Roseland Cottage

Jan Rockwood

So great .

M. M. Deane

Very interesting spot in the middle of nowhere. Guide was well educated and delivered a great tour. Will watch for the special "behind the scenes" tour dates to see kitchen and servants' quarters.

Ilse Van Rooyen

Our Justice of the Peace suggested we meet up at Roseland Cottage for our 6-person weekday wedding (she herself got married here too, she works with them a lot, and since people can sit on the grass and have a picnic, she thought it would be a good place for a quick ceremony without fanfare). The entire ceremony took fewer than 6 minutes (we have the video to prove it) as we all stood outside on the grass. In the middle of the ceremony, a woman called my then soon-to-be father-in-law over to question and complain to him about our presence. He politely asked her to defer until the end of the ceremony. She did so but stood right there staring us down. Once the ceremony was done (about 6 minutes after we literally got out of our car), she motioned toward him again and demanded we pay $2,200 for the 6-minute ceremony. He talked her down to $895 (which is actually their micro-wedding package which includes two-hour access for the ceremony & wedding photos and up to 15 people). We had no chairs, we did not enter any building, we literally just stood on the grass for fewer than 6 minutes. Moreover, the fact that she wanted $2,200 and didn't mention anything about the smaller package is suspicious. She put a damper on our wedding day, on our special day. We didn't know and we chose to use the location because we specifically wanted to keep costs as low as possible. $895 later, I went to this woman, Laurie, and asked if we can use the rest of the 2 hours (I'd looked it up) for photos the next day. She laughed at me mentioning the two hours from the website but then said she gives us permission to do so. Sitting here ruminating about this incident, unable to sleep because if we had used a different location, no one would have interrupted our wedding or tried to exploit us for $2,200 during it, I decided that I don't want to use that place for photos. I don't want that negativity that's already marred our wedding day to also marr the rest of our photos. I wholeheartedly don't recommend this place.

Steven Pendleton

The home & grounds are left as if the family just stepped away. You can't imagine the interior of the home as you wander among a family's private collections right down to Mrs Bowen's wedding dress!!