Weddings on the Chesapeake
The water, the vows,
the long weekend
Held in partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum,
with the entire estate reserved privately for your guests.
A Whole Weekend
Moofy weddings are not a single afternoon — they are a long weekend, opened privately to your forty closest. The ceremony is held at the Maritime Museum next door. The rest unfolds at the estate.
No two weddings here are alike. We hold one party at a time, and we plan it with you — the run-of-show, the catering, the vendor list, the where-everyone-sleeps. What's listed below is what's included; what's not, we shape together.
The Ceremony
At the Maritime Museum
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum sits a short drive from the estate, in St. Michaels. Its lawn opens directly onto the bay — boats moored at the dock, the lighthouse at one end, the open water at the other.
Our relationship with CBMM means dates, logistics, and design are coordinated end-to-end. One contract, one team, and a single point of contact for both estate and museum.
The Reception
Catered, curated, yours
Receptions are held in the museum's event spaces — flexible rooms scaled for dining, dancing, and the long evening on the water. Our partner chefs build menus around the Eastern Shore: local oysters, crab in the right season, a small farm's worth of vegetables a stone's throw from the kitchen.
Dietary requirements are accommodated as standard. Bar programs, sommelier-led pairings, and signature cocktails built around our Lyon Rum partnership are arranged on request.
Where They Sleep
Forty-one bedrooms, held privately
The five buildings sleep, in total, up to seventy of your closest guests. We help with the room assignments — who in the Main Lodge, who in the Brick House, which family the Garden Cottage suits best, who takes the Pilot House's single room out near the water.
Additional rooms for the wider invite list are available in nearby St. Michaels and Oxford — we'll hold blocks and arrange transport.
See the houses
After the Reception
The barn, for the small hours
Back at the estate, the barn opens for an intimate after-party — a smaller, looser space for those who are not yet ready for the evening to end. A late-night menu, a second bar, a fire outside.
What's Included
The shape of the weekend
Exclusive use of the estate
Five houses, forty-one bedrooms, a thousand-foot pier — yours for the weekend.
Ceremony at the Maritime Museum
Vows overlooking the Chesapeake, in partnership with our neighbors at CBMM.
Customizable catering
Curated by Chesapeake Chefs using local produce, the gardens, and the bay.
Welcome arrangements
Pre-arrival stocking, transport coordination, dietary accommodation, and more.
Private barn for the after-party
A second, more intimate gathering space — for the small hours.
Full activity programming
Sailing, paddling, yoga, tennis — for the days before and after.
A Typical Wedding Weekend
Four days, unhurried
The weekend before
We finalize the run-of-show with you, your planner, and CBMM. Welcome stocks arrive at the houses.
Friday
Guests arrive, settle into their assigned houses, gather at the lawn for a welcome dinner.
Saturday
Ceremony at the Maritime Museum, reception in the CBMM event spaces, after-party in the estate's barn.
Sunday
A long brunch on the property, the morning by the water, a slow departure.
Begin
Plan with our team
Send us your dates, rough headcount, and a sentence or two about what kind of weekend you have in mind. We'll respond personally — with availability, a starting plan, and a call when it suits.