Burnham Grove Estate Wedding Photos
An 1860s barn, an 1880s homestead and a marquee with clear walls on Cawdor Road
Burnham Grove Estate is a 45-acre property on Cawdor Road at Cawdor, near Camden, about an hour south-west of Sydney. The land was settled in the 1850s, the barn went up in the 1860s and the Doust family built the Victorian homestead in the 1880s; it was restored from 2015. Ceremonies run in the barn, the oval Secret Garden, a two-tier garden above the paddocks or a palm-shaded wet-weather garden; receptions of 40 to 150 are in a permanent marquee with chandeliers and clear walls.
Veri’s Sydney team has photographed two weddings here. Yarlini and Simon held both ceremony and reception at Burnham Grove. Jessica and David married here and then moved to The Woodlands at Harrington Park for their reception, which is a short drive; the estate’s peppercorn trees, fountain and orchard filled the portrait hour in between.
Photographing a wedding at Burnham Grove Estate
The tiered garden faces the open paddocks, so a late-afternoon ceremony puts the sun low behind the couple and the country in soft light. The peppercorns give the shade we need for family groups earlier in the day, and the barn doorway frames the wedding party. Save the sunset swing and the fountain for the couple alone. The marquee’s clear walls keep the garden in every reception frame after dark. The galleries above are two Burnham Grove weddings.