Private 40-acre nature reserve in the secluded wooded bluffs of Maiden Rock & Stockholm, Wisconsin, Maidenwood (formerly Maidenwood Lodge & Pine Creek Lodge) was built in 1992 as a bed and breakfast. With hopes of preserving the Pine Creek, a Class I trout stream, the property and multiple other additional properties were put into a conservation easement in 2001. We are allowed four acres for permanent structures and the other 36 is to be left as natural as possible. In 2009 Maidenwood was converted into a nature-inspired wedding venue. Originally taking advantage of the beautiful gardens and stunning wild flower prairie ceremony site with views of Lake Pepin, Maidenwood started hosting its first weddings.

In 2020, Steve & Kristen Macke purchased the property from the Kirchners. On the first day we toured the full property, we were in awe of this majestic grove of trees and we went to work to create what turned into both our wooded ceremony spots, The Pines and The Forest (our intimate forest wedding setting). Steve has been involved in the wedding industry since 2003 and his DJ company, Trustworthy Music, typically does 100-125 events per year in Wisconsin and Minnesota. In September of 2018, he was the DJ at a wedding at the Maidenwood Lodge and then a short two years later, his family purchased it.

As you will see below, our secluded, nature-inspired wedding venue is filled with the beauty of nature and thoughtful touches.