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The minute we walked onto the front porch, I knew this was going to be the perfect place for my daughter's wedding. The beautiful Victorian house, built in 1884, has a romantic and welcoming feeling. We toured the house and then we saw the magnificent ballroom! It is absolutely gorgeous! It tastefully and elegantly decorated. The room is lined with large beautiful windows that overlook the manicured landscaping and meticulous gardens. This was exactly what Jackie wanted for her garden ceremony. As you can see from the pictures posted, the gazebo, with circular steps that serves as a natural alter, is beautifully transformed on the day of the wedding into a beautiful back-drop that enhances the ceremony. The owners have recently added a cultured-stone waterfall that is just magnificent. The walkway was lined with small flower bouquets in colors to matched our wedding colors. It was just perfect! Absolutely breathtaking!\r
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But, the most important reason why we chose The Victorian Crow's Nest was because once we met the owners, Shirley and Cofield Hilburn, I knew my daughter wasn't going to be just another bride who got married there. Shirley made us feel like ours was the only wedding that was ever going to take place at her beautiful home. She spent many hours working with us, giving us very good, honest suggestions and advice. We never felt like she was too busy with other weddings to answer questions or make an appointment with us. She has very high standards that she sets to please her brides and she makes sure that their every wish and dream comes true! Shirley took care of everything except the cake, DJ, and photographer. Her staff is very talented from designing all of the flowers, including the bridal and bridesmaids bouquets, table centerpieces, and ceremony flowers, to table decorations, and preparing, and presenting the food. And the food was EXCELLENT! We received so many compliments about the food. Cofield is the ""silent"" partner and the two of them compliment and balance each other which makes everything run smoothly. \r
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Overall, it was an excellent experience. I honestly cannot say one negative word about this place, right down to the weather. The entire morning it stormed and we thought there was no way we were going to have the ceremony outdoors. But Shirley told us not to worry and we would decide what to do up to an hour before the wedding was scheduled to start. There were tornadoes going on around us but at 4:00 pm when that ceremony was scheduled to start, there was bright sunshine and blue skies and my daughter's dreams came true! I would have sworn there was a plastic bubble over the garden! The next day when we saw the news of all the bad weather that went on around us, we were amazed!\r
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I would highly recommend The Victorian Crow's Nest for any event but it is especially perfect for a wedding.
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