The Greenhouse on Woodland

07/13/2024

Morning in the garden… nice and cool, kids! We’re wearing sweaters.

07/07/2024

A visitor from the North came to visit our garden; a Canadian Tiger Swallowtail butterfly has her lunch on a yellow petunia.

06/29/2024

Every year, sometime in June, our Great Eastern Catalpa tree blooms out in the clusters of fragrant, orchid shaped blossoms. The canopy rises about 60’ above our garden and is a sight to behold! Thats why we call her the “Star of the Show”!

06/23/2024

The future employees of the Greenhouse on Woodland, learning which is the business end of a hoe.

06/14/2024

The morning view of our reception hall and front porch.

06/14/2024

We did a major rethink on our “Locks of Love” program. Our original charming little arbor rusted out and was falling over, so we cut out the sides and reframed it in new steel and placed it over another new addition to the garden, my late brother’s swing that he made out of Fir. We’re very pleased with the results and our couples will now have a place to take a break and watch their reception from a distance.

06/13/2024

Every June our roses explode! Then again in September! Come take a tour at your new, cool, summer wedding destination.

06/08/2024

If you’re thinking about a summer wedding in the White Mountains, come down to the Arizona Wedding show tomorrow, Sunday, June 9 at the Phoenix convention center and check out our booth which is #317. We would love to meet you and tell you about more of what we have to offer at our unique and intimate venue and even have some show specials to share, and you can also meet our favorite coordinators, Evelyn and Chelsea from Enchanted Meadows!

04/10/2024

04/10/2024

At last! Spring is starting to show its colors!

01/26/2024

Thank you, ! For all you prospective couples out there, this is a great resource for all of your wedding day needs and desires!

01/01/2024

First sunrise of 2024…Happy New Year!

11/16/2023

Our Japanese Maple is putting on a show right now! As we put the garden to bed for the winter, we would like to thank our 2023 couples for choosing us for their wedding day. We had some really wonderful and heartwarming ceremonies and receptions. We’ll see you all next year!

08/12/2023

Our giant sunflowers and black-eyed Susans are making the most of the recent rains!

07/29/2023

About 60 Arizona Painted Lady Butterflies are on our front porch right now feasting on coneflower nectar.

07/22/2023

Our Bee Buddies are all over our purple cone flowers now! So pretty!

07/16/2023

Spring has given way to summer up here on the White Mountains, and our insect buddies are pitching in with pollination duty on echinacea, leek blossoms, delphinium and roses.

07/16/2023

Three weeks ago I posted photos of the Killdeer that laid a clutch of 4 eggs in our parking lot. I am very pleased to report that this past Thursday all 4 successfully hatched under the watchful eye of their mama. Shown in the second shot is the clutch just a couple of hours after hatching. The rest of the shots are from the next day when they got very mobile, very quickly, making things challenging for the mother who was trying to keep them corralled. As is their nature, mother and babies are on walkabout and left our property, just two days after hatching. We took great pleasure in protecting their nest and watching their progress.They will be missed.

06/20/2023

This is a Killdeer. A small robin sized shorebird in the plover family. A species prone to knuckleheadedness as shown by its choice in nesting sites… the middle of our gravel parking lot. While not endangered, it is on the protected list and we are doing just that, having roped off its “nest” so that no one will drive over the eggs which need about 3-4 weeks to hatch. The last picture shows the “Where’s Waldo” aspect of their nesting site. (There are 3 eggs in the picture, I assure you). As a kid in New Mexico, I would see them on occasion, and the only way I knew there were eggs is the behavior of the parents; If there are eggs on the nest and a predator approaches, the parents run away from the nest and feign a broken wing, to draw the predators attention to it, rather than the clutch of eggs. (Kind of like a soccer player performing a flop) If one get too close to the parent, then they fly away, taunting “kill-DEER, kill-DEER”, hence their name.

01/15/2023

Here’s what keeps our garden so happy during the season. We’re expecting a foot of snow in the next two days.

11/14/2022

The Neighbors.

06/26/2022

Congratulations Katherine and JC! What a lovely wedding yesterday at our little nook in the forest!

05/20/2022

It’s dragonfly season! This is the fun part of putting together a venue… all the little details that make a difference.

05/13/2022

Getting ready for our second wedding of the season! Our garden walls and sitting areas are really taking shape thanks to our resident succulent whisperer, .

05/08/2022

We just opened our 2022 season with a terrific couple, Alex and Mattie, who had a wonderful wedding. So many people are displaying photos, or providing Polaroid cameras for their guests to use, we put in our “door to nowhere”, that features copper wire and micro clips to attach them to. We love it, and hope all our wedding parties use it!

04/26/2022

Our latest addition our reception pavilion porch; a round chandelier made of old John Deere cultivating wheels. While I did the fabrication, Mark Shurkins from , and his crew, wired it and provided an excess of brute strength to hoist it into place.

04/25/2022

Spring has sprung! All of our trees and plants are waking up and planning a beautiful season for all of our guests. We have just a couple of openings left for our 2022 season. call us and we are happy to set a tour!

04/04/2022

People frequently ask us how we go about manicuring our garden… well, when it comes to trimming our big trees, we have to call in the big boys…

04/04/2022

Our latest addition, an antique copper weather vane in the shape of an egret that came off and ‘s boathouse….it is beyond perfect in its new home in the mountains, on top of our reception hall... Thanks guys!

03/29/2022

People always ask us why we don’t do early spring or late fall weddings… Here’s why. Yes, it is really pretty but boy is it a mess underneath. We stick to the good weather months for our season for everyone’s benefit!