The Harper Event Venue — Local services in West Mead Township

I would not recommend the Harper’s wedding coordinator team! The coordinator Maggie I received was sent a document of everything I needed setup and a document of what was in every box before hand. They didn’t have enough people to setup for my wedding. I could tell they weren’t going to finish in time. Maggie kept having to talk to stop setting up due to having to talk to vendors so it was basically two people setting up that were her helpers. My 3 bridesmaids, mother, mother in law, guest and photographer helped them setup because we all kept saying they weren’t going to be done. Maggie told me they could still setup stuff during the ceremony. But who wants their guest to see stuff being setup. When guest arrive everything should be done. I was having a private conversation with maid of honor during the morning and I see one of the helpers kept looking over and trying to hear what we were saying. Mind you she is setting up something that is glass. She ended up breaking a candle. She was too busy trying to listen in on our conversation to pay attention to doing her job. We had a three tier cake. It was agreed that they would save the top tier for us. The middle tier was chocolate and the bottom was vanilla. They only cut the middle tier and our guest were looking for vanilla cake too. We had a whole bottom tier wasted and I was told by the owner Natasha that Maggie didn’t know there was different flavors. Mind you for cake cutting me and my husband cut the bottom tier so how didn’t Maggie know there was vanilla too? They weren’t continuously refilling our dessert table. Guest thought we ran out of dessert but no we had a bunch of dessert wasted because they weren’t refilling the items.

Below is to comment on what the Harper said because I don’t like when people lie and try to say I yelled at anyone! The Harper Event Venue I was standing right there when your assistant broke the candle. You weren’t even there Natasha so stop commenting on events you werent present for! I was having a private conversation with my maid of honor and I see the assistant that is working with glass kept looking over trying to listen to our conversation. She should have been doing her job instead of eavesdropping and then she broke it. I yelled omfg just like anyone would when they see glass everywhere and even Maggie came running in from outside yelling what happened.. are they saying she yelled too?! I also did not scream at one your assistants at all! This is so comical to me. I’m glad I had several witnesses there to back me up! Terrible coordination.

Your team had us waste a lot money on dessert because they werent refilling the table. I have several guests that commented on that!

Several people who were there in the morning stated your team was not going to finish setting up in time!

The wedding coordinator Maggie was even trying to cut corners. I had a welcome stand that only had four pieces that needed attached and she didn’t even want to put that together because she asked me if she could use something that you guys already had.

I stand by what I said you guys need to get things together. I sent pictures on everything and still your team didn’t not set everything right as presented in the photos. The Harper Event Venue you’re definitely lying about her not being present for breaking a candle because there were several witnesses that were present! Nastasha stop stating lies to make your team look good. That just shows I am correct.

The Harper Event Venue also if your assistant didn’t break the candle why did she apologize to me for breaking it?!

If you want to let your 5 stars speak for themselves why even comment on my review. I am entitled just everyone else to write a review and post...

Our review for The Harper could not be more glowing, but it requires a bit of a story for us to adequately convey how wonderful it was. Here goes:

We originally had our wedding scheduled to be at a prominent and well-known garden in Pittsburgh. We always dreamed of an outdoor wedding, and we were extra excited because our prior venue happened to be very close-in to the city which made it a breeze for our out-of-town guests to attend. Well, this first venue was nothing short of challenging to work with. They fought us on every decision we wanted to make, were unwilling to help us make our vision come to life, and their in-house catering team made things nearly impossible for the vegans we had attending (about 40% of our guest list). When we decided that we weren't willing to deal with our initial venue's shortcomings anymore, we were scrambling to find a venue we loved as much.

Then, someone on Facebook has mentioned The Harper – they said is was brand new, beautiful, and the owner was wonderful. The only downside: it's in Meadville. When we saw the pictures online, we were hooked. The Harper has it all: a beautiful, open, modern inside space, as well as a stunning outdoor ceremony and veranda area. After talking to the owner of The Harper, we were even more hooked. Hearing that she had built this entire venue from a wedding planners' lens made it more attractive than before. Every single detail of the venue was just perfect. And perhaps my favorite part of the venue is that you get to work with the vendors of YOUR choosing, so your wedding day can really be exactly as you dreamed it would be. We quickly got over the fact that the venue is far away from the city and arranged accommodations for our guests, and it was absolutely worth the effort.

Since we are an out-of-town couple from Portland, Oregon, planning our wedding site-unseen required a some extra calls, texts, and emails sent back-and-forth with The Harper. At every step of the process, Natasha and her team made me feel confident, and they were SO accommodating and helpful. Having our event at The Harper made me feel like I was the only bride on the planet, instead of just a standard customer. The experience working with The Harper is so tailored to your vision that, to them – for that day, you really are the only bride on the planet.

My family warned me repeatedly, "Something will go wrong on your wedding day, so just take a deep breath and relax." I was just about the most relaxed person ever on my wedding day, so I didn't know exactly where this was coming from, but then I started to understand...

My family had no idea how detailed our planning process was, and how aligned Natasha and her team were with our vision. When I say that our wedding day had no hiccups, it really had no hiccups. The layout of The Harper was so perfectly designed that all our vendors felt secure in their needs, our guests had plenty of space to move around, and the flow of the wedding was easy to coordinate. The architecture of the space is stunning, and the clean white, black, and grey lines seen in the venue make sure that everyone's vision is a clean slate. There are no two weddings at The Harper that look the same.

Our wedding was the day of our dreams. Without The Harper, our vision for the wedding would not have been realized. We are forever grateful to have gotten married in THE MOST BEAUTIFUL venue in all...

In my 13 years of planning, designing, and executing weddings (many of them across the US and overseas at luxury venues and hotels) I have never worked with a more accommodating and generous venue and staff than that of The Harper Event Venue. I've also never executed an event in a place that is so thoughtful of the nuances that a wedding vendor like myself (primarily a designer and florist) has to overcome event after event. And what a treat that was! I can say without any hesitation that our client’s event would not have unfolded the way it did had it taken place elsewhere.

From the very beginning of our working relationship in the fall of 2021 just seven months shy of our mutual client's wedding date, Natasha and her team were beyond eager to help me and mine, always happy to accommodate our needs as an out of state vendor team, and never anything less than friendly and excited to work with us. I also know this was the same treatment our bride and groom experienced in their correspondences which as a result put them at ease leading up to their special day.

Natasha, like her team, is one of a kind; hardworking, dedicated, and selfless. You can actually HEAR her smile when you speak with her on the phone. From daily check ins with our team the week we were in town for our client's event, personally being present at the venue for us each day we worked on site to manage our installations, and even being there at the end of the event with a broom in her hand to clean up alongside our team, we had tremendous trust in her every step of the way and knew any problems encountered would be smoothed over because of her.

And if that weren’t enough incentive to host your event at The Harper: the venue itself is so polished and clean. The architecture of the space is thoughtful and very much a blank canvas for your greatest design dreams and designs. Diffusers were tucked into the bathrooms and bridal suite making for a pleasant scent anywhere you turn. Tupperware of clean rags and even feminine toiletries were offered to use, if we needed them, in the venue's storage closet. The lights are on dimmers. There are portable heaters on the patio so you know, you don’t need to rent those when it’s cold. Outlets are in places where you actually need power! The venue is truly as GOOD as it looks. And again, I've seen many,

The only part of working with Natasha and executing an event at The Harper that feels unfortunate is that we are separated by nearly 500 miles. What a treat to have a wedding under my belt and eventually in my portfolio that's against the backdrop of this space. Make a wise move and book this space for one of the most special days of your life. You will not regret it!

Thank you Natasha, Chris, Maggie and co. for your kindness, professionalism, warm spirits, and passion for helping make the back house of a wedding feel as magical and special as the pretty party part. I’m sure we will find a way back...