Wedding Ceremony in the WOODS...need location in NC, VA, TN, GA! help? :)?

Question

Thank you in advance for ANY help you can give us!

We're getting married Oct. 2008.
It seems like a long time from now but venues in the mountains get booked up *quickly* for Fall weddings, so we need to find some places ASAP!

I'm not worried about the reception location (tent on a farm).

But the location for the ceremony is driving me NUTS!

We'd prefer a place around Asheville, NC. Or at least in western North Carolina…but I would be ok with North Georgia, Virginia or Tennessee as well.

We are looking to do a really non-traditional/non-denominational HIPPIE BOHEMIAN type ceremony.

We really want to find an area (with decent parking) that you enter into a BIG open forest.

We want the trees to totally *surround* us and just feel like we are really IN the woods.

We can find mountain overlooks and *partially* wooded areas galore, but none that are more-or-less closed off with trees!

PLEASE help point us in the right direction!!!

*thanks so much*

Answer 1

try gatlinburg...fun and lots of trees!

Answer 2

There are lots of areas up near Asheville and between Asheville and Boone. Consider what is referred to as a "castle". Mountain castles are usually much smaller than you imagine. You could also try around Charlottesville VA. Though October is difficult up there since the first snowfall in VA/Boone is usually in October so you'd hate to have an outdoor wedding with snow.

Why don't you consider a public garden? That always has amble parking and gives you the outdoorsy feel.

Here are some links
http://www.iloveplants.com/cgi-bin/tseekdir.cgi?location=Root-Regional_Gardening-Georgia-Public_Gardens
http://google.cn/Top/Home/Gardening/Gardens/Public/United_States/Georgia/
http://www.travelersdigest.com/georgia_botanical_gardens.htm

The hard part is if a place is totally closed off with trees, it will be difficult to have a clearing large enough to set up for a wedding--plus a hike for people to get to from the parking lot.

You also might consider a public park--those are usually run by the county so you can look it up on a county by county basis. Or a zoo. I know Tennessee has a zoo in Knoxville and Chattanooga.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Cade's Cove would be an awesome place to get married. It is in Tennessee. Rock City would also be really neat, although that doesn't so much fit what you are describing. The Road to Nowhere in Bryson City NC might also be nice.

Answer 5

Sounds like you are looking for the place where the teddybears have their picnic!
Seriously, is there a national forest in any of those states? That could be somewhere to start looking.

Answer 6

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