Issue 62
The UK's outdoor hospitality business magazine for function venues, glamping, festivals and outdoor events
The UK's outdoor hospitality business magazine for function venues, glamping, festivals and outdoor events
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FUNCTION VENUES<br />
CASE STUDY<br />
All Manor of Events<br />
A flexible barn space on a family farm in Suffolk<br />
One big ‘unconventional<br />
family’ is how Katie Haywood-<br />
Farmer describes the team at<br />
All Manor of Events. Growing<br />
from her own wedding on the<br />
family farm 20 years ago, the<br />
venue is now a hive of activity<br />
with in-house bar, catering and<br />
resident DJ. We speak to Katie.<br />
When did you start your venue<br />
business and what is its history?<br />
We started the business back in<br />
2004, when we decided to host<br />
our own wedding on our family<br />
farm. We wanted something<br />
personal and family orientated<br />
for our wedding day, and felt that<br />
the farm would be the best place<br />
for this. We put our ideas into the<br />
barn and All Manor of Events was<br />
born. It has come a long way since<br />
our wedding back in 2004, but we<br />
are so proud of what we have built<br />
over the last 20 years!<br />
Tell us about your location<br />
and site<br />
We are a family run farm, which<br />
has a wedding venue in the<br />
middle. We are surrounded by<br />
fields and beautiful walks, with<br />
a few animals on the farm for<br />
us and guests to enjoy. They<br />
“WE ARE A<br />
MARQUEE<br />
LINED BARN,<br />
WHICH<br />
OFFERS<br />
ITSELF TO A<br />
RANGE OF<br />
DIFFERENT<br />
PEOPLE<br />
AND THEIR<br />
WEDDING<br />
AND EVENT<br />
PLANS’<br />
are a massive hit with guests,<br />
especially children as well as<br />
for us as a family, and they<br />
live within our garden and the<br />
neighbouring fields. Guests can<br />
feed them during events if they<br />
want to or have the occasional<br />
photo with them, but ultimately<br />
they are the best family pets we<br />
could ask for.<br />
We are a marquee lined barn,<br />
which offers itself to a range<br />
of different people and their<br />
wedding and event plans. It<br />
caters for a barn and rustic feel<br />
wedding for some as well as the<br />
cleaner marquee style wedding<br />
for others.<br />
What facilities for outdoor<br />
functions do you offer?<br />
We have outside ceremony<br />
spaces in both the garden area<br />
of the venue as well as a wooden<br />
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