Show the workings
A venue suggestion should come with useful reasons. A score on its own is not an explanation and it is never a guarantee.
About Event Orchard
An orchard, not an endless directory.
Home-grown in Somerset, Event Orchard is a small attempt to make the first conversation between an organiser and a venue much more useful.
The starting point
Too much searching begins with repetition.
People planning events repeatedly type the same date, guest count, location and budget into separate enquiry forms. Venues receive messages with too little context, then spend time discovering that the event was never going to fit.
A conventional directory helps you find names and photographs. It does not carry a clear description of the event from discovery through to the first serious conversation.
Event Orchard starts with that description. One Event Brief can produce explainable matches, a private shortlist and a deliberate introduction to a verified venue.
Why the name
Useful networks are cultivated.
An orchard is not a pile of trees. It is a place where individual parts are tended so the whole becomes more useful over time. That is the idea behind connecting organisers, venues and the suppliers venues trust.
It also reflects how Event Orchard intends to grow: locally first, listing by listing, with visible sources and human decisions where verification matters.
Ground rules
How we want the orchard to grow.
The guest holds the Brief
Shortlisting stays private. A verified venue receives a Brief only when the person planning the event deliberately sends it.
Say where information came from
Unclaimed listings use limited public business facts, show their status and source, and include routes to claim, correct or remove them.
Do not pretend a feature exists
No invented availability, bookings, partners or success stories. Early-stage should sound early-stage, because trust is more useful than polish without substance.
Where we are now
Young, working and deliberately South West.
The application is live in early form, with researched venues across Somerset, Devon, Dorset and Wiltshire. Accounts, Event Briefs, private shortlists, venue claims and verified venue portals are working today.
Supplier tools are earlier and are being shaped around genuine venue relationships rather than opened as another unfiltered directory. The next stage is to learn from real organisers and venue teams, then grow only what proves useful.
Ready to plan something unforgettable?
Describe your event once and see venues that genuinely fit — with the reasons why, not a mystery ranking.