Ainsworth House & Gardens

This venue is definitely pretty. And, we were so excited based on the reviews. We definitely did not have the same experience and ultimately are sorry we chose it for my daughter's wedding. We were unfortunately assigned Laurie Morris as our wedding organizer. She was nonresponsive from the get-go. We finally had to ask the venue owner, Kevin, to intervene to get a response from Laurie. But, Kevin never apologized or seemed to care. On the day of the wedding, Laurie would not respond to our inquires about where to set up things or where we could find things. She was in a foul mood and was rude to our guests. Once again we had to get Kevin to intervene. But, when we saw Kevin come out to speak with Laurie, it was obvious that they are good friends and laughing. This all while my younger daughter, who was the maid-of-honor, was on the point of tears because she was so flustered and stressed. The outside area was set up in a haphazard (and not attractive) way but it was too much too worry about so we just did what we could. They did not set up the microphone for the readings during the ceremony (and was nowhere to be found) so we had to awkwardly work our way through that. They did not put on the table displays that we requested. There was no water pitchers put out on the tables. So, guests had water glasses but no water. Throughout the reception, Laurie remained unpleasant and inaccessible. At the end of a long night, my husband and I had to figure out where things were. Laurie looked so put-out and just kept walking away. She made a stressful situation even more stressful. I was fuming by the end - I was so tired and here this woman was being so awful I told that I didn't understand why she was so rude to our guests and so unhelpful. This is her job for goodness' sake. She acted like she had no idea what I meant. I'm glad I was able to insulate my daughter from Laurie's ugliness. I'm so sorry many others were not.