Loggerhead Marinelife Center

My wife Jaclyn and I hosted a "night before" get together BBQ for approximately 100 out of town guest the evening before our wedding day. The LMC was the perfect venue to celebrate. Our guests enjoyed fantastic views of the ocean and sunset from the top deck. As well as the aquatic residents at the LMC, turtles, sharks, rays & fish swimming in the tanks below. The staff at LMC was a pleasure to work with from start to finish following up on every detail and exceeding our expectations - thank you Tonya!. They handle the set up and break down of all the tables & chairs so our caterer, 5 STAR CATERING did not have to provide any of the seating. The LMC offers both indoor and out door venues all on property. Though we use the LMC for our rehearsal dinner it would have made a perfect location for our wedding reception and ceremony. If you are looking for a venue in Jupiter, Florida look no further. The LMC is absolutely beautiful. This is truly a hidden gem!!

I grew up in Jupiter, LHMC was a staple of my childhood. When I heard they had a new event space that would be opening around the months leading up to my wedding I jumped on the opportunity to have my reception there. I grew up loving and respecting the turtles and the ocean and this just felt right. Sadly they were unable to have turtles at the time of my wedding which was disappointing.
We had cocktail hour on their rooftop deck and the reception right downstairs.
Cocktail hour was beautiful! We hired a saxophonist which really set the mood, the breeze up there and the ocean view was spectacular. It’s completely under cover as well.
We were able to transform the event space where we had the reception into a beautiful room perfect for a party which was hard to imagine when we first went to see the space.
Be advised, this is an ala carte option. Luckily the cost of the space counts as a donation to the turtles and that’s pretty awesome. We had to hire out every last detail. LHMC provides the event space and 60” round tables which they will not allow you to put 10 chairs at. This limits you to tables of 8 or less people unless you rent larger tables. We had 17 tables plus the sweet heart table and we only used 2/3 of the space. It was the perfect amount of space and the room set up was perfect for mingling and interacting with all of our guests.
You will need to hire a wedding planner!! DO NOT try to have a wedding here without one. You will want to have the room draped as it adds much needed dimension to the room which has fairly low ceilings. You will have to buy additional insurance for the event space. Mine cost around $150-175.
The event coordinator, my planner and my photographer worked great together and did everything they could to ensure that my husband and I had everything that we needed including photographs on the beach and around the tanks at golden hour when the sunset was just right.
LHMC has a team of people working together to try to make your wedding day seamless and as long as you have a great caterer, DJ, photographer and planner you will not be disappointed.