Willow Woods Park 28561 Highway 18 • Skyforest • CA 92385
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Why You'll Love This Place
A Here Comes The Guide Wedding Venue Review
- Surrounded by ancient trees and dotted with landmark log cabins, this picturesque mountain retreat offers a blend of rustic simplicity and natural elegance. Though initially created as an early 20th century logging camp, it's now been transformed into an intimate "village" for majestic forest weddings, all just one mile from Lake Arrowhead.
- Celebrations on the patio are illuminated by glowing bistro lights, draped from the arms of shady oaks, pines, and dogwoods. Nestled amid wildflower gardens and historic stone-and-wood cabins, you'll feel spirited away to another time. There's even a charming log chapel for a lovely, vintage-inspired ceremony.
- You're welcome to design your day as you wish, thanks to an open vendor policy and a generous event staff. If you'd rather keep it simple with in-house catering, though, you're in luck: they're located right next to LouEddie's Pizza & Brewery, widely known for crafting some of the best artisan pizza in the country (vegan and gluten-free options are all equally delicious!).
DEALS: What discounts, special offers, or packages are available here?
Willow Woods Park will work with you to build a custom elopement package which can include catering, dessert/wedding cake, and more.
Please contact the venue for more details.
PRICES: What's this going to cost?
Package Prices
- $199/person and up
All packages include:
- Exclusive use of the property
- 5-hour event, plus additional time for setup & cleanup
- Two 1920s cabins for wedding party prep
- Ceremony arch and chairs
- Day-of wedding coordination
- Area set aside for dancing
- Tables & chairs, linens, plateware, glassware, and flatware
- Cake cutting and nonalcoholic refreshments
- Service staff
Traditional Package | $199/person
Includes everything listed above.Premium Package | $239/person
Includes everything in the Traditional, PLUS catering (buffet with hand-carved proteins, sides, and appetizers), an additional event hour, a rehearsal, additional nonalcoholic beverages, and upgraded linens.Service charge, day of event insurance, and tax are required but not included. Please contact the venue for a custom quote.
COUPLES ARE ASKING: We've got answers
At Willow Woods Park in Skyforest, CA, both packages bundle the whole day into one per-person price, with day-of coordination, setup, staffing and cleanup included. You'll get a ceremony arch and waterfall, chairs, gift and guest book tables, 60-inch rounds, banquet chairs, a sweetheart table, a cake table, a dance area, buffet tables, floor-length linens, plates, glasses and flatware, plus two private 1920s cabins as dressing rooms. The Premium package adds dinner, a 1-hour rehearsal, upgraded linens and more non-alcoholic drinks. You'll still pay for alcohol, flowers, photography and music, plus 7.75% sales tax and required day-of event insurance (typically $75–$150). With the Traditional package, you'll arrange dinner separately.
Yes, both happen at Willow Woods Park, so nobody has to get back in the car. You'll say your vows under the pines with a ceremony arch and waterfall, then move to a reception among the trees with a dance area, buffet tables and a sweetheart table. The whole property is yours for the day, and two private cabins serve as dressing rooms for your wedding party.
You can bring your own vendors to Willow Woods Park with advance approval, and there's no fee for doing it. With the Traditional package, you'll arrange dinner through LouEddie's, the family's pizza restaurant about 50 steps across the property, or through a caterer the venue approves ahead of time. The Premium package includes dinner. Beer and wine are allowed, but spirits aren't. Flowers, photography and music are yours to choose.
At Willow Woods Park in Skyforest, CA, the Traditional package starts at $199 per person and the Premium package, which includes dinner, starts at $249 per person. There's no separate venue rental fee, no service charge and no food minimum, and the price is the same every day of the week, Saturdays included. What moves your total is guest count, which package you pick and, with Traditional, the catering you arrange. The guest minimum is 30, and the venue says it's flexible with smaller gatherings. Traditional holds up to 75 guests and Premium up to 80. As a guide, Premium runs about $7,500 for 30 guests, $12,500 for 50 and $19,900 for 80, before 7.75% sales tax. You're invoiced on your final count, not a number set at signing. Day-of event insurance is required too, typically $75–$150.
You'll get five hours of event time at Willow Woods Park with the Traditional package and six hours with Premium, and setup and cleanup don't count toward those hours. The music and dancing end at 9pm, so it's smart to plan your guests' rides for right after the last song.
Willow Woods Park is built for small weddings of 30 to 80 guests, and the whole property is yours for the day. It's a historic forest setting in the San Bernardino Mountains, a former 1920s logging camp about five minutes from Lake Arrowhead, still run by the same family. Your ceremony and reception both happen on site, day-of coordination is included, and your wedding party gets two private 1920s cabins to get ready in. Dogs are welcome, too. Pricing is all per person with no venue rental fee or service charge, which keeps the math simple for a smaller guest list.
Yes, small weddings are exactly what Willow Woods Park is built for, with packages designed for 30 to 80 guests. The minimum is 30, and the venue says it's flexible with smaller gatherings. A 30-guest Premium wedding with dinner runs about $7,500 before sales tax, and you'll still have the whole property to yourselves, plus coordination, setup and two cabins for getting ready. Reach out with your guest count to see what fits.
GUEST COUNT: How many people can we have here? What’s the max capacity?
| Indoors | Outdoors | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ceremony | Seated | 2 | 100 |
| Cocktails, etc. | Standing | 0 | 130 |
| Reception | Seated | 2 | 100 |
| Meetings | Total meeting capacity for this venue is 100. | ||
Venue Info & FAQs
OPTIONS: What kinds of events can we have here?
- All-Inclusive
- Outdoor Ceremony
- Ceremony
- Wedding Receptions
- Outdoor Reception
- Elopement Packages
- Small Wedding
- Rehearsal Dinner
- Special Events / Parties
- Business Functions / Meetings
POLICIES: What are the food, alcohol, music, and other rules here?
Price
$ • $$ • $$$
Catering
In-house
BYO
Alcohol
In-house
BYO
Beer and wine only.
Amplified Music
Outdoors
Some restrictions
Wheelchair Access
Wheelchair accessible
Availability
Ceremonies & Receptions: May–October, daily, 10am–9pm.
Elopements: Year-round, daily, 11am–6pm.
STYLE: What’s the style and overall vibe of this venue?
Buildings & other settings available:
- Historic / Landmark Building
- Patio / Deck / Terrace
- Restaurant
- Brewery / Distillery
VIEWS: What kind of views does this place have?
Peep the views you’ll enjoy from this venue!
- Forest / Woods
- Fountain / Water Feature
- Garden
- Hills
- Mountains
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