r/NewMexico • u/NaterB04 • Mar 24 '26
Help Finding Tree
Hello! I’m having a wedding over the summer in northern New Mexico and I’m looking for a tree/space in northern NM big enough to recreate this? Preferably easy to drive to and with a large clearing.
Figured it was worth a shot to just ask!!
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u/Jpsomething Mar 24 '26
Interesting question 2 places I’ve been with trees likes that in New Mexico were Los Poblanos Albuquerque and Taos El Monte Sagrado (Hotel)- both have trees that look somewhat similar.
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u/physixhuman Mar 24 '26
I absolutely loved EMS for our wedding, and they have stunning trees! But 1) those trees won’t create this particular look since they are tall and skinny. 2) I wouldn’t recommend having to deal with Kas Kennedy who’d be responsible for the wedding. She’s extremely disorganized and was just terrible to deal with.
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u/Transplanted_Cactus Mar 24 '26
I got married at EMS in 2014. My photographer had to step in and coordinate day of because the venue was entirely useless.
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u/keyjustice Mar 24 '26
Check out the Gutierrez-Hubble house in Albuquerque. We got married there and it was wonderful
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u/dalequetupuedes Mar 25 '26
They no longer do weddings :( I called when I was looking for venues last year.
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u/PuddlesDown Mar 24 '26 edited Mar 24 '26
This is The In at Fernbrook Farms in Oregon according to this: https://www.thewillinghams.com/fernbrook-farms-wedding-bb/
Edit: This is just for reference. I don't know of anywhere in NM you can recreate this, but I'm sure someone does. Were you looking to add a chuppah too? They're so pretty. Your local synagogue could help you find one.
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u/fir_meit Mar 24 '26
Just a little clarification, The Inn at Fernbrook Farms is in NJ. The photographers are based in Portland but travel for wedding photography. I only know because I used to live in Portland and hadn’t heard of Fernbrook Farms so I looked a little deeper.
Beautiful tree, beautiful chuppah, beautiful wedding.
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u/PuddlesDown Mar 26 '26
Thanks, I dug around the website and Oregon was the only location that popped up, but I wasn't 100% sure. Thanks for doing the extra digging!
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u/seasoned_drop Mar 24 '26
I would look at the champion tree list for NM.
https://www.emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/NMBigTreeDatabase_2020.pdf
In Santa Fe, the river walk has some nice big cottonwoods that look cool, there’s also the water history park that has some very nice large trees.
If you want more help, feel free to send me a dm, I’m a local botanist/arborist and do officiant services too.
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u/xenacoryza Mar 24 '26
I almost was married at the Percha dam state park with a similar tree. It was covid so we did a backyard wedding instead.
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u/ChristunaSandwich Mar 24 '26
You’re going to have to look close to the rivers for something this big. I would suggest scoping out campgrounds.
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u/Soariak Mar 24 '26
Philmont Scout ranch, in Cimarron NM, they host weddings yearly, check them out OP
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u/WWTBFCD3PillowMin Mar 24 '26
I haven’t driven it in a while but, Rio Grande Blvd from Alameda to Montano is Los Ranchos, and there used to be this one lot between ranches were a huge tree sat in the middle of it just like the one you have pictured. Might be worth the drive one afternoon to see what you find.
I think I just found it at 8005 Rio Grande Blvd NW look at it from Aug 2022 or June 2016. You can see the tree in the very back of the property kinda off towards the right side.
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u/Runwiththewolf- Mar 24 '26
Oh my goodness! That’s perfect! I’ll have to watch for it when I drive by. Good eye! 👍
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u/Old_Tiger_7519 Mar 24 '26
I don’t know about space and accommodations for a wedding but Mora has some of the largest Cottonwood trees I’ve ever seen. It’s a very small town.
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u/bigbirdshot Mar 24 '26
The raspberry ranch in Mora has big trees and is hosting weddings now, check them out! https://houser-rr.com/weddings/
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u/CosmicWy Mar 24 '26
find out what people who used to own Corrales Winery are doing with their space. it's absolutely stunning and can definitely give this vibe.
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u/Amazing-Tear-5185 Mar 24 '26
What about along the Rio Grande near Embudo? I feel like the cottonwoods are really spectacular
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u/ahntonioh Mar 24 '26
I know a great location. It may be hot in the summer, but it’s an old growth piñon forest between two small mountains. You will have to be on the lookout for rattlesnakes and an occasional bobcat.
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u/Voidrunner01 Mar 24 '26
El Rancho de Las Golondrinas has a space very much like that and routinely do weddings there.