First of all the venue is gorgeous, everything that I could have wanted. When I first booked with Southwood October 2016, Jessica Worden was the wedding coordinator and she was amazing. Then in May 2017, things started getting a little frustrating. My fiance and I met with Jessica during a menu tasting, she mentioned in the conversation that she was "so sorry that she would not be there on my wedding"!! I asked her what she meant, and she said that she forgot to tell me that she would be leaving in August and nobody would be replacing her as the wedding coordinator/day of planner. So that was very frustrating. After I found a new day of coordinator (Kim Dyke with Taylor'd Southern Events), I found out on the news that the Southwood Clubhouse/Golf Course was up for sale. I was not notified by the staff there to see how/if it would affect my wedding. I had to reach out to them.
I was told that the Food&Beverage manager along with the Pro Shop manager would be taking over the wedding operations, so I began working with them and planning out our layout/menu/etc. My future mother in law was working with him as well to coordinate the rehearsal dinner. This was in August. I had no reason to contact them until two weeks before the wedding (which is where we are currently at) and give them my menu and headcount. Well come to find out BOTH of the managers no longer work there. Again, I wasn't notified. So I am currently scrambling trying to reach out to the new Food and Beverage Manager and see if they will honor what I was promised by the previous managers. At this point I am super frustrated and honestly, if I could get my money back and it wasn't so close to the wedding I would probably cancel and go elsewhere. It really is a shame because the venue is a really good value and they take care of everything. I would just use caution if you consider Southwood. Who know, with the sale they may not even coordinate weddings it will only be a venue site.

I couldn't be happier with how my daughter's wedding turned out at the Southwood House! It.was.stunning. We utilized the front lawn under the arch of an oak tree for the ceremony, the front porch and inside the house for the cocktail hour and the back yard for the dinner and dancing, and it was absolutely perfect! I did end up having to tent the back due to possible rain (and it poured four separate times before the wedding), but everyone thought the tent (from InTents Event) added to venue and it allowed us to decorate before the ceremony regardless of weather conditions. The weather was perfect for the entire event, and we couldn't be happier with the way the wedding turned out. The house is very accommodating for large crowds and truly gives a Southern hospitality feel. It comes with the most gorgeous furniture that you are allowed to use in the inside of the house. We also used the cottages for the bridal party, which was perfect, and the day of the wedding we utilized the entire upstairs for breakfast, lunch and a pre-wedding toast. It was beautiful! Jessica was great as well! She was extremely responsive to emails -- even during her maternity leave -- and was very knowledgeable of the entire venue and how to run an event well at this venue. We had guests from all over, and they said it was magical. I agree. Love.this.place.

This venue is absolutely gorgeous!! My wedding day was perfect. Jessica was amazing, everything ran so smoothly because of her!