Originally Posted by mackenzie10

thanks reesied!
the washrooms are a big concern to me because of our grandparents and I know what you mean about port-a-potties ewww! I haven't contacted Magdelene in quite some time...the only e-mail address I have for is hmv@pacificcoast.net...hope that helps

reesied · 2010-01-21, 09:50 AM

I just got confirmation on Magdalene's new email address for Saar Bank Farms in Abbotsford. The email address is:

saarbank@gmail.com

For those of you looking for a barn style wedding in the lower mainland - Greater Vancouver area please contact Magdalene for details.

fariba3 · 2010-02-09, 01:27 AM

Hi, I have booked my reception venue (Swaneset) but am now in need of a venue for our traditional ceremony. We're planning a more informal get together the day before for all the guests to just come and have fun and we'll also stage our traditional ceremony (toned down).

Can anyone could recommend a really cheap venue that we can bring in our own catering and that is alright looking? I'm already going all out on the actual reception so this is meant to be just an add on for guests who are flying all the way.

Thanks!
Fariba