The Emerald Cottage on Hidden Lane
The Emerald Cottage, a timber-framed venue with a glass gable peak surrounded by tall trees, string lights, and flowering gardens
Brainerd Lakes Area · Minnesota

A small wedding, made beautifully simple.

The Emerald Cottage is an intimate micro wedding venue where a lakeside ceremony and a timber cottage make room for the people who matter most.

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Welcome

We believe the best weddings feel less like a production and more like a warm gathering of everyone you love — a day you can actually slow down and savor.

Hidden down a quiet lane in the Brainerd Lakes area, The Emerald Cottage was made for couples who want their day to feel personal. No crowds to entertain, no timeline racing past the moments that matter — just you, your favorite people, and a little cottage in the trees.

Everything here is kept intentionally simple, so the day can be about the smiles, not the logistics.

A bride in a white gown walking a forest path framed by lush green foliage
The Day

Small by design, remembered forever.

Everything at The Emerald Cottage is scaled for intimacy — a handful of your favorite people, and all the room in the world to feel.

A couple exchanging vows beneath the greenery-covered lakeside arch with the officiant, guests, and lake behind them

A Lakeside Ceremony

Say your vows on the water’s edge beneath a living arch, with the lake and the northwoods as your only backdrop.

A couple sharing a kiss surrounded by seated guests at candlelit farm tables inside the timber cottage

The Cottage Table

Gather inside the timber cottage around a long, candlelit table—the kind of dinner no one wants to leave.

A candlelit place setting with taper candles, fuchsia and yellow napkins, and vintage floral china

An Unhurried Celebration

One wedding at a time, never rushed. We host select weekends so your celebration can unfold at the pace you deserve, with every detail kept quietly beautiful.

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See a day unfold on hidden lane.

“Our wedding at the Emerald Cottage was an absolute dream come true. It was everything we wanted and more.”

Lauren Ayers · Google review

A bride and groom walking hand in hand through a tunnel of guests holding sparklers, the glowing cottage behind them at dusk
The last dance, the first goodnight

Days that end in sparklers and someone you love.

The Gallery

A few moments from the cottage.

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A vintage-style two-tier buttercream wedding cake with white roses, styled with grapes and brass candlesticks in the cottage barn
A couple sharing their first kiss at the lakeside ceremony
Emerald Cottage reception tables with vintage floral plates, gold chargers, pastel candles, and colorful bud-vase flowers
A guest raising a glass in a toast at a candlelit farm table inside the timber barn
A colorful bridal bouquet of coral, peach, pink, orange, and white flowers held in the cottage woods
A couple sharing a first dance inside the barn with the glass garage door open to the forest
The lakeside ceremony space at golden hour
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