Knollwood Golf Club in Ancaster, Ontario

There was a venue much closer to where we live that I really wanted to get. It was a huge red barn that was part of the region's museum collection and it can be rented out and used for weddings, which means you can get a caterer and supply your own liquor. Way cheaper and the venue is beautiful. So beautiful that it is booked for every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday into April 2011, and that was when I checked in late October 2009. So, we looked at other venues. To be honest, most of my searching was based on two things: I wanted a plated meal that sounded good and included open bar and I wanted a nice location/setting.  I found Knollwood through another teacher in our school board who has been married there. Ancaster is about 30 - 40 minutes away from where we live but frankly, so is Toronto so really, not that big of a deal in terms of driving distance.

I fell in love with this venue because it doesn't have the typical 1980's golf club feel. One of the other clubs we visited had moss green carpets and curtain everywhere and it felt so dated. This course felt much more modern even though it is very rustic, if that make any sense at all!

The Club has two courses, an 'old' course and a 'new' course. We are having our ceremony in the Hawthorne Hall of the old course and then our reception in the Harris Hall of the new course. My family is also renting the Inn for a week because they are from out of town. We are going to have the rehearsal cocktail party at the Inn and I will also be using the bridal suite at the Inn on the day of the wedding.  I've added some pictures of the venue below.
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The Inn

The Inn is where my family (dad, his wife, my two brothers and their dates) will stay during the wedding.  It is also where we will be hosting the rehearsal cocktail party after the wedding rehearsal the day before the wedding.  It is a beautiful old house that has just been renovated and it has a bridal suite that we can use of the day of, which is where we will be having our hair and make-up, and all the getting ready shots done! 
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