A special place for your special day.

The team at Abbot Falls Weddings takes pride in doing everything possible to make your wedding suit your unique vision.

Our land is impeccably cared for and full of natural wonder for you and your guest to enjoy. With multiple locations for both ceremony and reception set up, you’ll have the week leading up to your big day to get all the details into place on the property.

We are here to guide you every step of the way.

PROPERTY AMENITIES:

  • Wedding trellis

  • Handcrafted wood bar

  • 6- 33 gallon trash cans

  • 125’ 10 gauge 4 wire electrical cord to go from generator to power strip and 100’ extension cord

  • Trailer to move chairs from the ceremony to the reception

  • Campfire and firewood

  • Wooden easels for pictures or seating information

  • Signpost (Love, Friends, Family, etc.)

  • Cottage for wedding party members to get dressed - no electricity, run by generator

  • Swimmable pond

  • The site is available for decorating, some storage, wedding rehearsal, and rehearsal dinner several days before the wedding and the day after

  • Parking signs and a person to direct the guests

  • Signs to direct people to the wedding site (189 Depot Rd, Candia, NH 03034)

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

  • One-day liability insurance policy

  • Tent - we highly recommend Special Events of NE.

  • Port-a-Potties - we highly recommend Triangle PS

  • Food/Caterer

  • Tables, Chairs, Linens, etc.

  • Licensed bartender

  • 5000kw generator minimum and extra gas if needed

  • Clean up of site and removal of all generated trash within 24 hours after the wedding date.

  • Any additional vendors, i.e., DJ, flowers, photographer, etc.

Things to keep in mind:

  • Abbott Falls Weddings at Chivers Pond is a 100% outdoor, OFF-GRID location.

  • Located at the end of a 1 mile, hard-packed dirt road, there is no running water on the property. Potable water can be acquired from the property’s sink pump. Any and all electricity is provided by generators (not supplied).

  • There is a small cottage on the property that can be utilized for getting dressed before your ceremony/reception, but otherwise, there are no indoor spaces.

  • With four different ceremony and/or sites available on the property, set up can be done anytime in the week leading up to the wedding. A small storage shed is available for housing decorations etc., throughout the week.

  • Located 20 minutes from Manchester, NH, and less than an hour from Nashua and Dover, NH, surrounding accommodations are many. The property also boasts its own HipCamp, 2/10ths of a mile from the wedding venue.

Owners Boyd & Lynn, along with their son & daughter-in-law, Pete & Marissa, who were married on the property, are your caretakers for this 1800s-era once water-powered mill site.

“The site is evidence of the New Hampshire tradition of harnessing nature to power lumber and grain mills in an era that preceded steam and electric power. It is evidence of Yankee thrift and ingenuity and reflects New Hampshire’s natural beauty.” - Boyd Chivers

Once just forest and swamp, the Chivers Family has painstakingly crafted and maintained this beautiful southern NH property for over 30 years.

Hosting weddings for family and friends since 2014, the Chivers Family is proud to now offer wedding & event services to all.

This family’s commitment — to each other, their property, and your event — is one based on integrity, passion & professionalism.

We look forward to hosting your unique, rustic NH wedding at Abbot Falls!

The Chivers Family

Pete and his mother, Lynn, at his wedding.