Cottonwood Farms 46490 Jojoba Road • Aguanga • CA 92536

Your rental at Cottonwood Farms in Aguanga includes the ceremony and reception spaces, dressing suites, tables and chairs and the venue's in-house décor. Book the weekend rental and you'll also get the pools and waterslide, plus a golf cart to shuttle guests to the ceremony. Cottonwood Farms is bring-your-own for catering and alcohol, so budget separately for your caterer, your drinks and a licensed, bonded bartender, plus a 10% service charge on the rental.

Yes, your whole day happens on the 10-acre ranch at Cottonwood Farms. You'll say your vows under a 300-year-old oak hung with hundreds of glowing lights, then guests gather on the covered lanai, with its outdoor fireplace and large bar, for cocktails. The reception moves into the rustic barn. With the weekend rental, a golf cart shuttles guests to the ceremony.

Yes, Cottonwood Farms has a flexible vendor policy, so you can bring the team you love. That includes your own caterer and your own alcohol. The one rule on drinks: all alcohol has to be served by a licensed and bonded bartender. That gives you full control over your menu and your bar, so you can plan both around your taste and your budget.

At Cottonwood Farms in Aguanga, near Temecula, the venue rental runs $2,000–$8,500, and the day of the week and how long you stay are what move the price. A one-day rental is $2,000–$3,000 for six hours of venue access, with extra time at $150 an hour. The weekend rental is $8,500 and gives you the ranch from Friday at noon to Sunday at noon, plus the pools, waterslide and a golf cart to shuttle guests. A 10% service charge applies. Since catering and alcohol are bring-your-own, add those costs, along with a licensed, bonded bartender, to your budget. The venue also offers custom quotes.

Cottonwood Farms has cabins right on the property, designed with your wedding party in mind. Each cabin has two bedrooms, a kitchen, a hand-built wood-burning fireplace and its own dressing suite, so your crew can stay and get ready in the same place. They're styled with classic Western-inspired touches. Pair them with the weekend rental, which runs from Friday at noon to Sunday at noon, and you've got a full wedding weekend at the ranch.

Cottonwood Farms stands out because you can turn your wedding into a whole weekend: the weekend rental gives you the ranch from Friday at noon to Sunday at noon, with on-site cabins for your wedding party and pools and a waterslide for downtime. It's an award-winning 10-acre horse ranch in the hills near Temecula, with pastures, cottonwood trees and granite boulders. Your ceremony and reception both happen on site, and the bring-your-own policy for catering and alcohol lets you shape the menu and bar around your budget.