Ryan Clay
Google
I have a sound and lighting business called Sound Made Simple. I recently did the sound and lighting for a wedding at the Good Earth Farm Barn. I can’t say enough good things about the venue, the location, and the owners!
The barn is absolute stunning! The owners, Jeff and Nancy, have done a remarkable job restoring and renovating a timeless relic of prairie history and landscape and breathed new life into its beams and boards. While I was setting up for the wedding, I was thinking of how the barn has been used over the years and how it’s now this fabulous place for family and friends to gather in celebration, thanks to Jeff and Nancy’s vision and efforts.
At this particular wedding, the ceremony was upstairs in the loft which was absolutely beautiful and comfortably held the 100(ish) guests present. A wide ramp provides handicapped accessibility and made loading my sound equipment in and out of the loft a breeze. Outside the door to the loft and at the top end of the ramp, there’s an outside seating area which provides a relaxing outdoor space for guests before and after the ceremony and during the dance, with a beautiful of the pasture and surrounding fields. The dinner was downstairs in the bar area, which has the original stone foundations walls and a wood floor, installed by the owners. The downstairs is rustic and amazingly elegant at the same time thanks to the owners’ attention to detail and great style. The dance took place back upstairs in the loft, which is gorgeous when the setting sun streams through the stain glass window in the west wall.
Jeff and Nancy are so easy to work, accommodating, and down to earth, which as a vendor, makes my job so smooth and more enjoyable!
The location is great, just a few miles south of Lennox and 25ish minutes from Sioux Falls. It’s an easy-to-find venue, right on a paved road, but far enough in the country to feel like you’ve been transported to another time and place.
I highly recommend checking out the Good Earth Farm Barn for your event! You won’t be disappointed!
(Also, I ran the sound for a couple of the Good Earth Farm Open Mic Night / Pizza Nights this past summer. The pizza Jeff and Nancy make during their pizza nights at the farm is seriously the best I’ve eaten in my entire life!)