Although not in New Hope, the Woolverton Inn is just across the river in bucolic Stockton, N.J. So it is a New Hope-area venue and a beautiful location for a country wedding. The Woolverton was named by TripAdvisor as one of the Top 10 B&Bs in the US. https://www.woolvertoninn.com/inn/awards-media-press/
The venue offers 14 rooms, with exclusive use of the inn for wedding guests when it is booked for weddings, and this is usually for a three-day weekend. You may choose to have an indoor or outdoor event. Ceremonies can be in Horseshoe Garden, on the Great Lawn or select another area on the vast grounds.
Cocktail Hour can be held beneath the sugar maples, on the west patio, the front veranda or the Sheep Pasture patio. And yes, there really are sheep!
The dinner and reception are hosted beneath a large modern tent which sits atop a permanent wood platform.
You will have an on-site wedding planner working with you to help with selecting and creating your style. The Wolverton offers a six-hour wedding package for the ceremony, cocktail hour and reception. They will provide referrals for catering, rentals and vendors.
The restored 18th -century barn on the property of the Woolverton Inn will open as Northridge, a new restaurant to join the New Hope-area up-scale dining scene. Northridge is a separate business venture by Woolverton owners Mario and Mary Passalacqua and their chef Lance Knowling. Knowling was formerly executive chef at Manhattan's Butterfield 81 and his own restaurant Blujeen. Sophisticated comfort food created with ingredients selected from the Delaware River Valley will be offered at Northridge.
Northridge is sure to be a visual feast as well, situated on the historic and scenic grounds of the Woolverton. The venue offers cathedral high ceilings and looks out on the surrounding farmland, fields and woodlands.
Northridge will be open Wednesday - Saturday evenings, with Sunday Brunch on Sundays.
The Woolverton also hosts micro-weddings, if you’re looking for a small-scale celebration. They host micro ceremonies in the parlor of the historic 1792 Stone Manor House, in the Horseshoe Garden, on the covered porch with views of the Great Lawn or under your favorite tree. You will have acres of scenic hills as the backdrop for your ceremony.
You can dine at Northridge, the Woolverton's new on-site restaurant open to the public, or at one of the many recommended restaurants in New Hope or Lambertville. Afterwards retire to one of the elegant guest suites or private cottages at the Woolverton, which feature double-whirlpool bath, fireplaces and king beds. A three-course breakfast can be delivered to your room the next morning.
Packages start at $1900 for up to 20 people. For that you would have a customized ceremony location either indoors or outdoors, a dedicated event coordinator, champagne toast, use of the common areas of the Inn, and one night stay either in a suite or a cottage for the wedding couple.
A Cocktail Hour and Reception would be additional, as would lodging for your guests.
The Woolverton also offers customized small destination wedding packages for 20 to 50 people. This includes: A dedicated event coordinator to help you with customizing your ceremony location, either indoors or outdoors, with use of the grounds and gardens for photographs; a Cocktail Hour and Reception indoors or outdoors; and a one-night stay for the wedding couple either in a cottage or suite. Elopements are also offered at the Woolverton Inn.
Your guests can either relax at the Woolverton or will have no trouble finding something interesting to do in the surrounding Bucks and Hunderton county areas. Among the many Possibilities are biking, hiking, horseback riding, golf, museums, historical sites, hot-air ballooning, wineries, breweries, spas, water sports or an eventful excursion.
The Woolverton Inn 6 Woolverton Rd. Stockton, N.J.
