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August 2023 by Jason Schoff
The Black Barn property is a great peaceful and spacious getaway. Our group stayed in the comfortable guest house and felt very welcomed. The house has all the cookware and games we needed to arrive and feel at home. The hosts are great communicators and I hope to book the Black Barn guest house again for future retreats.
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July 2023 by Kim Pagel
What an awesome country home for a relaxing family gathering to reconnect with one another. Eight adults and 11 grandchildren made for an entertaining and active weekend. The 40 acres of trails, outdoor lawn games, fire pit with makings for smores, indoor table games and wonderful sleeping accommodations met all of our expectations and more! Heidi was amazing and communicated with us through our stay. She went out of her way to help set up the sleeping arrangements that included an inflatable queen mattress, port a crib, and two roll a way cots. We had a few questions and Heidi responded in a timely and helpful way. This is a great property for families and larger gatherings. Highly recommended.
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April 2019 by christine kems
I got married a little over a month ago at this beautiful place. When I saw it for the first time I knew it was where I'd marry my best friend. 💛
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April 2019 by Ben Wyatt
Stone Creek Ranch was more than i could've asked for in a wedding venue. Mark and Becky did everything they could possibly do to make my wife and I's day special. they have beautiful land, great scenery, and an awesome sunset view. the barn looked amazing at night with the lights shining through. Mark and Becky offered to let us use decorations that they had for our wedding and were willing to move things around for us. When you have a conversation with them you can really tell that they love the land and are proud of how they have built the wedding venue into what it is today.
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April 2019 by Angela Arnett
We went to their pumpkin patch and had a great time. Our kids truly enjoyed it. Mark and Becky was so helpful and very nice. Their little boy Luke is so adorable, he helped our daughter picked out her perfect pumpkin. Can't wait to see you guys soon!
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April 2019 by Amanda Brown
In response to Paige's claim stating that they were not notified of the need for handicap restrooms and that we told her we would be using crock pots instead of roasters. It's simply not true, they were notified. Please see the email exchange attached.
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April 2019 by Adam Frost
To start I can't believe I actually have to give them a single star. Do not use this place or even think of trying to use. Much to the same points as to the person below they will flat out ruin you're special day. The harassment you will receive during you're ceremony and party will ruin any good that you thought you might have. They claim to have handicap parking accessible bathrooms and venue. This is completely false. The best thing that could happen here is that this place be shut down and these people decide to stay far away from customer service. DO NOT USE THIS PLACE!!!!!
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April 2019 by ljcohen14
As a wedding videographer I have been to A LOT of venues. I worked a wedding at Stone Creek in early September and it quickly became one of my favorite venues. To start it is BEAUTIFUL and very well laid out. The owners are very nice and accomadating and had everyone's best interest in mind. Yes, they do have some rules but when you look into the rules and have a conversation with the owners about them, you understand why things are the way that they are (nature preserve) and I had zero problem obliging especially since it wasn't anything crazy or outlandish (don't park on the plants, don't start fires in the brush, don't mess with bee hives, common sense things)
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April 2019 by Alyssa Thomas
We celebrated our wedding 12/1/2017 at Stone Creek Ranch. The venue and grounds are stunning and Becky and Mark were very accommodating and easy to work with. The barn is beautifully lit at night and was able to accommodate our 100 guests and band comfortably. When we arrived the seating for the wedding was set perfectly and after table decorations were done it was absolutely everything I had imagined for our wedding day. The fire pit was so enjoyable to walk out to as it was an almost full moon night and you could enjoy the stars. Becky is very knowledgeable and helped us to make the best decisions and answered all of my many questions in a very timely manner. They even allowed our furry friend to participate and our pictures of the wedding are amazing. I thank you for making our wedding a most memorable occasion and all of our guests noted that it was one of the "most fun weddings they had ever attended." Thankfully, The Ryan's
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April 2019 by Sara Mason
This venue is beautiful! The owners are spectacular! They pay attention to every detail. They met all of our requests with nothing but happiness and willingness! All of the things we didn't think of, they had. Mark and Becky were such a pleasure to deal with. They had very clear and understandable rules and guidelines to follow. They have set up everything to make your day go perfectly!
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January 2019 by Taylor Todd
I have been a DJ for over 20 years and have NEVER been treated as bad as I did by the owner of this venue. I am posting this to help the young couples who have dreamed about their perfect wedding. The whole barn setting seems to be the fad couples are going through right now. The whole rustic natural feel may be appealing, but you should really look at everything before your dream wedding is ruined. This venue has no heat, no air-conditioning, gaps between the sidewalls, and a metal roof. These are concerns that one should way out. When it rains on the metal roof it is so noisy inside that you can't hear the ceremony or the people next to you. The rain comes in between the side boards onto your beautiful decorations, cake and equipment.... Oh, and the bar and restrooms are outside with no cover. The walking path becomes a muddy half mulched mess that leaves your wedding dress, that you spent so much money on, a disaster, not to mention that it is virtually impossible for any handicapped or infirmed person to access. And, if the handicapped or infirm person makes it to the bathroom, they can not access the actual 'finished' bathroom, but rather have to use a smelly old 'Johnny On the Spot'. There are sooo many other barns that I have DJ'd in that are much better. If it is a beautiful sunny day and you want to have the ceremony outside in their wooded area, just be mindful that you can't use the venue's power. You have to supply your own generator. Why someone would use this venue, I have NO idea. I am not trying to convince anyone to use a certain place, but I am trying to help you not use this place. This venue is for a low-end event. If you think you can't afford anywhere else, keep looking... they are out there. If you decide to use this venue just know that I warned you. After 20+ years of DJing, I have decided to hang it up. Some might think... you're just a DJ, what do you know. After 20+ years of planning weddings and DJing everything from weddings to corporate events, I have seen a lot and learned a lot. At this particular venue I learned that the owners, who used about every profane word in the book, are not good people, but selfish.
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November 2018 by Candice Diddle
Such a beautiful location.. really hope to set up our vintage camper there again soon. Thank you for all your kindness.
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October 2017 by Becky E.
Tera Frost- As the owners of the business you are waisting your life trying to ruin. I have responded and responded to your claims on your special day. I also have tried to take the high road, but since you as you say want to ruin my family run business that supports my husband my self and my two children, then I will tell the truth, you and your husband have been the absolute worst disgusting couple we have ever had the "displeasure" of working with. I think you thought that you "rented" our farm for you and your guests to destroy. The handicapped restroom as I have explained a million times (the amount of people you keep trying to get [who have never been here or met us] to trash us online, that was a misunderstanding, you asked about them and I said we provide them, but we do so when we are asked, so I do feel awful about that, I lost my grandmother years ago and I was mortified that your aunt and grandmother needed a handicapped restroom, but I MYSELF TOOK YOUR GRANDMOTHER TO THE LADIES ROOM, HELPED HER IN AND OUT, so she used the restroom, your aunt on a power chair was offered help and her rude awful husband refused the help and told her "she could just wait" , she was lovely and I felt horrible. I just paid an invoice for a handicapped restroom picked up 2 days before your wedding, what would I have to gain by not giving you one, we do that out of courtesy of our own free will. WE are a farm and not required to be handicapped accessible ???? It makes no sense, but you want to make people think we are against handicapped people (you are delusional). When you arrived the morning of your wedding at 9:00am you and at least 10 members of your wedding party used our restrooms and NEVER ONCE MENTIONED IT- we could have got a restroom brought out no problem, or went and picked one up, instead you all were to busy drinking and smoking to worry about that, when we told you and your husband you couldn't walk around smoking it made you mad, after that you had a rude attitude, we did nothing but try to mitigate our policies and you didn't like it. Your night wasn't ruined you didn't leave until 12:45 (45 min after you were supposed to ) so clearly a person who's night was ruined would have packed up and left, your guest spoke to us and expressed gratitude and thoughts on their evening and said our place was beautiful and they enjoyed themselves. Then you only started 'trashing us, like our place during your wedding" when you lost part of your deposit. I'd try to get you to understand our point of view, if I thought you would. My husband and I with our children built our barn, with our hands over two years, we planted every flower, built every building. It was out of love for our land and our desire to have a business that we could work together for years as a family. The land you came to and loved enough to book for your wedding is meticulously taken care of by hand, by us with no chemicals, we are a sanctuary for bees, humming birds, bats and other creatures, we take pride in it and we fiercely protect it. So when the public comes and damages it we are not happy, you yourself may have not done the things your were charged for, but your responsible for your guest, like it or not. In 3 years we've kept part of two deposits, so the flowers and rocks and landscape that we paid for and did the work, MEAN NOTHING TO YOU, but i'm certain if I came to your home and acted the way people did here, you'd take offense. I'm trying to see this as a learning experience, we have changed our contract, made policy changes about no smoking, and are working to not take things personally. I'm sorry if you really feel like your wedding was ruined, I honestly don't think you do because i saw your photos of you having fun, laughing, dancing and your guests doing the same. I hope you let it go and move on with your life, you know for a fact life is short. My family an
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October 2017 by Sara E.
This venue is beautiful! The owners are spectacular! They pay attention to every detail. They met all of our requests with nothing but happiness and willingness! All of the things we didn't think of, they had. Mark and Becky were such a pleasure to work with. They bent over backwards to ensure wverything went smoothly! They had very clear and understandable rules and guidelines to follow. These rules were very standard across all of the venues we visited. They have set up everything to make your day go perfectly!
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October 2017 by Tera F.
I hold the owners of this "business" completely responsible for ruining what was supposed to be a special day. To start with I was told that there would be handicapped accessible bathrooms available and there was not. I had family members that were not able to stay because they were not able to access a bathroom. We were told there is plenty of power to run the roasters and what not throughout the evening. That was not the case at all. After having to agree to pay $100 to have fans put up to use, they couldn't be turned on because it blew all the breakers. Now on to your $1000 damage deposit. While I do understand the reason for having that deposit, what you have considered damage is absolutely ridiculous. A few kids picked some flowers and that gives you the right to say that we now owe you a certain amount of money. I think not! And to think you can charge me because of said handicapped family needing to pull closer (on a driveway that was already there) is just wrong. I hope you never have family that needs a little closer drop off somewhere and are told sorry we're gonna charge you $500 to do so. Then to even consider that, in the men's bathroom there was people purposely peeing on the walls! That is just plain absurd! What else is there, oh yes the Adirondack chairs that you claim were destroyed because of being moved around. Then why do you even have the chairs if you expect them to never be moved? You have also claimed that there were rocks that were destroyed. They are rocks and you seem to think that they are worth a couple hundred dollars, are out of your mind. Lastly and even more important than the handicapped accessible parking and restrooms was the fact that you actually saw no problem with getting into altercations with our family and guests! I hope that at some point you have to deal with the embarrassment that you caused me and my husband. If this is to be your business, I promise to make it my goal to see that you have no business!
