Wedding Photographers & Videographers at The Orchards, Chambersburg

Your wedding reception at The Orchards in Chambersburg starts in a ballroom built for a crowd. The room holds up to 500 guests, with soft ambient lighting and a modern statement chandelier overhead, and that warm, even light is kind to your wedding photos and to the video of your grand entrance. Your photographer will find the chandelier a natural centerpiece for a wide picture of the whole room once the tables are set.

The Orchards is a family-run fine-dining restaurant and event center, and weddings and rehearsal dinners are among the events its banquet team hosts. Rooms are assigned by guest count, so a smaller celebration can use part of the space, and a banquet coordinator plans the layout and timing with you from the first call. For the night before, the restaurant also has private dining rooms for six to twenty guests, including a library room lined with wood shelving and old books.

Everything on the menu comes from the in-house kitchen: passed appetizers, buffets or plated dinners, carving and dessert stations, and a children's menu. Trained bartenders run the bar, and tables, linens and glassware are set before guests arrive. You can add staging, a DJ or band setup and audiovisual equipment, which gives your band a clear spot and gives your wedding videographer a clean view of the toasts and the first dance. The Orchards does not list a ceremony space, so plan your wedding ceremony elsewhere and arrive here for the party.

• Book a tour of the banquet hall and ask for the banquet packet with menus.
• Walk the room with your photographer and videographer to plan your entrance and the toasts.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines and timing for your wedding day.

A little about The Orchards

Since The Orchards opened in 1994, the same family has owned and run it. The family that runs it today trained at The Culinary Institute of America and also operates several other restaurants in Chambersburg.