The Madrona hosts weddings for up to 150 guests, corporate retreats and incentive groups of up to 60, and private dinners from 8 people. The hotel occupies a historic mansion and eight acres of gardens on a hillside at 1001 Westside Road, about a mile from the center of Healdsburg in Sonoma County, California.
Seminars and company events
For business groups, The Madrona offers a private boardroom, several dining rooms and easy access to off-site team activities in the surrounding wine country. The hotel quotes capacities from 8 for a small private meeting to 60 for a larger company event. Events can also move between several spaces in the course of one day, for example a meeting in the mansion, cocktails on a terrace and dinner in the garden. For groups of more than 60, the hotel offers exclusive use of the whole property, which opens up spaces reserved for full buyouts.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are a central part of the offer, with capacity for up to 150 guests. The South Lawn is set aside for large ceremonies and the Orange Grove for smaller ones. Rehearsal dinners can take place in quieter corners of the grounds, and the hotel works with a list of preferred partners for other services.
Rooms and capacities
The hotel publishes a property map with capacities. Inside the mansion, the Drawing Room seats 20 (30 standing) and suits intimate dinners or salon-style meetings, and the Front Parlor seats 12 (20 standing). The Palm Terrace seats 80 and takes 120 for a reception, while the Palm Terrace and East Lawn together seat 150. The Front Porch takes 50 standing. Outdoors, the South Lawn takes 150 for a ceremony, the Valley Oak Deck seats 60 (100 standing) for dinner and dancing, the Oval Terrace seats 32 (60 standing), the Pool Deck takes 40 for cocktails, Garden Lane seats 40 (60 standing), The Tent seats 16 (25 standing) and the Orange Grove seats 40 (60 standing).
Accommodation
The estate has 24 guest rooms, split between classic rooms in the historic buildings and private bungalows on the hillside. With full buyout, a wedding party or leadership team can keep all of them.
Catering
Food is handled in-house by The Restaurant at The Madrona, an all-day restaurant led by chef Patrick Tafoya. Event menus range from relaxed brunches to multi-course dinners and use produce from the gardens on the property.
History and setting
The house was built in 1881 as a gabled private residence in the style of the Aesthetic Movement and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The designer Jay Jeffers has reworked its interiors and outdoor spaces, down to the linens and silverware. Art from the Dolby Chadwick Gallery hangs throughout the hotel. The hotel was awarded Two Michelin Keys in 2024 and 2025.
Getting there
The hotel states that Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa is about 15 minutes away and San Francisco International Airport about one hour. Downtown Healdsburg is roughly a mile away.
