The Orchard Event Venue & Retreat - Wedding Venue — Hotel in Azle

The Orchard Event Venue & Retreat in Azle Texas is a fantastic place to have your retreat, reunion, anniversary, or in our case, our only daughter’s DREAM wedding on January 18, 2020. Happy Bride and Very Happy Mom!! The manager is Ashley Segelquist, and her assistant is Kristi Owen and they are super easy to work with! The main venue building is huge, fantastic, and beautiful with indoor and outdoor facilities, a kitchen, fabulous bridal suite, bar, separate grooms’ cabin, and plenty of tables & chairs. The venue rental includes the tables, chairs and white linens, as well as quite a few decorations. They have all the facilities you may need for a DJ or Band, caterer’s needs, etc. The venue has a gas fireplace on the outside patio and if requested will place heaters in the area to gather around, for those who wish to be outside in the winter. They were SO SO SO SO SO helpful with all the planning and arrangements!!! They answered my gazillion questions very patiently and professionally. We are not from the Ft Worth area, so we had a lot of requests for referrals and they were very helpful with giving us names of companies they have worked with. We used the caterer they recommended (Mama Cuca’s), the cake people (Creative Cakes by Monica) and the Day of Coordinator, who was just amazing (Heidi Nettles). The venue’s winter rates are lower than summer rates, and this worked plan well for all the families travel, because they had plenty of notice, etc. We also rented their Lodge, which is a giant and beautiful 6-bedroom ranch house with a game room, tremendous fully stocked kitchen, dining room, master suite, game room, outdoor patio fireplace, grill, hot tub and phenomenal swimming pool. The Lodge is an extra expense - however our daughter and fiancé/husband REALLY enjoyed getting to spend quality time with their bridesmaids/groomsmen over a two-night stay. All the “kids” expressed their appreciation at getting to stay there vs an area hotel and have group meals, a ton of fun in the hot tub, etc. They all brought snacks and coffee etc and we were very satisfied that they were safe and content. This arrangement was as much safer with no one driving anywhere! We even had the Rehearsal dinner catered at the Lodge, making everything VERY convenient.

They also have 15 very nice cabins to rent, competitive with local hotel rooms 20 minutes away in Ft Worth. These sell out fast so if you use them- rent the cabins right away- then you have until 2 months before the event to really decide which ones you need, etc. We had family from the 4 corners of the USA, so we were very appreciative of the cabins. They were well appointed and comfortable. The Cabin area also has a pavilion for gatherings and 2 gas fire pits with chairs for gatherings. We recommend the Orchard Event Venue and Retreat to everyone with any size large party. The property is set on a working ranch, and that just increases the charm so much more. Our event was wonderful, fun, easy and seamless. Thank You Ashley and Kristi for your...

The Orchard is absolutely stunning and gorgeous! We were impressed with how well-kept the grounds are; they were impeccable. The venue immediately took our breath away and we had visited on a cold rainy day! This venue easily checked all of our boxes. We wanted a wedding with a rustic elegant theme and The Orchard fit into our vision perfectly. We loved how we could easily move our event from outdoors to indoors without losing any refinement. We were really impressed with the groom's cabin which was spacious and had a lot of amenities. Most of the other venues we toured basically had a closet for a groom's cabin, so the large groom's cabin was a plus for us. The rest of the venue also had a lot of great amenities. The prep kitchen was perfect for our caterer and the bar was in a central location. The plaza added a more casual vibe for our cocktail hour and was a great space for guests to mingle. The pergola, where we had our ceremony, was a perfect canvas for our florist to do her magic. The receptions hall was also spacious. We never felt cramped. We had about 124 guests plus our vendors and felt that we had plenty of room to do everything we wanted. The ability for the doors to remain open to the plaza helped with that. The venue really was the lynch pin that tied everything together. Our guests kept coming up to us letting know how impressed they were with the venue and couldn't stop talking about how gorgeous it was. The venue is reasonably priced for a venue in the DFW area. It is open vendor, which gave us the freedom to choose the vendors we wanted and to save money where we could. The downside was that we had to coordinate the majority of the event. We did have some difficulty with the planning and set-up process. Everything was emailed to us in pdf files, so it wasn't entirely online. There was some confusion and miscommunication as well when it came to the services they offered. There were very few descriptions of the services provided and the ones that were present were not very descriptive. We ended up having a lot of questions but had to email or call every time we had one pop up. This really added up overtime, so we just started to wing it. We think the process can be made more efficient and convenient if it was all moved online. Moving the planning process and set-up process online would also allow more space for clearer descriptions of the services offered. However, the staff was really helpful and did answer all of our questions promptly. We felt that the entire staff was friendly and updated any changes we made very quickly. After we had gotten through the planning process, we felt that everything ran seamlessly. Overall, we are so glad that we booked with The Orchard. Our wedding day was perfect and everything we had dreamed of. The Orchard worked really hard to make our day magical and they succeeded! We highly recommend the venue and hope to go back for another...

We couldn't have dreamt up a better wedding venue if we tried!!! The Orchard is where it's at and there is no question about it. My husband and I chose The Orchard for so many reasons, including: location, budget, amenities, personnel, planning help, options, and of course, its beauty. Majority of our guests were coming from the Waco area, Northeast Louisiana, and California. The Orchard is in a great spot because of its proximity to Fort Worth. It is close to the 2 major Dallas airports and plenty of hotel & dining options for guests making the travel. We had a big handful of guests take advantage of their onsite cabins and they couldn't have been happier with the convenience of their choice. Some said that the cabins were nicer than some hotels they have stayed at. Considering the countless number of amenities both included and available at The Orchard, the venue's rental price was more than fair. This was important to us because I did not want a venue that we had to over decorate ourselves and over pay for. The venue is already a fairytale but the staff took care of setting up the few extras we did rent from them. It was also important to us to choose a venue with a ceremony plan B in case of bad weather. The Pecan Room is as beautiful as the outdoor Pergola, and the indoor reception hall and outdoor Plaza gave us multiple venues in one for our ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception party. The staff are also like an included amenity! So helpful in answering questions, setting up payment plans, and scheduling tours or sit-down visits. Ashley and Samantha went above and beyond to help me plan the perfect day. Kevin, the facility manager, arrived at The Orchard before we did on wedding day. And he left after everyone else, too! He was incredibly helpful in everything we did that day, from working with our day of event coordinator, to helping vendors move in and out, to last minute floor plan changes, and directing the final clean up after our grand exit. We really couldn't ask for a better wedding experience than the one we had here. The Orchard makes it their passion to help couples have and plan the perfect day that won't...