Equipment & Services Included
in your Wedding and Reception rental fee: (top^)

Services

Set up and take down of chairs and tables

Garbage removal and recycling

Equipment and buildings

2,000 sq. ft. Farmhouse with:

   8'-wide wraparound porch
   Bridal changing suite with 4 lighted make-up mirrors, and a full-length mirror
   Full kitchen with microwave, gas range, refrigerator/freezer
   2 bathrooms
   Great Room with hardwood dance floor, gas fireplace, 5-CD changer
   Auxiliary room to store items close at hand, yet not in the way

A children's playhouse (we do not assume responsibility for unsupervised children)
A 30' X 45' white frame tent with 4 sidewalls and overhead lights
A 15' X 20' dance floor
A Set of 10 garden stanchions (white newel posts for row ends)
2 - Teak benches
200 - White resin chairs
24 - 5' round banquet tables

1 - 30" x 8' rectangular table
1- 30" x 4' rectangular table (cover with a "standard banquet size" table cloth)

11 - 30" x 6' rectangular tables (cover with a "standard banquet size" table cloth)

1 - Garden archway, located at the east entrance to the gardens
1 - Garden pergola, permanently located in the south garden
1 - Antique Kitchen Queen oak cabinet, for indoors use
1 - Antique oak icebox, for indoors use
1 - Antique oak high back throne (Oddfellow's chair), for indoors use
1 - Antique 40" x 84" (7') dining room table for buffet, for indoors use
6 - Antique wood and leather chairs, for indoors use
3 - Small wooden tables, for indoors use
24 - Padded folding chairs, for indoors use

Chair and table set-up and take-down is $1.25 per person for Non-Wedding Events.

We provide a floor plan of The Farmhouse for planning purposes. Buffet tables may be set up on the porch and groups of dining tables and chairs may be used for seating on the lawns near the gardens.

Equipment & Services Not Included in your rental fee: (top^)

2 - 10' X 10' white pop-up tents at $40 each

24 - 90" round white table cloths $7.50 each

4 - standard white banquet table cloths $5 each

Florist design service

Flowers grown at the Cutting Garden

Weddings (top^)

The Farmhouse, and its 2.5 acres of manicured lawns, tailored walkways, and extensive perennial gardens, are available for day or evening occasions (there are no sleeping accommodations). The first floor of our replica 1880's Farmhouse is sheltered by a wraparound, 8'-wide porch, which offers an additional 1,200 square feet of covered space for your event. From the front porch, you enter through the French doors into the gallery, with its vaulted ceilings, hardwood floors, antique furniture, lovely sound system, gas fireplace. Just to your right is the large, fully-appointed, sun-filled kitchen with a 4' by 7' antique oak dining table and a quaint oak kitchen queen. Through the many south-facing windows, you will enjoy a truly stunning view of the Olympic Mountains. Just through the archway, you will enter the spacious anteroom, and then on to the oversize, handicap-accessible, bathroom.

Non-Wedding Events (top^)

The open, airy gallery of The Farmhouse at The Cutting Garden comfortably seats 40 theater-style, or 32 at tables, and is ideal for either parties or business meetings. Our Farmhouse, with its extensive gardens and grounds, has been described as the most intimate and refreshing "convention center" on the Olympic Peninsula. During the month of December, we dress our pretty little farmhouse in her holiday finery for festive parties! Enjoy the cozy fireplace (the stockings are hung by the chimmney with care), eight-foot-tall Christmas tree, and many other holiday touches. We're closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day.

Occupancy Guidelines (top^)

Our maximum indoor event capacity (October - April) is 40 guests.

Our maximum indoor/outdoor event capacity (May, June, and October) is 100 guests.

Our maximum indoor/outdoor event capacity for July and August is 200.

Mid October through April, the gardens are sleeping (shhhh) but The Farmhouse is warm, cozy
and available for your event! Please contact us for an appointment to tour our facility.

For planning your reception, we provide floor plans of The Farmhouse, and a scale map of the grounds.

Deliveries (top^)

Delivery of food, cake, musical instruments, etc. must coincide with your rental time. We generously allow three hours before the start of your wedding so vendors will have ample time to prepare for your event.

Parking (top^)

Two acres of free parking is available to the west of The Farmhouse. Handicap parking is available south of the potting shed, and is clearly marked for your convenience. There is a six-foot-wide ramp onto the back of the deck for handicapped guest access. Please park only in the designated areas.

Exclusive Floral Policy (top^)

The Cutting Garden is the largest flower farm on the Olympic Peninsula and we grow an amazing palate of fresh specialty cut flowers May through September. We are proud to exclusively offer the couture floral designs and creations of Kindryn Domning's who is an experienced florist with a passion for creating abundant, glorious floral arrangements both from flowers grown on our farm and flowers purchased from floral wholesale houses in Tacoma and Seattle.

Exclusive Bartending Policy(top^)

In order to provide a consistently pleasant and professional level of bartending service the Cutting Garden requires the exclusive use of Insightful Dragonfly LLC for all weekend events. Please contact Kelly Thompson to discuss the details of your event.

Alcohol (top^)

Without the proper permits, alcohol shall not be consumed anywhere on the property. If you are self-catering your event, you must hire our exclusive bartender Kelly Thompson of Insightful Dragonfly LLC and you must obtain a banquet permit (available at any Washington State liquor store for approximately $10) which must be posted in The Farmhouse before your event begins.

A self-serve or 'open' bar is not allowed. Alcohol may only be served with food, from one location, by our exclusive bartender. If your guests bring alcohol to your event, it must be opened and served by the bartender.

Only wine or bottled beer may be served. Hard alcohol, "home brew", and keg beer are not allowed.

Proof of legal drinking age is required for all who imbibe. If your guests become noticeably intoxicated, The Cutting Garden reserves the right to close the bar.

Last call for alcohol shall be 15 minutes before the end of your event. After "last call" the bar must be closed, with any remaining alcohol closed and put away.

Music (top^)

Lightly-amplified instruments and singing are welcome in our gardens. Like our neighbors we enjoy a quiet rural lifestyle, so strongly amplified music, especiall base which travels a long way in all directions, does not work well in our setting. Reasonably-amplified wedding music from CDs or the like is also welcome at the pergola (ceremony area). Dancing to reasonably-amplified music, with or without a DJ, is allowed both under the tent and inside The Farmhouse. We will help you set a level of sound that works well for both your guests and for our neighbors.

Clean Up (top^)

For a Wedding, you need only bag your garbage and collect your belongings... we do the rest! (that is, We empty the trash cans, stack chairs, put away tables, etc.) For a Non-Wedding Event, chair and table set-up and take-down is done by you, the client.

The last hour of your rental is intended for collecting your personal belongings and loading them into your cars. Events that run over time will be charged $250 per hour. For evening events, the parking lot must be dark and quiet by 10 p.m., thus packing-up must begin no later than 9 p.m.

We post clean-up procedures for caterers on the refrigerator in the kitchen. If you are catering your own affair, please follow these procedures.

Children (top^)

Well-supervised children are always welcome. Although we have provided a playhouse for their enjoyment, we do not accept responsibility for the safety of unsupervised children. Please keep children out of the gardens and pastures; many of the plants may be harmful if eaten. Children may be upstairs in The Farmhouse only when accompanied by a responsible adult.

General Safety (top^)

Do not obstruct or impair use of the handrails provided for the safety of your guests. Llamas and other livestock are for viewing only; do not feed them. The electric fence is always on! For your own safety and comfort, please stay out of the pastures and off of the fences.

Equipment & Services Included in your Wedding and Reception rental fee: (top^)