My daughter's wedding was delighful. The combination wedding garden, 13-room B&B, and reception barn met our needs for a reasonable price point. Rob (the owner) only does weddings now, so we had plenty of time to really decorate the barn starting mid-week. All the bridesmaids and out-of-town immediate family stayed at the B&B. We used the barn's first floor for a staging area with bridal couple video after the ceremony while the wedding party took pictures. Our 200 guests were "snug" upstairs for the reception. We cleared out about 10 round tables in the center for a dance floor, which worked out fine as about 1/3'd of the guests started leaving after the toasts and traditional first dance, bride & father, and groom & mom's dance. We had to move the ceremony into the reception area due to rain (very rarely happens Rob said), so we made a center isle and started a little late, but it all worked out fine. After the ceremony, the rain cleared out to take outside pictures, so the upstares was re-set and the caterer's were all set. (We moved the guests back downstairs while we took pictures.). The garden area for the outdoor ceremony seats 200+ easily and the September flowers were in full bloom. There are three sitting rooms; the dining room seats 25 easily. A large carpeted basement room was perfect for the hair stylist and bride staging area. Hy-Vee (ask for Johanna) superbly catered our reception meal. Rob has 150 white chairs for the garden, so we rented 200 chairs and some more tables from Sunflower Rental for the reception. Call Ursula (at Sunflower) -- she was wonderful. Rob serves a traditional farm-style breakfast with fruit and such for the weight-watchers. Coffee's hot at 7:00, 8:30-9:30 breakfast; very informal (which we liked). Because we had most of the week to set-up (again, Rob does primarily week-end weddings), we were "so "set-up" by Saturday morning, for the evening wedding, we could focus time on our out-of-town family and friends. The B&B was designed and built as a B&B, so all the rooms have private tubs and showers, queen or king-size beds, lots of Victorian decor. The frequent coal trains are more noticable at night, so have light sleepers bed on the west side of the B&B. Oh, yeah, you're close enough to Lawrence to make a Wal-mart or Hy-Vee (big grocery store) fetch-something run in under 45 minutes round-trip.
If you're set on and outdoor wedding in eastern Kansas, note that the barn is not air-conditioned, so Kansas' unpredictable weather is a given. Our mid-September wedding worked out fine -- the well ventelated barn was warm for dinner at 8:00 (high 70's) and cooled as the evening proceded. The barn's upstairs reception space is not handicapped accessable (no elevator) -- it is a barn.

We had our small outdoor wedding at the Victorian Veranda Inn. It's a beautiful country setting, lovely garden and ceremony space. And the inn was excellent--10 nicely decorated rooms/suites. Rob, the innkeeper, was very easy to work with, a great host, and he officiates a lovely ceremony. The wedding packages they have are a great value, regardless of the size of your wedding.
--Robert and Sarah

Rob and Beverly were amazing hosts and the Inn is quite beautiful. They are very welcoming to children. Sadie and Sam are the canine friends who will greet you and love you bunches. Our son had an amazing time wandering with their dogs and granddaughter. Very peaceful except the trains, which do not bother us because we come from a town with trains also. I woke up for a few horns but I am a seriously light sleeper and was missing my foam pillow also. Definitely not something I would let stop us from staying here again. A home cooked breakfast was served and tea and coffee were available at all times. At night it was very comfortable because Rob and Beverly disappeared so you do not feel like you are in someone else's home and have to go to bed early and be quiet...we felt very free to come and go as we please. Rob is amazingly well informed about Kansas and can pretty much tell ya anything you want to know and is so generous with his time even though we were pressed to get out and visit downtown. We wished we could have just hung around the inn and enjoyed it more. Overall it was amazing to stay in such a homey place and I wish we had more time to stay and relax. Definitely felt like home but better because you will be well cared for. There's something special about someone who makes you feel like your experience is really important to them and in this day and age they are certainly a rare find.

We got married last weekend and i cant say enough on how beautiful the place was. It was a perfect day with the weather and the flowers and just everything. It was the best weekend of my life. We had a little party on Friday night that was a lot of fun and the wedding on Saturday was amazing. Rob and his crew had the place looking great. The rooms were great and we got a lot of great pictures indoors too. I cant say enough about how great it was. We have a lot people still talking about how great it was too. This is a hidden gem if you get the right date and weather.