Wedding Planning Guide
A couple kissing beneath their wedding arch at Dragonwood
A wedding weekend in Parkman, Maine

Your wedding at Dragonwood

Private waterfront, room for your closest people to stay, and an entire weekend with enough time to actually be together.

18 acresReserved for your group
28–29Overnight guests
75 / 100Seated / maximum
The complete picture

Know the place before the conversation starts.

This is a guide to what a wedding weekend at Dragonwood can hold: where people sleep, how meals work, the ceremony and reception settings, what guests can do between plans, and how a sample day may flow.

The property facts are confirmed. The creative choices are intentionally flexible. Carrie uses your guest count, season, priorities, and pace to shape the final layout and written estimate.

Wedding party portrait at Dragonwood
A place to settle in. Your closest people are already here, with no hotel-lobby regrouping and no drive between the celebration and the next morning.
Confirmed planning anchors

These are current property facts. Final room assignments, ceremony layouts, dining plans, services, and pricing are confirmed with Carrie.

1,200′Private shoreline on Manhanock Pond
3Distinct overnight spaces
5Event zones to plan around
2Primary reception spaces
Explore the experience

Every part of the weekend, in one place.

Open each guide before the planning call. You will arrive knowing what is possible, what is already on the property, and what still needs to be shaped around your people.

01

Stay together

Main House, Bunk House, Airstream, and realistic room-assignment ideas.

02

Eat together

Welcome meals, wedding service, breakfast, and the licensed catering kitchen.

03

Fill the in-between

Waterfront time, fires, art, gardens, games, and space to wander.

04

Hear from guests

What wedding couples and overnight guests consistently notice.

05

See the day unfold

Ceremony settings, reception spaces, weather options, and a sample timeline.

Choose the setting

One property. A different feeling around every turn.

Say your vows by the water, beneath the trees, between stone formations, or on the open lawn. Reception flow is planned around guest count, weather, and the rhythm you want.

Wedding processional across the Dragonwood lawn

The grassy lawn & walnut grove

An open approach and a natural canopy close to Thunder Hall and the commercial catering kitchen.

Wedding couple beside Manhanock Pond

The dock

Private waterfront with Manhanock Pond and the changing Maine light behind you.

Altar Rock and Thunder Hall at Dragonwood

Altar Rock & Thunder Hall

Stone formations for the ceremony, then a covered pavilion with vinyl sides that open or close.

The Main House at Dragonwood
Wake up together

The wedding party stays on the property.

Three distinct spaces sleep 28–29 people, giving your closest guests room to gather and room to step away.

  • Main House, sleeps 10. Three ensuite bedrooms, a full kitchen and bar, plus a ground-floor accessible bedroom and bathroom.
  • Bunk House, sleeps 16. Eight twin beds, four queens with optional privacy screens, a full kitchen, and a stargazing balcony.
  • Airstream, sleeps 2–3. A self-contained kitchen, bath, and bedroom in its own cedar grove. No dogs.
Meals are part of the memory

Everyone ends up back in the kitchen.

Dragonwood’s licensed commercial catering kitchen can support the welcome meal, wedding service, and a shared breakfast the next morning.

Smaller gatherings may be planned as a more intimate farm-to-table meal. Larger groups are served buffet or family style depending on group size. Menus, service format, staffing, dietary needs, and pricing are confirmed with Carrie.

The Main House kitchen at Dragonwood
A weekend, not a countdown

More time for the people you brought together.

Day one · Arrive

Settle in

Check in across the three buildings. Walk the property. Gather for a welcome meal, rehearsal, or an easy evening by the water and fire.

Day two · Celebrate

Make it yours

Get ready without leaving the property. Choose the ceremony setting, move into Thunder Hall or The Haven, and let the evening unfold.

Day three · Stay awhile

Come back together

Meet over breakfast, trade stories, take one more walk to the dock, and leave without feeling rushed out of the moment.

A sample flow is useful for imagining the experience, but it is not a fixed package. Event timing, meals, activities, vendor access, setup, and staffing are planned with Carrie.
Your Dragonwood contact

Carrie Reed

“The best parts of a weekend aren’t scheduled. They happen in between.”

Carrie leads the Dragonwood team and coordinates the details behind the scenes, from grocery pickup and setup to the flow of the wedding day, so you can stay present with your people.

Parkman, Maine

Arrive at the call already knowing the place.

Bring Carrie your season, guest count, lodging priorities, and the parts of the weekend that matter most. Dragonwood can shape the final plan and written estimate from there.