A Tops’l Weekend
A weekend on a working farm in Midcoast Maine, with your wedding at the heart of it. Friday noon to Sunday noon, no one else on property. Mornings belong to the farm, evenings to the celebration, afternoons to the coast.
A Working Farm
Tops'l Farm is a working farm on 83 acres in Midcoast Maine. Not a venue with a barn on it.
We tend the gardens and cut the flowers that go on your table.
We grow the herbs.
We raise the pork and the lamb.
The chefs you hire cook with Maine as their inspiration and their kitchen.
Ten seasons. A handful of weddings a year.
What This Is
Most venues sell a block of hours. This is the farm, from Friday noon to Sunday noon, closed to everyone else. Thursday is yours if you want it.
Thirty-four of the people you love sleep here — the Farmhouse, the Farm Cottage, eleven woodland cabins. Up to 140 for the celebration. The Meadowhouse sauna, hot tub and cold plunge are open the whole time.
A Place to Gather
The weekend you give everyone you love isn't four hours in a ballroom they drive home from.
It's two days on a farm in Maine. By Sunday they know each other.
The Rooms
Thirty-four guests, asleep on the farm.
The Farmhouse sleeps eight
The Farm Cottage sleeps four
Eleven woodland cabins sleep two each
Your guests book and pay for their own rooms, directly with us. Lodging does not sit on your invoice.
The rate is the whole stay, not the bed: welcome drink, breakfast hamper each morning, the Meadowhouse spa and everything in it, robe and towel each, the run of the farm. Tax and gratuity inside the number — nothing added at checkout.
The Table
You'll eat what's best that week, cooked by the best people in this state.
A short list of chefs and caterers, each with their own approach to Maine food — wood-fired in the meadow, plated in the barn, one long table. They're on our list for a shared commitment to Maine’s farms and boats - always in season, paid direct whenever possible. Morningdew greens. Stonecipher peppers. Brodis wild blueberries. Damariscotta oysters, that morning. Herbs and flowers cut here.
More of it comes off this farm every season. You and your planner choose the kitchen; the money stays close to the ground it came from.
The Farm
Six event spaces: the Woodland, the Meadow, the Event Barn and Porch, the Glass House and clear tent, the ceremony sites, the Riverside Yurt.
The Medomak River, the swimming hole, trails, gardens, animals. Speakers, mics, bistro and event lighting. A commercial kitchen for the chefs you hire.
The retreat
The sauna is fired up each morning.
The wood-fired hot tub looks out at the field. The cold plunge is there for the brave.
Meadowhouse is yours the whole weekend — before the rehearsal and the ceremony, the morning after. Not an add-on. Part of what the farm is.
Group yoga can be arranged in the Glass House, the meadow or the yurt, $300 a session. Massage in your room, $150 an hour.
The Weekend
Two days, and no part of it in a hurry.
Friday
Guests arrive from noon onward and find their cabins. The rehearsal dinner is at long tables in the barn or field. The fire goes late.
Saturday
Getting ready in the farmhouse. Vows in the meadow, the woodland, or the barn. Dinner under the lights in the Glass House, then dancing and late night at the fire.
Sunday
A breakfast farewell if you’d like. No one rushes. One last walk to the Medomak River.
What Couples Love Most…
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"We highly recommend spending time at the venue Sarah has lovingly created - having a whole weekend with our closest family and friends staying onsite was something we greatly cherish and will continue to for years to come."
Rachel Tiedemann
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“The best people and best wedding weekend ever. No question. We just held our 120 person wedding at Tops'l and still can't believe how perfect everything was. I could not recommend this place and team any higher, 10/10. We will remember this weekend forever."
Dylan Saunders
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“One of the highlights was having our friends and family stay on the property with us—it truly made the whole experience even more special. Our guests couldn't stop raving about the delicious food and drinks served during both our rehearsal dinner and wedding. Everything was executed flawlessly, creating a warm and enjoyable atmosphere that made our day unforgettable."
Natalie Whitmore
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“However, neither one of us wanted to spend a lot of time planning a wedding, so finding a venue that could plan and execute for us was essential. Tops'l Farm's package was an ideal fit for us. Even so, I was concerned that it would feel too much like a rinse and repeat wedding that wasn't reflective of who we were as a couple. This fear, it turned out, could not have been further from the truth."
Elizabeth Kropf
The Farm Fee
$42,000 June through September
$34,000 in May and October.
Friday noon to Sunday noon, the whole property, exclusive. Six event spaces, sound and light, Meadowhouse woodland spa, a full commercial kitchen for your caterer, and the run of 83 acres.
Optional
The Farm Set, $4,500 — ceremony benches, farm tables, black cross-back chairs, cocktail tables, fireside seating, up to 140. Set and struck by us.
Covers a Friday and a Saturday setup.
Thursday, if you’d like it - exclusive use for an extra night — $8,000. Rooms billed separately.
Not through us
Food, drink, planner, flowers, photography and music are contracted with your own vendors. Lodging is booked and paid by your guests.
