|
By Ryan Whitt
Dreaming Creek Farm, found off of Union City Road just a few minutes drive from downtown Richmond, is a new premier event destination in Madison County, offering services for weddings, anniversaries, even business meetings.
Dreaming Creek Farm, named after the creek of the same name that was named by Daniel Boone, was created by Gerald Jones as a way to pursue his passion of cooking for the community.
Jones actually was a computer science specialist at IBM and the Cincinnati Children’ s Hospital, serving as the Systems Integration Specialist and Lead Systems Analyst at those organizations for more than 20 years total.
But while he was working at those places, his real
|
passion was food. On the side he ran a catering trailer between the hours of his other jobs. And while he enjoyed it, it was hard work, having to cook and clean and travel constantly. He envisioned a way to simplify it, to do it all in one place.
“ By having Dreaming Creek Farm it allows me to cook here in my kitchen and not have to load out. So people get to come here and I get to feed them,” said Jones.“ For someone to come in and eat your food that doesn’ t know you, is a tremendous respect in my opinion.”
And that’ s how Dreaming Creek Farm was created. Eight years ago Jones bought the property, and spent the years since fixing it up; leveling out the land, bringing electricity to the property, actually creating the building from the ground up, and more.
|
“ Dreaming Creek has been in my mind for over 10 years,” said Jones.
Last fall Dreaming Creek Farm opened its doors for the first time, but this year will be the first major wedding season that the venue sees.
Dreaming Creek Farm features a climate controlled barn licensed for 300 guests, with additional room for another 300 guests in the outside amphitheater.
“ Some of our niches is that we can serve as an indoor or an outdoor event, and with Kentucky weather and Mother Nature, that’ s a need,” said Jones.
Jones designed the barn directly on the cardinal heading so that the front of the barn faces North, the left side faces east, the back faces south, and the right side faces west.
“ I designed corporate computer systems, so I
|
have a habit of overthinking things. So I knew exactly where the sun was gonna rise, exactly where it’ s gonna set,” said Jones.“ I have absolutely unobstructed sun when it rises in the morning, absolutely no obstructions until seeing it set.”
When designing the garden paddock Jones made it so that while the wedding is occurring the bride and groom face North away from the sun for better lighting and grants a great view of the nearby hills and horse farms.
The venue itself includes dedicated dressing rooms, photo nooks, sound and video equipment, tables, chairs, linen covers, seasonal floral center pieces, and even two large dry erase projector walls.
An upstairs apartment is even available for renting for people coming from out of town who need a place
|