The Barn at River House Address withheld to ensure privacy. • Ben Lomond • CA

Every booking at The Barn at River House in Ben Lomond includes Wedding Connection's planning package, which the venue values at $5,000+, with a lead planner on-site for 10+ hours on your wedding day. You also get access the day before for drop-off and rehearsal, the morning after for pickup, two getting-ready spaces, all ceremony and reception spaces, parking for 80 vehicles with an attendant, and restrooms for up to 150 guests. You'll budget separately for tables & chairs, linens & tableware, florals and décor, photography and video, cake and desserts, and required event insurance. Extra restrooms are needed at 160+ guests, and a shuttle is required at 175+.

Yes, everything happens on one property. You can say your vows on the Lawn, through a wisteria arbor, for up to 250 guests with an optional custom gazebo, or in the Grove, a fairy ring of redwoods that seats up to 120 plus standing room. Then guests walk over to the Barn, an indoor/outdoor space that seats up to 200, with an upstairs lounge and a waterfall and fire pit just outside.

Catering is in-house at The Barn at River House through Love Creek Catering, with menus from $90 per person. Outside food is welcome case by case, especially family or culturally meaningful dishes. The bar is BYOB: you can bring beer, wine and champagne for the whole night, plus hard liquor for 2 signature cocktails during cocktail hour. DJs must come from River House's approved list, but you're free to bring in a band, and there's a curated preferred list for your other vendors.

At The Barn at River House in Ben Lomond, the venue fee is $12,000 for up to 150 guests in the off-season, December–March. Peak season Saturdays, April–November, are $17,000 for 50–175 guests and $18,500 for 175–250 guests. That fee already includes the Wedding Connection planning package, so the big moving parts are your season, your guest count and catering, which starts at $90 per person through Love Creek Catering. Plan separately for rentals like tables, chairs and linens, florals, photography, dessert and required event insurance, plus a shuttle if you're hosting 175+ guests and extra restrooms at 160+. Your coordinator helps you budget for all of it.

Party time at The Barn at River House runs six hours, 3pm–9pm, and the venue closes at 10pm so your vendors can break down and clean up. You also get the property the day before for drop-off and your rehearsal, and you can come back the morning after to pick up your things, so nobody's rushing at the end of the night.

Your rain plan at The Barn at River House is built in: the Barn becomes the indoor backup for both your ceremony and reception. It seats up to 200 guests, and its large sliding doors keep it open and airy even when the weather turns. The venue can also accommodate a tent if you'd rather stay outside, and your Wedding Connection coordinator will help you plan the switch so the day still flows.

Two things set The Barn at River House in Ben Lomond apart: a professional planning team comes with every booking, and the property is yours beyond the wedding day itself. Wedding Connection's package covers vendor referrals, budgeting, rental logistics, your timeline, the rehearsal and day-of vendor management, with a lead planner on-site for 10+ hours. You get the property the day before and the morning after, two getting-ready spaces (a private cottage and the Saloon, with its pool table), and ceremony and reception on one property among the redwoods of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Couples choose it for a barn wedding without the scramble of planning it alone.