Guinea fowl

The guineas have finally found their way to the inn. We keep six guinea fowl in the coop next to the llamas. Because they are a little noisy, we wanted them to be away from the inn a bit. We acquired the guinea fowl chicks about he same time as the chickens, but we don't house them together.

The reasons to keep guinea fowl are 1) they are cool, 2) they eat bugs in the garden without scratching and ruining the plants, 3) they clean up bugs around the llama dung piles and 4) they also eat ticks. Gotta love that.

Today, as you can see, they were all over the grounds of the inn. Over the past few weeks since they've been free ranging, they've gone across the shoreline highway (we had to stop traffic to get them back), and they've gone into the spring and woods where I'm sure they are finding lots of good bugs to eat.

Well today they made their way onto the inn property, and even seemed to want to get into the new Wine Bar[n]. Apparently they're anxious for it to open too.

-- John

Glendeven Events

For the first time in some years, Glendeven hosted a wedding just a few weeks ago.

We are so glad to be able to offer the inn for weddings, commitment ceremonies, and other events.

There are many different and varied venue options given our eight-acres, gardens, and our indoor & outdoor public spaces:

The courtyard of the Wine Bar[n] is a protected private space perfect for outdoor dining and other events. We had a full sit-down full-service dinner here for the wedding, and it was picture perfect.

Inside the Gallery and Wine Bar[n] we can hold up to 50 people, we have a full on- & off-sale wine license, on-site parking for 30 cars, and a Wine Bar[n] kitchen that helps facilitate the food and wine service.

There are lawns, and even pastures that can hold large tented events. We're going to explore this and offer the pasture lands as an option in 2009!

It is really very exciting and we cannot wait to host more. We've got two more weddings in October, and we are very excited!

Step by step, our goal is to offer more amenities to guests, and also more ways for Glendeven to be used as a venue for local and guest events. We're moving forward step by step -- we want to be sure to do it right!

More to come!

-- John