Arrowwood Weddings & Events 545 Loma Linda Road • Palmer • TX 75152

Booking Arrowwood Weddings & Events in Palmer gets you about 14 hours on the property and most of what you need for the day. The rental includes tables and white garden chairs for up to 200 guests with setup and breakdown, a 3,000-square-foot covered pavilion pre-decorated with hanging white flowers, chandeliers and white drape, indoor and outdoor dance floors, several ceremony sites, a cocktail hour bar, two fire pits with wood provided, a DJ booth wired for sound, patio heaters or fans, a bridal house and a lounge with a speakeasy bar. You'll pay separately for linens, your alcohol, the required bartender ($30 an hour) and security guard ($40 an hour), plus add-ons like the $550–$650 decor package or $800–$1,200 day-of coordination.

Yes, everything happens on one wooded property at Arrowwood Weddings & Events. You'll choose from several pre-decorated ceremony sites under mature trees, including a forest grove with a circular arbor of woven branches, then move to the cocktail hour site and on to the covered pavilion, which seats up to 200, for dinner and dancing.

Bring them. Arrowwood Weddings & Events has an open vendor policy, so you can hire anyone you like, including your caterer, and there's no fee for using outside vendors. The two exceptions are your bartender and security: both come from the venue's list, at $30 an hour per bartender and $40 an hour for security. Weddings under 50 guests, or with no alcohol, don't need either, and weddings over 170 guests need two security guards.

You get about 14 hours at Arrowwood Weddings & Events on your wedding day. On Fridays and Saturdays, you're on the property from 9:30am to 12am; Sunday through Thursday, it's 9:30am to 11pm. The last hour is set aside for cleanup and packing up your things, so plan your send-off for an hour before your end time.

If the weather turns, Arrowwood Weddings & Events in Palmer moves your ceremony into the covered reception pavilion, a 3,000-square-foot space that seats up to 200. After your vows, guests head to the inside bar for cocktail hour while the team flips the pavilion, moving tables and chairs back into place for dinner and dancing. Patio heaters or fans come with the rental, depending on the weather. The pavilion is also part of why the venue caps weddings at 200 guests: every guest has a dry seat if plans change.

Arrowwood Weddings & Events has lodging right on the property. A modern farmhouse steps from the venue sleeps up to 16 guests for $950 on the wedding night, cleaning included, and $750 for additional nights when no wedding is booked. Adding the bridal house for the two of you is $200 more. For extra room, the venue also lists two homes nearby: Chateau Hiddenwood, about 10 minutes away, sleeps up to 18, and Elmwood in Waxahachie, about 15 minutes away, sleeps up to 8. Both have a 2-night minimum.

Arrowwood Weddings & Events is a wooded, BYOB venue in Palmer with an open vendor policy, so you can bring your own alcohol and hire nearly anyone you like. It hosts only one wedding per day, and you'll get about 14 hours on more than 10 acres of mature trees and string lights, about 30 minutes from downtown Dallas. There's on-site lodging for up to 16, a rain plan built around the covered pavilion, and your dog is welcome to join the celebration. You can even add the resident llamas or donkey for $350 each.