The Ferme de la Faisanderie in Villepreux, in the Yvelines, hosts seminars, cocktails and weddings for up to 160 guests. It is a working farm next to the Ferme du Prieuré, with converted farm buildings: a grain barn of 350 m², an open hall of 200 m², a sheepfold of 160 m² and a 100 m² room for meetings of up to 40.
Seminars and company events
The Séchoir à Fleurs is the meeting room. It covers 100 m² in the heated sheepfold and holds 40 people, with 20 tables, 40 chairs, whiteboards and a video projector. The official site recommends it for meetings and seminars. For larger company events, the grain barn is listed for corporate seminars and cocktails and takes 160 people at 20 wooden tables with 200 chairs. It comes with video equipment, a bar area and a caterer's office next door. The Bergerie is also described as a modular room for professional events, with sound and video equipment, a terrace and a view over green fields.
Weddings and receptions
The farm presents itself as a venue for weddings and family celebrations as well as company events. The grain barn is listed for weddings. The Bergerie is listed for weddings, secular ceremonies and christenings, and has a lounge area. The open hall, which opens onto the garden, can be extended outdoors when the weather allows. All three large rooms are laid out for 160 guests with wooden tables and schoolhouse-style chairs.
Rooms and capacities
The Grange à Grain covers more than 350 m² under an exposed timber frame with large workshop windows. It is not heated. It holds 160 people with 20 wooden tables and 200 chairs. Included are video equipment, a bar area and an adjoining caterer's kitchen.
The Halle Ouverte covers 200 m² at ground level, with workshop-style french doors opening onto fields and garden. It is not heated. It holds 160 people. Included are an adjoining kitchen with a cold room and toilets, including accessible ones.
The Bergerie covers 160 m², is heated, and has stone walls. It holds 160 people. Included are sound and video equipment, an adjoining kitchen with a cold room, accessible toilets, a lounge area and a storage room. A fitted terrace extends it outdoors.
The Séchoir à Fleurs covers 100 m², is heated and holds 40 people. It is named after the flowers that hang drying from the ceiling, grown by the farm's flower grower.
Catering
Each large room has a kitchen or a caterer's office next to it, with a cold room in most cases. The official page does not say whether the caterer is imposed or free, so organisers should ask when they request the venue.
History and setting
The Ferme de la Faisanderie sits next to the Ferme du Prieuré and is run as an active farm. Its buildings face the fields and have been renovated for events. The Séchoir à Fleurs is also used by the farm's flower grower, Claire, which is why dried flowers hang in the room. The farm is on the route de Rennemoulin in Villepreux.
Getting there
The farm is at route de Rennemoulin, 78450 Villepreux, in the Yvelines west of Paris. The sister farm, the Ferme du Prieuré, is at Rennemoulin. The official page gives no station or driving times, so ask the team about access and parking when you contact them.
