Nigerian & West African Weddings
Two celebrations. One estate. All weekend.
The trad, the white wedding, and the owambe your guests will talk about for years: a private 12-acre lakefront estate in Buford, Georgia, with two mansions that keep both families close.
Why families choose White Fallow Estate
Built for big joy and both ceremonies
A Nigerian wedding is never just one day, and this estate does not treat it like one. Take the whole weekend: the introduction on Friday evening, the traditional engagement and white wedding on Saturday, thanksgiving on Sunday. The barn seats 200 with a real dance floor, the lakeside holds your vows, and the two mansions sleep 36, one side for each family, so mothers, grandmothers, and the bridal party wake up steps from everything.
Gwinnett County is home to the largest Nigerian community in Georgia, and metro Atlanta holds one of the largest in the country: your people are already here. Hotels at the Mall of Georgia sit ten minutes away for the rest of the guest list, and the estate is 40 minutes from Atlanta. Bring the aso ebi, bring the drummers, bring every auntie. We would be honored.
Schedule a Private TourIntroduction
Both families, one great room: kola nut, prayers, and the first of many toasts in the privacy of your own mansion
The Trad
Aso ebi fills the 200-seat barn: your alaga runs the show, the wine carrying finds the groom, and the talking drums have room to breathe
White Wedding
Vows by the lake or under the barn's white beams, then straight into the reception without moving 300 guests across town
The Owambe
Live band and DJ trading sets, outfit changes in the mansion suites, and a dance floor that holds the whole family until the last song
Money Spray
Spray freely: crisp bills raining down on the couple is celebrated here, never side-eyed, with room for the full circle to form
Send-Off
Sunday thanksgiving in the morning, then a slow farewell brunch on the covered porch before anyone has to say goodbye
The Big One
Bring your own caterer. Yes, really.
Most venues near Atlanta lock you into a house kitchen or charge heavy outside-catering fees, and that is no way to serve jollof. White Fallow Estate is a true open-vendor venue: bring the Nigerian or Ghanaian caterer your family trusts for smoky party jollof, small chops, suya, and pounded yam with egusi, with a full caterer's kitchen in the barn and zero penalty fees.
Picture it: the band strikes up, the money begins to rain, and for one golden night Lagos itself comes to Georgia.