Wedding Photographers & Videographers at The General Potter Farm, Spring Mills

A wedding at The General Potter Farm in Potters Mills (Spring Mills mailing address) takes place on about a dozen acres of woods and fields with running streams in Penns Valley, about 15 minutes east of State College. For wedding photos and video, that means a stream and a pond framed by willows and wildflowers, plus old farm outbuildings, all within a short walk of the barn.

You can spend the whole day here. The farmhouse, newly renovated and steps from the barn, has bright rooms for getting ready, five fireplaces and a big porch over the stream. Your wedding ceremony can be in the Ceremony Meadow beside the Potters Run stream and pond, an easy walk across the field and down the hill, and the lawn there has power for your musicians and your wedding videographer's sound. The stone-walled lower level of the barn also works for a ceremony or cocktail hour, and it opens onto the barnyard with lawn games.

Upstairs is the main reception room, with exposed beams, an open loft, wide-plank floors, whitewashed walls and a two-story vaulted ceiling. It holds up to 200 guests for dinner and dancing, and it has temperature control, ambient lighting and power set up for a band or DJ. The farmhouse sleeps 12, so your family or wedding party can stay over the night before your wedding day, and it works for a rehearsal dinner or the morning-after brunch. The venue keeps a list of vendors it knows well, including caterers and bartenders.

• Schedule a tour through the farm's website and check availability.
• Walk from the farmhouse to the meadow with your photographer to plan the timing.
• Ask about catering, booking the farmhouse for the weekend, and the farm's photo and video guidelines.

A little about The General Potter Farm

The barn is a two-story bank barn built in the 1830s and renovated for events. The original farmhouse is about 3,800 square feet.