Cocktail Weddings

Planning a wedding away from home brings questions that go beyond choosing a beautiful luxury wedding venue. Where will family members travelling from Sydney, Wollongong or other places stay and will there be enough room to sleep everyone after the celebration? For couples from multicultural backgrounds, there are other considerations to keep in mind as well. Questions arise naturally about whether a venue truly grasps the feeling that their wedding should carry, the significance of an auspicious date, the flow of the entire celebration and the food that brings it all together. Jaspers Berry meets these considerations with a property that offers a deeply personal touch, grounded in a culture of wonder, warmth and generosity. Standing since around 1850, the Magic Faraway Tree is part of what makes us a place no other place can recreate. You and your guests also have the entire property and grounds to yourselves for the day, thanks to exclusive hire. And once your guests reach Berry, colonial streetscapes, acclaimed restaurants and Seven Mile Beach give them every reason to feel the journey from Sydney was well made. As you plan your unforgettable wedding day, owner Rosie and her trusted colleague Sue will be with you from day one, helping ensure no personal details are lost as your plans unfold. So, when you are looking into ‘cocktail weddings’, you will find generous hospitality at our location.

Because there is no corkage fee, you can supply your own beverages and select wines, beers and spirits that suit your guests, removing one of the more opaque cost lines from the wedding budget. This flexibility can work across our different wedding packages, including the Traditional Wedding Package for 65 to 200 guests, the Intimate Wedding Package for 30 to 60 guests, the Minimony Wedding Package for 20 to 25 guests and the Elopement Wedding Package for up to 8 guests. Alongside these, the Colonial Garden Party centres on Shared Platters served ‘en famille’, placing conversation, generosity and feasting at the heart of the meal. Through our Meadow to Table Philosophy, our in-house chefs use quality locally sourced ingredients alongside vegetables and salad leaves grown in the market garden at Jaspers Meadows. Both sides of the wedding party also have their own preparation spaces on-site, with the Bridal Salon offering Hollywood Regency rooms with good lighting, full-length mirrors and a porcelain bath. Meanwhile, the Gentlemen’s Club Lounge gives the groom’s party their own space with personal steward service. Whether you have been looking up ‘golden hour wedding ceremony‘ or ‘cocktail style wedding reception‘, you have the flexibility to shape different parts of your celebration around what suits you.

During the event, there is flexibility when it comes to the weather. Should rain or the heat interrupt the event, The Orangery offers its sheltered verandahs and fully air-conditioned interior as a practical alternative for your outdoor ceremony or garden activity. Our Guest House also helps keep close family members and friends on-site with 8 rooms sleeping up to 18 guests. Every room is air-conditioned, with a bar fridge stocked with refreshments and tea- and coffee-making facilities, opening directly onto a central landscaped courtyard and plunge pool. The next morning, house guests gather over a country breakfast, so when the main celebration ends, you can still extend your time together. Jaspers Meadows sleeps up to 10 guests around 1 km away in O’Keeffe’s Lane, offering those needing extra room a meadow garden setting, a sandstone outdoor fireplace and a plunge pool. Guests will also find generous parking at Jaspers Berry, with the option to leave cars overnight at the owner’s risk. If you have been curious about ‘tuscan wedding‘, ‘unique wedding ceremony ideas‘ or something similar, there is more to explore with us. Should you have questions regarding ‘hopewood house‘, ‘venues near me wedding‘ or anything else, kindly fill out our enquiry form or call 1800 817 402. Contact us and arrange a viewing today.