Garden Valley Gatherings

Love and marriage are essential.

Garden Valley Gatherings is the perfect Wisconsin wedding venue to share special moments with the ones you love. Imagine your special day in the heart of Wisconsin’s rolling hills, green valleys, and winding creeks. Capture the magic and romance under the twinkling lights while you take in the remarkable atmosphere around you.

Our outdoor wedding venue offers various ceremony sites and reception areas, so you can conveniently celebrate your entire day at one location.

What's included when you book with Garden Valley Gatherings:

Newly built pavilion (2020)
Newly built bathrooms (2019)
Multiple ceremony sites with many arbor choices
Reception area
Cleanup and setup
Garbage removal
Tables and chairs
Freedom to choose your own caterer
Farmhouse available day of for wedding party
Air conditioned and heated wedding party suites
Bar and bartending (no minimum purchase) - No carry-ins allowed
Wheelchair accessible
Wedding coordinating services
Insured
On-site parking

Weddings

Here's to love & laughter
and happily ever after.

The Meadow

Barn Backdrop

Garden Setting

Under the Oak Tree

Woodland Site

We are an affordable, full-service wedding venue working with local professionals that offer great services to help make your day perfect. Kristin helps facilitate and organize every detail of your wedding so your day goes as smooth as possible. As the day-of coordinator, it is her goal that all guests enjoy their farm experience.

Other Amenities

The Farmhouse
The farmhouse is available for rent the day of your event. It is a great place for bridal parties to gather and enjoy the day while getting ready for the ceremony. The house is newly renovated, has three bedrooms, includes heating and air conditioning and is conveniently located at the venue. Brides enjoy having this available as they watch their guests arrive.

Bridal Studio
New for 2020, the one-room bridal studio is available to rent for guests to stay overnight. It's also a perfect place for the bridal parties to get ready for the ceremony.

Equipment and Decorations
All equipment and decorations are included in your wedding package.

Tables: 8-foot long wood tables for over 300 guests
Benches: 8-foot long benches for use at outdoor ceremony site
Ceremony arbors: we offer simple wood, hexagon or birch wood arbors. Freedom to bring your own.
Buffet and ceremony cite decor: Our venue offers the special touches to your day to ensure your ceremony site is beautifully decorated.

Liquor License
We are licensed through the state of Wisconsin to have a liquor license. This means that we can supply and serve alcohol at your event without you having to stress about bringing it yourself and carrying the liability. As of Nov. 2018, all wedding barns in the state of Wisconsin are subject to the state's liquor laws, thus requiring a liquor license.

Personalized Signage
We offer personalized table assignments for the reception and wedding programs for the ceremony. Upon request, we can work with you directly to select from our various templates and personalize with your information! Additional fees and production costs will apply.

View our calendar for availabilities!

The Venue
Garden Valley Gatherings is an enchanting, rustic-style wedding venue located just outside of Alma Center, Wisconsin. Visitors can relax when visiting Garden Valley Gatherings because Wisconsin weather won't ruin the day. With both indoor and outdoor options for hosting guests, the party can adjust to weather conditions by moving all or part of the festivities inside the barn. Conveniently located just 7 miles off of Interstate 94 and only 35 minutes south of Eau Claire, Garden Valley Gatherings will be easy for both you and your guests to find.

The history and charm of the century old barn still remains. The wrap around deck looks out to rolling hills and provides a perfect area to sip wine and watch the sun set. The old barn is an original, not duplicated. It is beautifully decorated with tables and chairs giving a charming touch as you gather in a home type atmosphere creating lifetime memories. This is a great location for social hour after a wedding ceremony. Garden Valley Gatherings has a liquor license and can serve beer, wines, liquors and specializes in homemade lemonade. We have the ability to serve your signature drinks in the barn and throughout your evening.

After social hour, guests will be seated in the newly built (summer 2020) pavilion and enjoy a meal of your choice. You will have the freedom to choose your own caterer. We have many referrals to help with all your decisions.

Choose a DJ who has the ability to service music during the ceremony, transition to reception area, and finally the dance area.

Most guests enjoy all the outdoor space we have created with manicured lawns and flower gardens.
If you choose our wedding venue, you are creating an experience your guests will enjoy as they will create lifetime memories.

The History
What really sets this venue apart from the rest is that it is owned and operated by a local family farm just down the road. For the last several years, the barn retired from farming purposes and has since been transformed into a dream-fulfilled business. Kristin's passion and creative mindset allowed her to see the potential in a neglected, century-old dairy barn.

Less than a mile down the road from Garden Valley Gatherings lies Pfaffsway Farms.
The farm is owned and operated by the husband and wife team of Steve and Kristin Pfaff. Pfaffsway Farms is a second-generation dairy farm in West Central Wisconsin.

Milking about 170 dairy cows and operating about 1,000 acres of corn, hay, and soybeans keeps this couple busy with the help of their three children. The Pfaff family values the land they operate and practices safe, sustainable soil conservation.

Kind words from some of our happy customers.

"My husband and I had our wedding ceremony and reception at Garden Valley Gatherings this past August. From our first tour of the location, we fell in love with the gorgeous barn and scenic surroundings. Throughout the process of planning the wedding, Kristin went above and beyond to make sure that our day was perfect. She offered great suggestions and helped coordinate everything from vendors to the order of events. Her attention to detail is incredible and she truly puts her heart into her work. Kristin genuinely cared about what we envisioned for our wedding day and helped capture that.
This venue has so much to offer. There are multiple options for ceremony and reception sites, locations for getting ready, and places for your guests to enjoy the beautiful surroundings. To this day, our guests still comment on how beautiful this venue was! A few other aspects that we really enjoyed about this venue were the convenient restrooms, gorgeous bridal suite, and fresh cheese curds from Kristin’s family farm during our social hour.:)
This location was the perfect place to celebrate such a special day. My husband and I are so grateful that we chose Garden Valley Gatherings!"
- Michaela C.

"We had our dream wedding here!! This venue is so beautiful that we had to book it even though Tyler and I and our family live 2 + hours away. The bathrooms are fantastic! So many people gave compliments. They also offer a Bridal suite for the night of your wedding day to stay in. It is STUNNING! The owner Kristin is absolutely amazing. The day would not have been possible without her. She is so organized and makes the day run smooth for you. It was unbelievable how much work she did. All we had to do was drop off the decorations and she took care of the rest. We showed up on the day of the wedding and everything was absolutely BEAUTIFUL! We had so many compliments from our guests about Kristin and the venue. We were told this was the best and most beautiful wedding they have ever been to. It was so nice working with Kristin as she is so kind and genuinely cares about you."
- Viktoriya J.

"We got married at Garden Valley Gatherings on October 12, and we would hands down recommend this venue to anyone, Kristin is absolutely amazing to work with. This is the first and only venue we looked at, we fell in love with it right away. Kristin truly puts her heart and soul into every wedding and event she holds here, she is constantly adding to the venue to make it even more perfect, and will do anything she can to make your day exactly what you imagined. The bridal suite is so nice, I stayed with my bridesmaids Friday night, and we stayed as a married couple Saturday night, it was amazing to wake up to the sunrise. Kristin stays late and shows up early the weekend of to make sure everything is perfect, she answers emails and questions almost instantly, and would even text me Pinterest pictures that made her think of us throughout the planning process. Her dad welcomed us and the wedding party into his home before the ceremony and shared wine. She made our whole day run smoothly and made everything less stressful. The barn is beautifully decorate, there are endless picture opportunities, and Kristin has so many great ideas! The day of our wedding it was much colder than we ever imagined it would be and even snowed, Kristin and her husband made sure the barn and tent were warm enough for our guests and even borrowed some heaters from neighbors for us. They were the absolute best, we couldn't imagine working with anyone else to plan our wedding. They helped make our day more perfect than we ever dreamed."

- Taylor W.

"I can truly say how wonderful it has been working with Kristin and Garden Valley Gatherings! My wedding isn't even for another year, but I already feel that she has gone above and beyond to help the planning go smoothly. The venue is absolutely beautiful, from the gorgeous wood work in the barn to the perfect outdoor scenery with plenty of space for friends and family to enjoy the special day. I highly recommend booking with Garden Valley Gatherings. I cannot wait for my fall wedding in 2018!"
-Karly J.

"Great place to consider for small or large event! Garden Valley Gatherings did a great job for my 9 person dinner. Thank you Garden Valley Gatherings!"
-Amy W.

"Garden Valley Gatherings is a wonderful, enchanting place to have any get together. The prices are incredibly reasonable and the atmosphere is beautiful and peaceful. The Class of Alma Center 1978 could not have been more pleased with the planning and preparation Kristin did to make sure our event went smoothly."
-Kathy H.

"This venue is amazing and Kristin is a fantastic host! I recommend this venue to anybody looking for a fantastic place to have any type of gathering from a reunion to a wedding. VERY versatile site."
- Jeremy G.

Garden Valley Gatherings is gorgeous. If you are looking for a romantic & rustic wedding setting, this is your place! Kristin is so helpful and makes sure wedding day flows smoothly. This barn is magical at night!
- Monica L.

Where do we even begin? Kristin is an incredible person to work with & made every minute of wedding planning enjoyable. The venue is stunning and has so many options to choose from. Kristin did a wonderful job with coordinating our wedding day, bartending, helping with ideas, letting us use some of her decorations & the list goes on. I am so blessed that we booked our wedding day at this venue. Our guests loved it & so did we! I wish I could relive this day! 100000% recommend Garden Valley Gatherings!!!
- Stephanie T.