Chateau Briand brides - please come in!!!!

I visited Chateau Briand and loved it! We are most likely going to book it shortly. I was just wondering, where did you or do you plan to take your pictures?

The Westbury Gardens - for an extra fee of $275-$475 as well as the extra hassle of traveling to another site

The Monet Room - at the CB. Its very nice, but I do want some outside pictures of course!

OR outside where they do the outside ceremonies and cocktail hours? I have seen a few pictures of what it looks like out there, it doesnt look like theres much scenery? And of course you can take some in the lobby and outside in front of the waterfalls, etc.

Any advice/experiences would be great!!!!

Thanks!

Welcome and Congratulations!

I am a winter bride so I have no other place to go. I am using CB for all of my pictures.

I am a CB winter bride as well and plan on taking some outside pics at the church (there is a nice sitting area in the back of the church) at my house (with our doggies in my front yard and at the CB outside court area. I don't care too much for outside pics (I get cold VERY easily) so if we have some its okay. If we don't, we don't. The way this weather has been acting, I wouldn't be surprised if in March there is a huge blizzard. I may not have any outside pics then.

I got married this past May at CB.

I took pictures everywhere, by the Church gazebo, at CB, and also Westbury Gardens. I had an early wedding (10 am) and my appt with West. Gardens was 11:30. I paid $275 for 1 1/2 hours. They were great and it was worth every penny.
BTW, it was drizzling and you can't even tell in the pics

My pics at CB were in the lobby and the Monet studio which is beautiful. If I had a winter wedding, this would have been enough.

I would have LOVED to take pics by the waterfalls outside, but of course it was pouring by that time.


ETA: Old Westbury Gardens is literally 5 minutes away from CB, so it's no extra hassle !!!!!