NY, NJ rustic venues on a tight budget?

There are a ton of places in Upstate NY.....Lake Placid, Saranac Lake, Long Lake, check the Finger Lakes area.......Take a NY map and check the Adirondacks and you will fiind wonderful rustic places. Lake George and the Cascade area is another place to check.......Then, you and FH take a weekend road trip, pack your tent and start researching. I live on Lake Titus, which is gorgeous, but I'm prejudice REALLy, check those places out.

And how could I forget Lake Champlain (NY side or Burlington, VT side)....all gorgeous.

The tough part isn't really the budget, it's trying to find a venue for a small group, as I'm sure you've found out. I did a wedding last weekend at the Inn at Ferndale Farm, (Chesterfield NJ) which is gorgeous, but I don't know about the minimum. Perona Farms, in Andove NJr is not a farm per se, but it has a barn on the premises. The Stockton Inn and the Prallsville Mill, both in Stockton NJ are beautiful and rustic.

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Perona Farms is on my list!!

Perona is great. We've been there many,many times and they always do a great job. They have all kinds of great settings for photos, the food is great, and their staff just rocks. I think it's a great value too.

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My bff's wedding was at Alliare State Park in Farmingdale, NJ. It was very pretty, but tiny.

I forgot Schooley's Mountain, in Morristown, Flat Rock Brook, in Englewood, and Camp Rickabear, in Kinnelon.

There are a lot of state parks with lower venue fees... i think my church fee was like 1500 for members but the park we are marrying, in upstate ny had 600 site fee

Try the Queens Farm Museum in Queens, NY.

Look up Shelburne Farms, VT.....I hear it's beautiful, but don't know about weddings.

A friend just booked Perona Farms, Saturday afternoon wedding, and got a price of $75pp. Perona has beautiful grounds. Good luck with your search!

We came across this sight njbarnwedding.com Frungillo Caterers who did my wedding took over this place. Its a real Barn, looks great.

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It's hard to get excited. I just got engaged and started to price things out....yeah my excitement and joy went quickly.