When the roses are in bloom, there is no more picturesque spot! Other gardens in the park also provide a beautiful background. Parking is free and there is no admission charge.
Elizabeth Park Rose Garden is on the border of Hartford, Connecticut and West Hartford, Connecticut.
Rose Garden gazebo weddings in Elizabeth Park are favorites because of the surrounding roses. Inside the gazebo is private when the vines are in leaf. For example, the people inside the gazebo are not visible in the photo.
In the Rose Garden there are large arches (ideal for processions), with the rose beds arranged like spokes of a wheel with the wedding gazebo as the hub.
Across from the Rose Garden is the Elizabeth Park Perennial Garden, with its own pergola. This pergola will comfortably hold more than 25 people plus the couple and celebrant. When you provide your own chairs, 50 people could witness the wedding ceremony.
If you were to go straight through the pergola, you would go underneath a square arch with hanging greenery and down stone steps into the sunken rock garden. The sunken garden is a convenient place for you to do a last-minute check of hair, ties, flowers, and other wedding details before beginning your procession to the pergola for your ceremony.
In the photo looking from the sunken garden toward the pergola, I'm encouraging people to join the handfasting ceremony that is about to begin under the pergola. The ribbons shown gently blowing in the breeze will be used by the guests as well as the celebrant to join the joyous couple.
Please see the Unity Ceremony Page or the Handfasting Ceremony Page for a discussion of handfasting with ribbons and cords.
In the fall, Elizabeth Park takes on the colors of autumn. For example, the leaves on the Rose Garden gazebo turn brilliant colors before falling.
Generally, the roses in the rose garden are at their showy best during July. The weekend nearest the fourth of July tends to be the height of the season for people to visit the roses, and, of course, that is peak wedding season in Elizabeth Park.
The Perennial Garden has beautiful flowers from spring through fall. You may find that at the time of year you want to have your wedding the Elizabeth Park Perennial Garden has better blossoms available than the Rose Garden.
In September, for example, the dahlias are in glorious display. The volunteers who make the whole park more beautiful through their loving care take pride in all of the flowers and trees in Elizabeth Park.
No matter what time of year you have your wedding, the stone bridge over the ponds is an ideal place for photographs!
The official Elizabeth Park Web Site (WWW.ElizabethPark.Org) has different photos and other information, including the schedule of events.
The Pond House, located in Elizabeth Park, is an excellent place for your reception after your spring, summer, or fall wedding in Elizabeth Park Rose Garden. The food is very good and the service is outstanding. (I speak from personal experience!)
In case the weather turns out to be less than ideal, you could have your wedding ceremony in the Pond House. Couples have their winter weddings inside the Pond House; the pond and trees behind the Pond House also make a great backdrop for photographs with the snowy landscape.
The photos on this Page don't begin to show the beauty of the Pond House decorated for a reception, and they can't show the professionalism of the staff and management. Why not try the Pond House's food and service by having lunch or dinner there?
You can call (860) 231-8823 to ask about your Pond House wedding, or for information on your Pond House reception you can visit the Pond House Web Site, WWW.PondHouseCafe.Com. There is a Photo Gallery under the Banquets tab that shows not only Pond House weddings, but also great photos of Elizabeth Park.
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Version 4.4 25 November 2011