The Vineyards at Black Willow

The property and grounds are absolutely beautiful. The oak trees and open space for the ceremony was the reason we chose black willow. The ladies at black willow were happy to help book my date. Although once they received all of my money it seems as if they immediately became unresponsive and unhelpful. Getting them to simply respond to text messages and phone calls were a struggle. When I did manage to get responses from them every conversation felt as if I was bothering them. As my wedding date began to near things got worse. One week away from my wedding I found out they had thrown away the charger plates they had agreed to supply. My family and I had to scramble to find enough charger plates by going to 5 different store locations across Brevard County. Not to mention the extra money I had not planned on spending. The day of my wedding very little extra effort was given to accommodate my wedding day. I walk in and I had to ask them to set silverware on plates that had been missed. They tried to blame me for not having extra when I did in fact provide them with a labeled box of extra silverware. It poured my entire wedding day. Therefore everything was confined to just the space of the barn. Trying to do first looks and all of the little things that happen right before your wedding while you have an entire barn full of wedding guests is quite difficult and even more difficult when the venue ladies are not willing to help. My bridal party and photographer were scolded for moving some empty barrels out of the background of what would be my first look with my dad. These ladies made my bridal party and photographer highly uncomfortable. I will say the venue ladies were quick to set up a temporary alter at the front of the barn. Which I am grateful for. But also felt as if they were doing the bare minimum of what is required of them. Their attitudes throughout the night definitely effected the mood during the wedding. This was just a few of the many examples of how rude and unwilling the ladies are. The venue was not cheap and I definitely expected more. I highly suggest to black willow to look into adding a space for photography under cover for rainy wedding days. This is Florida and weather is always unpredictable! Trying to do pictures in a barn full of wedding guests was extremely stressful with not the best lighting and no real backdrop. The ladies did offer for us to come back to take pictures on a different day but my whole wedding party would not be in town, hair and makeup not done etc. Plus after putting up with their attitudes the entire day did not make me want to come back.
Mar 25th, 2024

Brittany & Kayla helped to make our wedding this past weekend everything we dreamed it would be. Everything was stress-free & the decorations were set-up just how I envisioned. The venue itself was a beautiful back-drop for our special day. I cannot thank them enough for being so easy to work with & making it a day to remember!
Feb 8th, 2024

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