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The Enchanted Nest, 5321 Hopewell Road, New Kent, VA (2026)

09/18/2026

COMING SOON TO THE ENCHANTED NEST

You asked for it, and we can finally say it’s happening.

The Enchanted Nest will soon have a private bridal suite available as an optional add-on for our couples.

A comfortable, climate-controlled space where the bride and her wedding party can get ready, relax, do hair and makeup, change, and have some privacy before the ceremony.

The suite will include a private bathroom, dressing and makeup areas, mirrors, seating, refrigerator, microwave, and everything needed to make getting ready at The Enchanted Nest much easier.

We’re excited to transform this space and make it another special part of the experience here.

Coming soon.

The Enchanted Nest
New Kent, Virginia

09/13/2026

Maybe it’s time to redefine
the word WEDDING.

Somewhere along the way,
“wedding” became less about
two people making a commitment
and more about putting on
a huge event.

200+ guests.
A packed timeline.
A large bridal party.
Thousands spent on food,
drinks, decorations,
entertainment and photos.

And sometimes $30,000,
$40,000 or more spent
on one single day.

But here’s what bothers me:

The CEREMONY — the actual reason
everyone is there — often becomes
the shortest part of the wedding.

Ceremonies are cut down
to 15 or 20 minutes because
there is a cocktail hour to get to,
pictures to take,
dinner to serve,
speeches to make,
and a reception schedule to keep.

Think about that.

We have created weddings
where almost everything gets
more time and attention
than the actual commitment.

That seems backwards.

A wedding should not be measured
by the number of guests,
the size of the venue,
or how much money was spent.

It should be remembered
for the promises made,
the people closest to you,
the emotion of the moment,
and the beginning of a marriage.

There is nothing wrong with
a large wedding if that is truly
what BOTH people want
and they can comfortably afford it.

The problem is believing
a “real wedding” HAS to be big.

It doesn’t.

A micro wedding isn’t
a lesser wedding.

Sometimes it allows the ceremony
to become what it should have
been all along:

THE HEART OF THE DAY.

More intimate.
More personal.
More meaningful.
Less pressure.
Less financial stress.

And instead of spending
$20,000 or $30,000 more
entertaining hundreds of people
for a few hours,
imagine what that money
could mean toward a home,
paying off debt,
building savings,
or starting married life
with some breathing room.

At The Enchanted Nest,
that is our mission:

Beautiful weddings
without believing beautiful
has to mean expensive.

And through The Kilted Officiant,
that same philosophy can go
anywhere a couple chooses
to get married.

Maybe we don’t need
bigger weddings.

Maybe we need to make
WEDDINGS mean something again.

Redefine the wedding.

Put the ceremony
back at the center.

Start the marriage
with memories —
not unnecessary debt.

Kilted Officiant,Purcell Party Rentals

09/03/2026

THE ENCHANTED NEST

YOUR DREAM WEDDING STARTS HERE — WITHOUT THE DREAM-CRUSHING PRICE TAG.

YES — YOUR WEDDING VENUE CAN BE FREE.

At The Enchanted Nest, we believe your wedding should begin with a blank canvas.

We provide the foundation — a one-of-a-kind wooded wedding setting surrounded by nature — and you decide what you want to add to it.

No hidden venue fees.
No mystery packages.
No paying for things you don’t want.

Every price is listed right here so you know exactly what your wedding can cost before you book.

BOOK NOW AND LOCK IN 2026 PRICING

Couples who reserve their wedding while our 2026 pricing is in effect will lock in these listed prices for their reserved wedding date, even if their wedding takes place in a future year.

Future pricing may increase as The Enchanted Nest continues to grow and add new features, but your confirmed booking price will not change.

WE DON’T BUILD YOUR BILL.
YOU BUILD YOUR WEDDING.

MONDAY–THURSDAY

THE WEDDING SITE IS FREE

Yes. FREE.

Monday through Thursday, couples may reserve our wooded ceremony site for a 2-hour wedding time slot during daylight hours at no venue rental charge.

VENUE RENTAL — $0

A $250 refundable security deposit is required to reserve your date and time and is returned according to the terms of your agreement.

If all you need is a beautiful place to get married, you don’t have to add anything else.

DUSK & EVENING WEDDINGS

Sunset changes throughout the year, so our free Monday–Thursday program is based on daylight conditions rather than a fixed ending time.

If your reserved time extends into dusk or darkness and venue lighting or electrical power is needed:

POWER & LIGHTING USE — $85

Want your ceremony beneath the lights as The Enchanted Nest changes from daytime woods into an illuminated evening setting?

Your venue cost can still begin at only $85.

Then add only what you want.

FRIDAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY PACKAGES

JUST THE TWO OF US — $650

No guest list. No large production. Just the two of you getting married somewhere that still feels worthy of the moment.

Designed for the couple only.

Your officiant, photographer and other approved wedding vendors are not considered guests.

Includes:

• 2 hours of venue use
• The Enchanted Nest wooded ceremony site
• Access to surrounding photography areas
• Choice of one standard ceremony backdrop
• Venue lighting and power when needed during your reserved time
• Time for your ceremony and photographs afterward

Standard backdrop choices:

• Arch Backdrop
• Double Arch Backdrop
• Hexagon Backdrop
• Heart-Shaped Backdrop

Chapel Backdrop Upgrade — $250

TOTAL VENUE PRICE: $650
TOTAL VENUE TIME: 2 HOURS
GUESTS: COUPLE ONLY

A maximum of 1 additional hour may be added for $100, subject to availability.

CEREMONY ONLY — $1,250

Want your family and friends there when you say “I do,” but don’t need a full reception?

This package gives you the wedding ceremony experience without requiring you to purchase a reception package.

Includes:

• 3 hours of venue use
• Up to 50 guests
• The Enchanted Nest wooded ceremony site
• Ceremony chairs
• Choice of one standard ceremony backdrop
• Access to surrounding photography areas
• Venue lighting and power when needed
• Time for guest arrival
• Ceremony time
• Post-ceremony photographs

Standard backdrop choices:

• Arch Backdrop
• Double Arch Backdrop
• Hexagon Backdrop
• Heart-Shaped Backdrop

Chapel Backdrop Upgrade — $250

TOTAL VENUE PRICE: $1,250
TOTAL VENUE TIME: 3 HOURS
GUESTS: UP TO 50

A maximum of 2 additional hours may be added for $100 per hour, subject to availability.

THE ENCHANTED NEST WEDDING EXPERIENCE — $2,250

Want the ceremony, photographs, celebration and reception all here?

This is our full wedding experience.

Includes:

• 5 hours of venue use
• Up to 50 guests
• The Enchanted Nest wooded ceremony site
• Reception area
• Ceremony seating
• Reception tables and chairs
• Choice of one standard ceremony backdrop
• Venue lighting and power
• Access to the unique spaces and photography areas throughout The Enchanted Nest
• Ceremony time
• Photography time
• Reception time

Standard backdrop choices:

• Arch Backdrop
• Double Arch Backdrop
• Hexagon Backdrop
• Heart-Shaped Backdrop

Chapel Backdrop Upgrade — $250

TOTAL VENUE PRICE: $2,250
TOTAL VENUE TIME: 5 HOURS
GUESTS: UP TO 50

A maximum of 2 additional hours may be added for $100 per hour, subject to availability.

NOW BUILD YOUR WEDDING

This is where the blank canvas becomes your wedding.

Add as much or as little as you want.

WEDDING OFFICIANT

THE KILTED OFFICIANT — $300

The Kilted Officiant may be added to your Enchanted Nest wedding for $300 when he is available and when the ceremony requested is one he is able to personally perform.

The Kilted Officiant operates independently from The Enchanted Nest and performs weddings throughout the region, so availability cannot be guaranteed with every venue reservation.

Couples are always welcome to provide their own legally authorized officiant.

Other officiants establish their own fees.

The $300 price applies specifically to services provided by The Kilted Officiant.

REHEARSAL, DECORATING & PRE-WEDDING TIME

1-HOUR WEDDING REHEARSAL — $150

Includes 1 hour of venue access for your wedding party to walk through the ceremony.

This option is for rehearsal only.

It does not include additional decorating time, food service or a rehearsal dinner.

REHEARSAL + DECORATING — $275

Includes 3 hours of venue access.

Hold your wedding rehearsal and then use the remaining time to decorate and prepare for your wedding.

REHEARSAL + DECORATING + DINNER — $450

Includes 5 hours of venue access.

Your time may be used for:

• Wedding rehearsal
• Decorating and setup
• Rehearsal dinner or casual meal
• Time with your wedding party and family
• Preparing for the following day’s celebration

Food, catering and beverages are not included unless separately arranged.

ADDITIONAL VENUE TIME — $100 PER HOUR

Subject to availability and package limits.

Maximum additional time:

Just the Two of Us — 1 additional hour
Ceremony Only — 2 additional hours
The Enchanted Nest Wedding Experience — 2 additional hours

Additional time beyond these limits may require a different package or custom venue pricing.

CEREMONY BACKDROPS

Standard Backdrops — $150 each

• Arch Backdrop
• Double Arch Backdrop
• Hexagon Backdrop
• Heart-Shaped Backdrop

Chapel Backdrop — $250

The Chapel is our larger, more complex ceremony backdrop and requires additional setup.

RECEPTION & CELEBRATION OPTIONS

Reception Space — $600 / 3 hours

Cake & Ch*****ne Experience — starting at $200 / 1 hour

9’ × 12’ Black & White Dance Floor — $250

9’ × 12’ LED Dance Floor — $300

Sound System — $150

Photo Booth — $150

LOVE Letters — $150

Barsys Cocktail System — $150

Patio / Event Heaters — $100

TABLES, CHAIRS & DECOR

White Resin Wedding Chairs — $3.75 each

Additional 6-Foot Tables — starting at $10 each

Additional 8-Foot Tables — starting at $10 each

Half-Moon Tables — starting at $10 each

Cocktail Tables — $10 each

W**e Barrels — $45 each

Additional décor, furniture and event rental items may be available through Purcell Party Rentals.

RESTROOM OPTIONS

Our standard restroom option is a clean, sanitized portable restroom.

Two-Stall Restroom Unit Upgrade — $400

Includes two private stalls with toilets, sinks and related restroom amenities.

EVENING LIGHTING & POWER

POWER & LIGHTING USE — $85

The $85 Power & Lighting Use Fee applies whenever venue electrical power and/or venue lighting is required outside a package where power and lighting are already included.

Because sunset changes throughout the year, lighting needs are determined by actual daylight conditions rather than a fixed time on the clock.

A late-afternoon wedding during summer may remain completely within the free daylight program.

That same wedding time during fall or winter may require lighting and the $85 Power & Lighting Use Fee.

SO WHAT COULD YOUR WEDDING COST?

Monday–Thursday daylight ceremony and nothing else?

$0

Want that same wedding at dusk beneath the lights?

$85

Want to add one of our standard ceremony backdrops?

Add $150

Want The Kilted Officiant, when available and able to perform your ceremony?

Add $300

Want cake and ch*****ne afterward?

Starting at $200

Want something bigger?

Build it.

Want something simple?

Keep it simple.

YOUR WEDDING.
YOUR CHOICES.
YOUR PRICE.

At The Enchanted Nest, we believe the beginning of your marriage shouldn’t come with a pile of unnecessary wedding expenses.

We give you the foundation.

We show you the prices.

Then you decide what your wedding becomes.

No hidden venue pricing. No surprise add-ons. No guessing.

Just a blank canvas waiting for the two of you.

LOCK IN 2026 PRICING

All prices shown are our current 2026 rates.

Reserve your wedding while these rates are in effect and your booked prices are locked in for your wedding date, even if your wedding takes place in a future year.

Future rates and offerings may change.

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09/01/2026

Next Wednesday I turn 55, and instead of having a traditional birthday party, I figured we’d do something a little more my style.

So we’re opening up The Kindred Pub for the evening.

Nothing fancy. No big birthday production. Just a fire going, some Irish music, good people, good conversation and whatever you’d like to bring to drink.

Come sit around Kindred, hang out by the fire and enjoy the evening with us.

No gifts. No pressure. Just come as you are.

Wednesday, September 9th — around 6:30 PM

Location:
5321 Hopewell Rd
New Kent, VA

Parking for Kindred: use the driveway right next to Lebanon Baptist Church.

Bring whatever you’d like to drink, and if you have a favorite chair you like sitting around a fire in, bring that too.

Maybe this becomes the first of many Kindred Pub Nights.

Not a bad way to kick off 55.

08/25/2026

ONE LAST SNEAK PEEK BEFORE THE REVEAL…

Today I began placing some of the final pieces along the front.

Then I stepped back.

And something changed.

For months, I thought I knew what this place would be called.

The Ruins of the Great Hall.

But standing there looking at it, I realized I had gotten the name wrong.

Because I wasn’t looking at ruins.

I was looking at pieces of trees that had once grown separately.

Different species.
Different roots.
Different shapes.
Different stories.

Trees that fell and were left where they landed. Branches that broke and seemed to have reached the end of what they were created to do.

But as I’ve picked up, carried, cut, fitted and placed every one of these pieces, I’ve felt something I didn’t expect.

Every piece seemed to have something to say.

And when I finally stepped back and saw them together, I understood it.

When these trees fell, they were given a possibility they never had while standing:

the opportunity to become something the seed they came from was never created to become.

Pieces from trees that could never have grown together in life now reach across one another.

What grew separately now holds together.

And suddenly, The Ruins of the Great Hall didn’t make sense anymore.

This wasn’t a story about what had been lost.

It was a story about what had been brought together.

And isn’t that what will happen right here?

People will arrive carrying different names, different families, different histories and different roots.

They’ll eat together.

Raise a glass together.

Tell stories together.

Laugh together.

And because two people chose one another, people who may have otherwise remained strangers will leave connected.

So today, the trees finally told me the name of the place I’ve been building.

KINDRED

Not because everything here came from the same tree.

Because it didn’t.

And that’s the whole point.

The final reveal is coming.

But for now… meet the beginning of Kindred.

08/23/2026

SNEAK PEEK #6 — THE RUINS ARE TAKING SHAPE

Another part of The Ruins of the Great Hall is complete.

For almost 20 years, I’ve had the privilege of being part of the wedding business. I’ve visited venues, performed ceremonies in some beautiful places, and seen a lot of incredible ideas along the way.

But I’ve never been to—or seen—anything quite like what is taking shape here.

And I don’t say that to suggest we’re better than anyone else. We’re simply different.

This is being created almost entirely from what nature has given us. Fallen trees, twisted branches, weathered wood and pieces that most people would probably walk right past have slowly become something I can only describe as nature’s own work of art.

There was no blueprint for it. Much of it has been created one piece at a time, letting the shape of the wood determine where it belongs.

And I’m finally beginning to see what I pictured in my head.

My hope is that when people visit The Enchanted Nest, they don’t just see another wedding venue. They walk through it, explore it, notice all the little details—and when they leave, they feel like they experienced someplace genuinely enchanted.

A place unlike anywhere they’ve been before.

And I’ve saved something special for the next sneak peek…

The front—and what I believe will become one of the most beautiful parts of the entire build: the entrances.

Sneak Peek #7 is next.

08/23/2026

WEDDING RESALE & VENDOR MARKET — POSTPONED

We wanted to give everyone an update regarding our upcoming Wedding Resale & Vendor Market at The Enchanted Nest.

Unfortunately, we have made the decision to postpone the event.

Rather than rush into another date, we’re going to take a little more time and come back with an event that is bigger, better organized, and gives both our wedding vendors and couples plenty of time to participate.

The idea behind this event is something we still really believe in — bringing together engaged couples, newlyweds with wedding items to resell, and local wedding professionals all in one place.

So this is not goodbye to the event — just a change of plans.

If you were planning to attend, sell wedding décor, or participate as a vendor, please stay tuned. A new date will be announced once it is finalized.

Thank you to everyone who showed interest and supported the idea. We look forward to welcoming you to The Enchanted Nest when the Wedding Resale & Vendor Market returns.
:::

08/22/2026

SNEAK PEEK #5 — THE WALLS OF THE GREAT HALL

Another piece of The Ruins of the Great Hall has come to life.

The visitor-side walls and windows are now complete.

Every section has been built by hand using fallen limbs and branches gathered right here from the property. No two pieces are straight. No two sections are exactly alike. And that’s exactly how I wanted it.

The dark framework gives the appearance of what remains of an old structure, while the natural branches weave their way through the walls and windows—as though the forest has slowly been reclaiming the Great Hall for years.

And we’re still not finished.

There are more details to build, more pieces of the story to add, and some of the biggest features haven’t been revealed yet.

The Ruins are rising.

Sneak Peek #5 — The Enchanted Nest

08/16/2026

SNEAK PEEK #4

The walls of the Ruins of the Great Hall are beginning to take shape…

Built by hand from fallen trees and branches gathered right here at The Enchanted Nest.

Piece by piece. Branch by branch.

The ruins are rising.

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