A Private, Picturesque Venue
Wedding & Event Venue
Enjoy exclusive use of our property and be welcomed with views of rolling hills and coastal mountains which provide a refreshing, romantic, open air setting for your special day. Empress Acres is just 10-20 min away from the Nanaimo Airport and 3 ferry terminals from Greater Victoria/Vancouver: Hullo, Duke Point and Departure Bay
Our Pricing & Details
Wedding & Event Packages
Packages Include
• Exclusive use of Empress Acres venue areas
• Venue host on-site for duration of the event
• Ceremony/reception location of choice
• Rehearsal/rehearsal dinner location of choice
• Parking for guests (on site)
• Parking attendant on guest arrival
• Large pole barn with lighting
• Two moveable rustic bars
• Deluxe barn entrance draping
• Dance floor
• An abundance of photography locations
• Outside cedar-lined washrooms with flush toilets and sinks
• Bathroom attendant for duration of event
Half Day Event
Half-Day Event Package – $2,000
Timing:
- Venue access begins at 12:00 p.m.
- Event must conclude by 6:00 p.m.
- All guests must be off-site by 8:00 p.m.
Package Includes:
- Exclusive use of Empress Acres venue areas
- Tables and chairs (upon request)
- On-site guest parking
- Large pole barn with lighting
- Two moveable rustic bars
- Multiple locations for photography
- Outdoor cedar-lined washrooms with flush toilets and sinks
- Bathroom and parking attendant
Three Day Package Details
Day 1 set up after 1 pm & rehearsal event
Day 2 your event day
Day 3 take down/clean up by 1 pm
Price: $7900
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$600 additional fee for events with over 100 people
Our farm wedding venue warmly welcomes and celebrates couples of all genders and sexual orientations, embracing the diversity of love within the LGBTQ+ community.
The Setting
Outdoor Features
Park-like vistas, rolling hills, two acres of mature fir trees, large level grass and daisy-filled fields, a stream fed pond, lily pad pond with a variety of ducks, migratory birds, a creek with cat tails and bull rushes, a combination of manicured and wild terrain. Six-acres of hay, one-acre level grassed field, 15-acres of one year old Empress Splendour Trees and an 18-acre barley field can be found upon entering the long, premium gravel driveway that runs the length of the property.
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Technical Details
Buildings & Amenities
- Detached 24×36 high ceiling workshop with high ceiling garage door (built 1993)
- 28×80 Pole Barn ideal for receptions which features a metal roof with 3 large moving side doors that can be wide open or completely closed
- South natural filtered light from high ceiling windows. Loft with solid steel beam floor
- Easy access for big trucks
- Electricity and water available
- Outdoor washrooms with toilets, sinks and showers and wheelchair access adjacent to Event barn and tenting grounds.
- Separate 200 amp service to the farm house and 100 amp service split to the barn and the workshop sub-panels
- 110 or 220 volt outlets are available in the shop and the pole barn
- Parking for 100 + vehicles, easy access for big trucks. View infoApproximately two acres and more of parking; parking outside of pole barn, in front of workshop, in front of switchback fence in lower front field; separate secondary entrance off Adshead Rd/T junction with Haslam Rd with parking for approx 100 vehicles & 2-3 semi's.
- Ceiling winch in the workshop; electric in the workshop; electric and well water plumbing in the pole barn
- Tractor available. View vehicle specs
• 2017 Kubota MX5200DT 52.0HP 8F/8R 4WD ROPS Tractor - Switch Back Timber – strategically placed fencing
- Filtered well water – good supply
- High speed Internet with WiFi on the property
- Year round road from front to back of the property, approximately 1200 meters
- Irrigation pond in front and back fields
- New engineered Septic System
Full Amenity Specifications
- Separate 200 amp service to the farm house and 100 amp service split to the barn and the workshop sub-panels
- 110 or 220 volt outlets are available in the shop and the pole barn
- Parking for 100 + vehicles, easy access for big trucks. View more infoApproximately two acres and more of parking; parking outside of pole barn, in front of workshop, in front of switchback fence in lower front field; separate secondary entrance off Adshad Rd/T junction with Haslam Rd with parking for approx 100 vehicles & 2-3 semi's.
- Ceiling winch in the workshop; electric in the workshop; electric and well water plumbing in the pole barn
- Tractor available. View vehicle specs• 2017 Kubota MX5200DT 52.0HP 8F/8R 4WD ROPS Tractor
- Switch Back Rickety – strategically placed fencing
- Filtered well water – good supply
- High speed Internet with WiFi on the property
- Year round road from front to back of the property, approximately 1200 meters
- Irrigation pond in front and back fields
- New engineered Septic System
Empress Acres Farm
2974 Haslam Road, Nanaimo, BC V9X 1T1, Canada
Where We Are
Finding The Farm
Conveniently located minutes off Highway #1 on Vancouver Island. This quiet, 69-acre farm is six-minutes to the Nanaimo Airport, 13 minutes to the Duke Point Ferry, 19 min. to Departure/Horseshoe Bay ferries, and 16 min. drive to Harbour Air (water airport travelling from Nanaimo to Vancouver, Victoria, and seven other destinations).
Coming from the south, Empress Acres is only five minutes off the #1 highway after the Nanaimo Airport, on the Haslam Road exit. The length of the property runs east to west. Beautiful scenic mountain views are to the south and southwest.
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Phone
Address
2974 Haslam Road, Nanaimo,
Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
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