Gastler Farm

A family-run venue, drowning in the inbox.

Gastler Farm is a family-run garden wedding venue in New England, hosting weddings seasonally between May and October. The farm has been in the Gastler family for generations, and in its current chapter operates as a sought-after wedding and events destination.

Owner Leah Gastler was wearing every hat in the business — planning gardens, managing events, and personally responding to every inquiry. The daily grind of email had become a repetitive cycle: the inbox would fill up, she would empty it, and it would fill right back up again.

What seemed like a small task was quietly eating over an hour of her day. And because she could only check email a couple of times a day, couples browsing venues on a lunch break often moved on before she could respond.

Mikla took over the entire inquiry front end.

Gastler Farm brought in Mikla to handle the full inquiry pipeline. Mikla plugs directly into the conversation flow that used to consume Leah’s day — responding instantly to every inquiry, answering venue questions, and booking tours on the calendar — so Leah’s first interaction with couples is when they walk through the door.

The handoff covers instant replies, natural conversational lead qualification, automated tour booking, persistent follow-up sequences that recover ghosted leads, and a seamless handoff once a tour is booked.

Tour bookings doubled. Three contracts in the first week alone.

The impact was immediate. Within the first full week, tour bookings at least doubled — and have stayed at that level since. Three inquiries converted directly into signed event contracts.

Speed made the biggest difference. Couples browsing venues on a lunch break got an instant reply from Mikla and booked a tour before the break was over. By the time competing venues replied hours later, Gastler Farm already had the couple walking through their gardens.

And the hour-plus of daily busywork is gone. Leah now focuses her time on event planning and the work that matters.