About
About Dogwood Ridge Weddings
Callie Winslow started Dogwood Ridge Weddings in 2017 after five years coordinating events for a hotel group, where she watched the same thing happen over and over: a couple would fall in love with the ballroom, then spend the next year discovering nobody was managing anything outside it. The florist, the band, the rental company, the seating chart at eleven the night before — all of it fell on the couple, because a venue coordinator's job ends at the venue's own walls.
So Dogwood Ridge only does one thing: manage everything a venue coordinator doesn't. That means real vendor relationships across Cherokee, Cobb and north Fulton counties, a genuinely opinionated eye on design, and — because Callie got tired of couples emailing three planners just to find out which ones they could afford — a price on every package before you ever have to ask.
Dogwood Ridge also plans a small number of corporate and private events each year, mostly for past wedding clients who come back for a milestone anniversary or a company party. Weddings are still the business — three a month, by choice, so nothing is planned on autopilot.
“You should know if we're your planner before you ever send an email.”
Who you'll work with
Callie Winslow
Callie Winslow
Owner · Lead Planner
Nine years planning weddings after five years coordinating events for a hotel group. Callie runs every full-planning and partial-planning wedding personally — no hand-off to an associate mid-contract.
Questions
Working with us.
- How far in advance should we book a planner?
- For full planning, twelve to eighteen months before your date, since that gives us time to secure the venue and vendors you want rather than whoever still has your date open. Partial planning works with six to twelve months. Month-of coordination can be booked as late as sixty days out, though we book up early — Fridays and Saturdays in spring and fall tend to go first.
- Do we meet you before we sign anything?
- Always. Every inquiry starts with a call or a video meeting, at no cost, before any contract exists. It's how you find out whether you want to spend the next year working with us, and how we find out whether your date and vision fit what we do well.
Not sure if you even need a planner?
A venue coordinator and a wedding planner are not the same job, and the difference usually shows up on the wedding day itself.
Check the number before you write anything.
Every package lists a starting price. If it fits, the first conversation is about your wedding, not about whether we’re in your range.