Places to have a wedding in tennessee

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Tennessee offers a variety of beautiful wedding venues, from historic Southern plantations and awe-inspiring state parks, to elegant mansions and art galleries. All are charming choices for your special day and offer a variety of packages that promise your Tennessee wedding will be a beautiful affair your guests will remember forever.

1. Spring Haven Mansion

   • Spring Haven is a beautiful property located just north of Nashville, TN, that was built prior to the Civil War. With its formal dining and parlor rooms, you can have a seated dinner for more than 100 guests. Additional space is available with the charming screened-in porches and the front and back lawns. Spring Haven offers several wedding packages, including a very reasonably priced package for a small, intimate weekday wedding and cake reception for $1800. This package includes 5 hours of rental time, music, bride's bouquet, tables, chairs, linens, and a photographer who gives you unlimited reproduction of the photos. If you would like all of your wedding details handled, you can opt for the "What a Wonderful World" package. This package, at $12,750, includes catering, bar, an overnight stay in the cabin, floral package, wedding day coordinator, rehearsal dinner, cake, access to the music system, and seating for 150 guests.

     Spring Haven

     545 East Main St.

     Hendersonville, TN 37075

     (615) 826-9702

     springhavenmansion.com

   Chapel at the Park

   • Surrounded by the Great Smoky Mountain State Park in Gatlinburg, TN, with its seven foot fountains, a waterfall, and gazebo, Chapel at the Park is the perfect place for a romantic wedding in a natural setting. Ceremonies start at $499 for an indoor wedding with minister, unity ceremony, videotaping, and 17 pictures in a photo album. Wedding packages go up to $15,455 for a ceremony and reception that includes limousine service, bridal attire for the wedding party, floral package, dove release, honeymoon accommodations, 60 pictures, parents' albums, dj, rehearsal dinner, cake, and buffet dinner at your reception. Other packages can be added for $25 per person for a full dinner.

     Chapel at the Park

     1844 E. Parkway

     Gatlinburg, TN 37738

     (865) 430-3382

     chapelatthepark.com

   Belle Meade Plantation

   • Built in 1853, the historic Belle Meade Plantation expands over 30 acres and is 6 miles west of Nashville, TN. With your wedding package you will receive 8 hours of rental time for your choice of gardens, indoor, and outdoor sites. Your package includes tables, chairs, and setup. Belle Meade allows you to decrease your reception costs by offering you the choice to hire your own caterer, bartender, and bring in your own drinks. Many established venues will not give you this freedom and will increase your overall costs or charge you corkage fees or cake cutting fees. Facility rentals begin at $5,000.

     Belle Meade Plantation

     5025 Harding Pike

     Nashville, TN 37205

     (615) 356-0501

     bellemeadeplantation.com

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   Dixon Gallery and Gardens

   • The Dixon Gallery and Gardens is perfect for your Memphis, TN, wedding if you are a cultural buff or you just want to add a bit of class to your wedding day. This site offers great views of nature and art with over 2,000 paintings, sculptured lawns, French and Italian influenced formal gardens, woodland gardens, and artistic stone sculptures throughout the property. You can rent the pavilion at the Dixon Gallery for about $1,000, plus the cost of membership. You will need to provide your own caterer, wedding coordinator, and music as the package only includes the facility and seating costs.

     The Dixon Gallery and Gardens

     4339 Park Ave.

     Memphis, TN 38117

     (901) 761-5250

     dixon.org

   Riverwood Mansion

   • Just north of downtown Nashville, TN, The Riverwood Mansion is an expansive venue with an antebellum mansion, 8 acres of lush gardens, and a tented pavilion. It can accommodate up to 300 guests. With the Grande Celebration Package, you and your guests can have free reign over all 8 acres of the beautiful grounds, the grand mansion, and includes over 3 acres of attended parking. The mansion will offer you a wedding coordinator and a full staff. Additionally, you will have a tented pavilion, lighted gardens, a catered meal, china table service, live ceremony music, fresh flowers for your entire bridal party, candlelit decorations throughout the mansion, and Bath and Body Works soaps and lotions in all powder rooms. This package runs $19,625 for 150 guests.

     Riverwood Mansion

     1833 Welcome Ln.

     Nashville, TN 37216

     (615) 228-8892

     riverwoodmansion.com

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