Packages
Every price, before you give us your name
Budget is the first question every couple has, so we answer it first. These are the figures our contracts use. The only numbers we can't print are the ones you haven't chosen yet.
The Estate Weekend: from $19,800 The Saturday: from $8,900 The Winter House: from $6,400
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The Estate Weekend
Friday noon to Sunday 11 a.m. · Up to 180 guests
From $19,800 to $24,800 venue fee
Catering minimum $12,000 · Food and bar, in any season
The whole estate, all weekend. Rehearsal dinner in the Conservatory on Friday, the wedding on Saturday, and a slow send-off breakfast on Sunday. The farmhouse is yours for both nights.
Venue fees by day and season
- Weekend, May to October
- $24,800
- Weekend, November to April
- $19,800
- Catering minimum (food & bar, from the ranges below)
- $12,000
What's included
- Use of all 40 acres, just for you, from Friday noon to Sunday 11 a.m.
- All three spaces: Ceremony Garden, Great Hall, and Conservatory
- The farmhouse for two nights; it sleeps 8 across four rooms
- Friday rehearsal dinner setting in the Conservatory (up to 40)
- Tables, chairs, ivory linen, and the house candle package for up to 160
- A venue coordinator through planning, plus a day-of steward all weekend
- Friday vendor load-in from 9 a.m. and Sunday pack-up until 11 a.m.
- Parking field for 90 cars, with an attendant on the wedding day
- Courtyard bonfire with seating, wood, and permit on both nights
What's not, said plainly
- Catering and bar: priced per guest below, with a $12,000 minimum spend
- Florals, photography, music, officiant, and decor beyond the house candle package
- Guest rooms beyond the farmhouse (our vendor list has two inns in Erin and Orangeville)
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The Saturday
One day, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. · Up to 180 guests
From $8,900 to $13,900 venue fee
Catering minimum $5,000 to $9,000 · $9,000 on May to October Saturdays, $5,000 on every other day
The classic Alder House day: thirteen hours, three spaces, one wedding. The same package books Fridays and Sundays for less. The day is the same; only the calendar changes.
Venue fees by day and season
- Saturday, May to October
- $13,900
- Friday or Sunday, May to October
- $10,900
- Any day, November to April For a smaller winter wedding, see The Winter House
- $8,900
- Catering minimum (food & bar, from the ranges below)
- $5,000 to $9,000
What's included
- Ceremony Garden, Great Hall, and a Conservatory welcome hour
- Getting-ready suites in the farmhouse and coach house from 10 a.m.
- Tables, chairs, ivory linen, and the house candle package for up to 160
- A venue coordinator through planning, plus a day-of steward
- A one-hour rehearsal on a weekday earlier that week
- Parking field for 90 cars, with an attendant
- Rain plan reserved with your date; the call is made with you at 10 a.m.
What's not, said plainly
- Catering and bar: priced per guest below; $9,000 minimum on peak Saturdays, $5,000 on other days
- Florals, photography, music, officiant, and decor beyond the house candle package
- Overnight stays: the farmhouse is $1,400 a night when it is free
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The Winter House
November to April · 8 hours · 40 to 100 guests
From $6,400 to $7,900 venue fee
Catering minimum $3,500 · Food and bar, any winter day
The Great Hall with its fires lit and the Conservatory glowing across the courtyard. Eight hours, up to one hundred people, and the estate's quietest, most candlelit months.
Venue fees by day and season
- Saturday, November to April
- $7,900
- Friday or Sunday, November to April
- $6,400
- Catering minimum (food & bar, from the ranges below)
- $3,500
What's included
- Great Hall and Conservatory for eight hours (ceremony indoors or by the bonfire)
- Woodstove, heated floors, and a doubled house candle package
- Tables, chairs, and ivory linen for up to 100
- Getting-ready suites from noon
- A venue coordinator, plus a day-of steward
- Cleared and salted paths, courtyard, and parking by our own crew
What's not, said plainly
- Catering and bar: priced per guest below, with a $3,500 minimum spend
- The Ceremony Garden (closed November to April; the courtyard bonfire ceremony takes its place)
- Florals, photography, music, officiant, and overnight stays
Catering & bar
Per guest, in the open
One estate kitchen caters every wedding, which is why these ranges hold. Where a price is a range, the spread comes from your menu choices, never a fee you discover later.
The table
- Plated dinner
- $118 to $152 per guest
- Family style
- $98 to $128 per guest
- Stations & grazing
- $82 to $110 per guest
- Late-night table
- $14 to $22 per guest
- Kids & vendor meals
- $38 each
Three courses served to the table; two mains chosen ahead, plus a vegetarian option. The range moves with your choice of mains, never with hidden fees.
Shared platters down the tables, the way the hall was built to eat. Most Alder House couples choose this.
Four chef-attended stations plus a standing graze. Suits a cocktail-style reception in the hall for up to 200.
Out at 9:30 p.m.: grilled cheese and tomato soup cups in winter, wood-oven flatbreads in summer.
A real plate, not an afterthought. Counted outside your adult guest total.
The bar
- House bar · 5 hours
- $52 per guest
- Premium bar · 5 hours
- $68 per guest
- Wine & beer only
- $41 per guest
- Zero-proof package
- $19 per guest
Ontario craft beer, house wines from two Niagara growers, rail spirits, and two signature cocktails.
Adds premium spirits, a sparkling toast pour, and a third cocktail. Same last call: 10:30 p.m.
The quiet option, often paired with one signature cocktail at $6 a pour.
Two crafted zero-proof cocktails, Ontario sparkling juices, and proper coffee. Free for designated drivers; just tell your steward.
The estate holds the liquor licence, all drinks are poured by Smart Serve staff, and last call is 10:30 p.m. Details are in the FAQ.
A worked example
120 guests, added up in front of you
The Saturday (peak Saturday)
- Venue fee: Saturday, May to October
- $13,900
- Family-style dinner, 120 guests × $112 (mid-range)
- $13,440
- House bar, 120 guests × $52
- $6,240
- Late-night table, 120 guests × $18
- $2,160
- Before tax & service
- $35,740
Plus 13% HST and an 18% service charge on catering only. There is no service charge on the venue fee, and no cake-cutting, corkage, or 'admin' line anywhere on an Alder House invoice.
Booking terms
How booking, paying, and cancelling work
The same terms are in every contract, written the same way. No small print that isn't also here.
Booking, in four steps
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Tour the estate
Forty-five minutes in person, or a twenty-minute video walk-through. Free, with no pressure to sign.
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Hold your date for free
Like a Saturday? We pencil it in for seven days at no charge. If you decide not to book, it lets go on its own.
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Sign and pay the deposit
The deposit is 25% of the venue fee. The contract uses the same prices you see on this website.
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Plan with your coordinator
Menus, floor plan, and timeline. Your final guest count is due thirty days before the day.
Deposit and payments
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To hold a date (free 7-day hold)
No charge. Holds end on their own; no call needed.
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On signing (your deposit)
25% of the venue fee. Your date is booked once it clears.
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Six months before
50% of the venue fee.
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Thirty days before
The rest of the venue fee, plus catering on your final guest count.
Cancelling or moving your date
- Cancelling more than 12 months before
- We return everything you have paid except $1,000.
- Cancelling 12 months or less before
- We return your payments only if we re-book your date. We list it the same day and work hard to fill it.
- Moving your date instead
- One free move to any open date within 18 months, if you ask at least six months ahead. If the new date has a different fee, the difference is settled at the new rate.
- Bad weather
- Rain is not a reason to cancel, because your indoor rain plan is held with your date at no charge.
- If we have to cancel
- If the estate cannot host you (fire, flood, or a closure order), you get every dollar back within 14 days.
Questions about terms? The FAQ answers fourteen of them, or call and ask a person.
Caledon, ON · One wedding a day
If the numbers work, come see the rooms
Bring the spreadsheet. Our coordinator will happily go line by line on a tour. Wednesday to Sunday, five times a day.