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Amidst 88 acres of pastures, wildflowers and 100-year-old trees sits Lune 1860. A private venue in the lush countryside of Western Ontario, Lune is an idyllic escape and a place for intimate gatherings, life celebrations and bespoke creative experiences.
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WEDDINGS
Whether you are promising forever in front of a select group of friends or filling our elegantly appointed phases with up to 100 guests, it would be an honour for us to be part of your wedding day.
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PRIVATE EVENTS
Intimate, meaningful, private. Whether you are celebrating, reconnecting or making new memories, immerse yourself in our ethos of personal connection and creativity.
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CORPORATE EVENTS
A refreshing departure from the team-building corporate retreat as you know it. Welcome to our Quarter Moon experience.
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PHOTOSHOOTS
For a visual concept unlike any other, Lune is the perfect backdrop for your story.
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ART DIRECTION
Collaborate with Lune on creative strategy, visual storytelling and brand + art direction.
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SHOP
A curated collection of carefully selected found and made objects; some new, some redesigns and hand alterations-something new created out of what was. Others are handmade on site.
HOW IT BEGAN
In 2018, co-founders Lisa Mok and Ezra Silverton made a chance discovery of a property in the Canadian countryside. Barely visible from the No. 8 Highway near Goderich, Ontario, it sits at the end of a seemingly endless drive canopied by trees.
The house was built before the Canadian Confederation and the surrounding farmland and forest resides on the traditional territories of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and Neutral peoples. Lisa and Ezra acknowledge this history, and continue to be forever grateful to work, live and create on this land.
The pair renamed the manor house Lune 1860 (French for moon) and conceptualized eight unique spaces, each inspired by a different phase of the lunar cycle. Together, they look to Lune as a multifaceted approach to design and collaboration. Among their offerings are the intimate dinner series Piena, a kitchen garden and beehives, and a gallery shop filled with pieces they commission and source from international artists.
Their original inspiration for Lune was the house itself. It was built as a country estate in 1860 and, for 160 years, its grand rooms served as both a family home and a place for lavish entertaining. The exterior, which remains mostly unchanged, was modelled after the Osbourne House, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s summer residence on the Isle of Wight.
Residing in the home in the early 19th century, the Curzon family transformed the house into an eminent gathering place, lovingly hosting locals and global dignitaries alike. In the mid-20th century, the property fell into disrepair, and the once-lively home sat empty and covered in vines for decades. In the late 1990s, the house was restored by a local couple and it served as their family home for the next 15 years.
Inspired by this story, Lisa and Ezra knew they wanted people to gather at Lune once again, surrounded by family and old and new friends. They invite you to experience a piece of Canadian history – even if for a fleeting moment – to connect back to yourself and create your own beautiful moments in time.
We acknowledge that the land we stand upon today is the traditional territories of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, and Neutral peoples and is connected to the Dish with One Spoon wampum, under which multiple nations agreed to care for the land and its resources by the Great Lakes in peace.
We also acknowledge the Upper Canada Treaties signed in regards to this land, which include Treaty #29 and Treaty #45 ½.
We recognize First Peoples' continued stewardship of the land and water as well as the historical and ongoing injustices they face in Canada.
Lune is divided into eight spaces that reflect the phases of the moon.
VENUE GALLERY + DETAILS
THE FOUNDERS
Lisa Mok - Co-founder + Artistic Director
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Lune is the vision of prolific creative director and graphic designer Lisa Mok. Behind her award-winning, instantly recognizable aesthetic is an innate understanding of what we all want to look at and feel inspired by at any given moment, a finger on the pulse that has resulted in Lisa's creative work going viral several times over. Through Lune’s immersive experiences, visual storytelling and home and lifestyle design, Lisa is redefining what it means to live fully and beautifully, creating a living, breathing proposition of how to celebrate the most memorable moments in our lives.
Over the past decade, Lisa has travelled the world to work with internationally recognized artists including Julia Hetta, Mel Bles, Christopher Anderson and Joey Lawrence. A highly sought-after artistic talent, she's the former Global Creative Director of Canada Goose and continues to work on creative strategy, brand positioning, art direction and visual storytelling for local and international brands, most recently Puma x June Ambrose, Tilley, Tacori and Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts.
Lisa is currently the Creative Director of Sephora Canada – celebrating beauty, diversity and community by leading the creative direction for all brand and seasonal campaign initiatives, product launches, collaborations, activations and retail experiences.
Advertising & Design Club of Canada | Communication Arts Magazine | D&AD | One Show | Infopresse Lux Award | Luerzers Archive magazine | Canadian Marketing Award | National Advertising Award | Hospitality Design Award
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If you'd like to collaborate with Lisa for creative strategy, visual storytelling and brand + art direction, reach out to lisa@lune1860.ca
Ezra Silverton - Co-founder + Operations Director
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An early adopter of digital marketing technologies, Ezra has been part of the digital marketing industry for over 20 years with a focus on orchestrating digital transformation projects. He built a reputable digital agency in Toronto, and won many awards over the years working with some of the most recognized brands. In 2013, his company merged with another agency and, over the last 10 years, he has been managing its operations. Proficient in overseeing the end-to-end lifecycle of enterprise digital marketing projects, he has worked with some of the largest B2B fortune 500 and 100 companies in Canada and the US. He currently sits as a board member.
Ezra's personal interests have always been in building something or attending to the garden. This only fuelled the desire to find a place outside the city and, when he came across the Lune property, it was a match made in heaven.
Today, Ezra handles all of the behind-the-scenes operations and marketing for Lune; with his extensive knowledge and passion for landscaping and gardening, he is the mastermind behind all that you see when you arrive at the property, including harvesting Sticky, Lune's own honey. Once in a while, he'll peek out for a social post.
