Quonquont Farm

This year (2015), the apples weren’t great in mid-​October — just a lot of damaged apples — not sure why. In the past years, it’s been pretty good.
Other orchards not too far away (like Apex) were better this year.
Otherwise, the selection of apples is pretty broad — better than most places.
I have to echo the one bad review — not about wedding planning, but of the prickly nature of the owner in such a customer-​facing, but simple seasonal business selling apples.

What a place for a wedding. My daughter was married here this past weekend. They did an outstanding job, the coordinator I think here name was Jenelle was on top of everything. The interior of the barn is so rustic, I loved it. The cocktail hour out on the patio was perfect.

The perfect most picturesque wedding venue. Jenelle (the wedding coordinator) is amazing and so helpful throughout the entire process! Even when we ran into a hiccup during the wedding with the open bar she quickly fixed the issue and corrected things moving forward to our original wishes. So great to work with her and her team.
I lost my veil at some point during the evening and it didn’t get packed up with our stuff at the end of the night. They found it at the barn and held onto it for me until I could get there a week later to pick it up!
The venue is just absolutely gorgeous. If you want a New England farm/​rustic charm wedding this is 100% your spot! All of our guests raved about the beauty of the location. We are so happy we picked Quonquont Farm to have our September wedding at. It was the perfect setting for our perfect day! Highly highly highly recommend!

i make a point to go here yearly to pick peaches. they are absolutely divine straight off the tree.
they also have you-​pick apples and blueberries at different times of the year, which i’ve also enjoyed. but the peaches. the peaches.

I LOVE Quonquont Farms and their wonderful site coordinator, Jenelle! We were married here last month (August, 2013) and loved every minute of it. The grounds are amazing, the barn has been renovated beautifully, and Jenelle is a true gem.
There are some not-​so-​great reviews out there — which actually shocked me! For comparison sake, we were married in the apple orchard, had our cocktail hour outside on the patio and had the reception in the barn. Everything went smoothly and truly exceeded our expectations. Unlike other reviewers, we had no problems with the noise level (if you are worried about I HIGHLY recommend Chris from Cloud Nine Productions, you will not regret it, he is amazing). Everyone (me and my husband included) had a great time, and we heard from so many guests who loved the venue. As a huge bonus, Jenelle essentially acted as our wedding planner and did a fantastic job making keeping us calm and happy throughout the entire process. I would recommend this venue to any bride who is looking for a sophisticated, beautiful, farm wedding (and let’s face it, who doesn’t want that?!).

Picked incredibly delicious blueberries here a few weeks ago. It’s a charming place, big enough to wander for a long time, and a real family farm. «Who’s blue?» signs help you identify the other blue things you’re likely to see here, including bluebirds (lots) and blue butterflies.

Wow, what a luxurious venue for a wedding. My cousin, whose keen eye for detail and top-​shelf tendencies, picked the venue herself. My partner and I, traveling from Seattle to the wedding, were hoping for something classic and beautiful, and bracing ourselves for something back country and hickish. WHAT A PLEASANT SURPRISE when we pulled up to this beautiful farmhouse and were like «wow, this is such an impressive structure for an organized party/​event.»
The structure was warm and inviting, with beautiful lighting fixtures and plenty of room for approximately a hundred or so people to mingle and drink and eat and be merry.
My cousin knocked it out of the park with selecting Quonquont Farm for her wedding reception. I’m sure I’ll eventually move to New England, and it’s always great to have fabulous function locations in mind, and Quonquont Farms can easily be on your short list.

We had our wedding at Quonquont a few weeks ago and people continue to rave about how beautiful the space was. Jenelle and her team were extremely helpful throughout the whole process, the farm was gorgeous, the barn was perfectly set up, and Jenelle made sure to make it easy for us to have an additional Sunday morning brunch back at the farm as well. The price also felt extremely fair– Saturday rental for $ 2700. I’m not sure if this has changed given their growing popularity but compared to lots of other farm/​barns in the area, we thought it was a great rate, especially since it included all the tables, chairs, and ceremony chairs.
I have a feeling they’re booking up quickly but the Northampton area is perfect for a summer wedding!
The only downsides:
It was fantastic to have air conditioning in the barn– and very much needed– but once the reception began, the barn felt pretty toasy. It might have been that it was just so hot outside and there were 130 people inside.
The town of Whately places noise restrictions on the events so there’s a particular decibel level the band/​DJ cannot exceed (which I don’t think should be a problem since the doors to barn must remain closed) but it means no music outside during the cocktail hour and the doors do have to remain closed during the reception.
Also, the town of Whately requires that events be over by 10 pm. This was fine for us but I could imagine that it’d be a problem for others.