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[Continued from previous page] anyone to second-guess my ideas,” she explains. Determined to make a go of it, Jackson was confident that the changes she was making, both to the property (backbreaking work hauling rock with her wheelbarrow) and in marketing with new materials and a redesigned website, would pay off. Just when she thought she’d have room to breathe, her landlord dropped a virtual bomb on her heart. It was November 2010 and she had a Christmas Day deadline to fork over $15,000, or she would lose it all. “That’s the point when it became my baby. It wasn’t for Glenn or anyone else. This is the place I love, the work I’m gifted for. It’s mine,” she says, determination glowing in her eyes. She ran specials, prayed, paid her landlord on Dec. 22 and hasn’t looked back. Morgan Jackson has taken the Inn at Wild Rose Hall from a mediocre event venue off Highway 290 to a glorious rustic getaway in the Hill Country. She started with 19 events in 2010 and grew to 57 weddings in 2011; she already has 45 booked for 2012. You can find her at wedding trade shows throughout the year. She works tirelessly to get folks out to the inn; she knows they will love it as soon as they cross the threshold. Through persistence and hard work, Jackson had a vision of what the inn could become and she is making it happen. She painted the exterior to reflect the Southern roots she and the home share, complete with a sky-blue porch ceiling. She acquired gorgeous antique windows and hung them to form a wall on the outdoor pavilion. Her story is a perfect example of what happens when the passion of a dream meets the determination to rely only on yourself. “You can only know what you’re going to do, what you’re capable of, when you just do it,” she says. This is a woman who found her passion, followed her dream, and created a business and a life that she loves. Her laugh and can-do attitude are the first of many details that make guests feel right at home. She enjoys seeing how each couple puts their own unique stamp on the inn. After all, it’s all about love.
The Inn at Wild Rose Hall b 11110 Fitzhugh Road Austin, Texas 78736 innatwildrosehall@gmail.com 512.380.LOVE
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