This is our story.

A Labour of Love

If you’re new to The White Poplar, you may not know that we built this entire venue ourselves over the course of three years. Bringing our vision to life taught us the literal meaning of blood, sweat & tears. It has and continues to be a true labour of love and we are so proud of what we have created - we can’t wait to share it with you!

- AJ & Dillon Nunes

The White Poplar’s Story:

It all started when Dillon found a piece of property for sale on Kijiji. It was 70 acres with trails cut through mature forest and a 10 acre clearing with a pond. We went to look at it and fell in love - we made an offer to buy it that weekend. Once the sale was complete we started to think about what we wanted to do with our beautiful piece of land.

We were planning our own wedding when we found there was no venue available in the area able to host our event - the seed of an idea was planted that maybe we could build one.

Fast forward two years, and we were in a place where we could make the venue a reality. Our vision was to create a simple yet comfortable & beautiful space that we could afford to rent out at a fair price. We had the skills & support to build it all ourselves, and we did!

With the support of our family & friends, in the summer of 2019 we started the huge task of landscaping the property and building the pavilion. In 2020 we built our washroom/catering prep/storage facility and completed the majority of landscaping.

In 2021 we were lucky enough to begin hosting weddings & events. We met so many beautiful couples, families and vendors. We hope to see you celebrating at The White Poplar in the future!

PROGRESS PICTURES

THANK YOU’S

To our parents:

Tom & Sandi, John & Muriel; we are so grateful for you. Your support and expertise keeps us going in the right direction. Your belief that what we are doing is good means the world to us. We wouldn’t be able to do this without you. We love you all so much!

Photo by: Camryn Elizabeth (Tom & Sandi)

Photo by: Camryn Elizabeth (John & Muriel)

To our friends & family:

You have all been so excited and supportive of this adventure we are on and we are lucky to have all of you in our lives as our biggest fans. The memories we create and share in this beautiful place will be precious to us forever.

To Sam & Kevin:

Thank you for trusting us with your wedding day and believing in our vision. The bromance has and will reach new levels - thank you for your help making this happen.