Family reunions
Built for the way your family
actually works.
Your family has branches, a potluck tradition, elders who hold the stories, and a hosting rotation that nobody wrote down. Grove gives all of that a real place to live, so the person doing the planning isn't doing it alone.
Start your reunionYour branches. Your history. Your rules.
Most families aren't one flat list. They're branches: the Atlanta side, the Detroit cousins, Grandma Ruth's line. Grove lets you set up your branches once, and that structure carries forward every year. Each branch gets its own channel, its own RSVP count, and its own place in the story.
Branches carry over
Set them up once. They persist across reunions so you never have to rebuild the family tree from scratch.
Branch channels
Each branch gets its own communication space. The Texas crew can coordinate without flooding the main thread.
Branch Olympics
Put tug-of-war, trivia and relay races on the schedule, so every branch knows when to show up ready.
The potluck board knows what's still missing.
The board is organized by category: mains, sides, desserts, drinks, and more. It starts empty; the organizer adds what's needed, and family members claim what they're bringing. Grove tracks what's covered and what still has gaps, so you don't end up with seven macaroni salads and no cups. The organizer sees the full board. Everyone else sees what's still needed and can claim a slot in two taps.
Some people hold the family's history.
Grove helps keep it.
The Memory Wall is where the family's stories live. The grandmother who started the reunion. The names of those who have passed, carried in from your imported roster, and you choose who appears. The elders answering the family's questions in their own voices. The sweet potato pie story that nobody was supposed to share. Grove keeps all of it in a private archive, organized by decade, that grows every year and belongs to the whole family.
Whose turn is it? Grove keeps track.
In a lot of families, branches take turns hosting. But nobody remembers whose year it is, and the handoff always happens too late. Grove lays out the rotation years ahead so the next host can start early, and passes forward what the last host set up: the tasks, budget categories, schedule, and a handoff brief on what worked and what to skip.
Set the order once
Define the rotation by branch. Grove keeps the sequence written down, years ahead.
You're up next
The next host gets a heads-up email 24, 12 and 6 months out, so they have real lead time instead of a last-minute scramble.
Notes travel forward
Tasks, budget categories, the schedule, and the payment setup carry forward. The outgoing host writes a handoff brief so the next one doesn't start from zero.
Change it when life happens
A branch needs to pass their year or co-host with another branch? The organizer updates the order and saves it.
The reunion page is what they actually see.
When family members get the link, they land on a public reunion page with everything they need: the date, the location, the schedule, and a way to RSVP. No app to download, no account to create. They get a personal link that works on any device, and on the day of the reunion, the reunion page has the schedule, check-in by name, shoutouts, and the photo wall. Announcements go to the family feed.
See what the reunion page looks likeKeep reading
More reunion planning guides.
How to plan a family reunion
The 12-month guide for first-time and returning reunion organizers.
12-month reunion checklist
Month-by-month tasks so your committee always knows what is next.
How Grove compares
Side-by-side with spreadsheets, group chats, and generic event tools.
How Grove works
The planner view, the family view, and everything in between.
Your family's reunion deserves a real plan.
Free to start. No credit card. About nine minutes to set up.
Start your reunion