Nashville Wedding Location

Did you know that hundreds of weddings take place in Nashville parks and Tennessee state parks every year? There's a couple of main reasons for that. One, is the cost. The cost of renting a Nashville park site for a wedding is very affordable for most couples.

At least, compared to what they hear from some of the wedding venues around town. Another reason people use parks for weddings is the sheer beauty of the parks. What's not to love? Depending on which park you marry in, you have lakes, trees, hills and flower gardens.

Getting married in a Nashville park is a great idea but as with any wedding plans you have to have contingency plans. If the wedding date and time is rain out, you need to be ready to move yourselves and if necessary guests to an alternate site for the ceremony. There's also the matter of the wedding reception. Where will you have it, presuming you have enough guests?


Ideally, the park will have what you consider the perfect reception area. If not, park personnel can likely tell you what other couples have done to accommodate their guests for a reception. Unless they are brand new, this is not the first park wedding that they have seen.

Centennial Park is truly a Nashville park. It is only about a mile from the very center of the city. The park is the location of Nashville's Parthenon, as well as a good number of squirrels and ducks. In addition to the Parthenon, the lake makes this park quite attractive. There is a beautiful flower garden known as the sunken garden where hundreds of ceremonies have taken place - some just the couple and a minister and other with numerous guests.

The biggest park in Nashville or in the state for that matter is the Edwin and Percy Warner Parks. These parks are found in an exclusive park of the city. In fact, it's adjacent to Belle Meade which is one of the cities per ca-pita in the country. While the park is huge, you of course only need a small parcel for your wedding. You can either just show up for a simple ceremony with an officiant, or reserve an area if you want to be sure no one else can infringe on your chosen spot at your chosen time.

You could venue outside of Nashville a short drive and get married in the chapel at Montgomery Bell TN State Park. This park is located between White Bluff and Dickson, Tennessee about a 45 minute drive west of Nashville.

Another park near Nashville Crockett Park which incorporates the Cool Springs House. The Cool Springs House does book up pretty quickly as it used not just for weddings but also many community events and large family functions. Since the price is so nice that's another reason dates get taken quickly. So this one might require some ahead of time planning to make sure you can get the date you want.

These are just some of the options for a Nashville wedding in a park. You can check city and state websites for more park information.