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| - I just had my wedding here in the Venus Garden. Valerie Thornton was my first contact. She was helpful and got our package set up, but was slightly less responsive once we had our package booked. Then Rebecca Proffitt was our wedding coordinator. She won't really get in touch with you until about 4 weeks or less before your wedding, but she does respond within about 24 hours. The grounds are beautiful, the minister was great, the pianist was great and the photographer was also pretty good. While this place is definitely a wedding mill -- and every single thing adds up, I still would have it here again. The weather was perfect, Rebecca was very sweet, and the place just has a very intimate and romantic feel to it. I had my wedding in December, so I can't speak to loud music at the pool area (which is right behind the garden) because no one was in the pool in December, but that could be an issue if you choose to have your wedding during the warmer seasons. It might also be irritating to walk around the pool area (you have to walk through the pool area to get to the garden) with all the wet puddles on the ground from people splashing around. This, again, wasn't a factor for me because it wasn't pool season during my wedding. I'd highly recommend this place for a wedding in the winter. Still very temperate and beautiful, and we also got a deal with the pricing since it's low wedding season. The only other thing which isn't particuarly great is that the photography packages are very expensive. The photos did come out pretty good though, so that was a nice surprise. Overall, would recommend as we had a good experience here.
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