John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove Reviews

We will be having our wedding at this venue in October 2025 and were blown away by its natural beauty and tranquility from our first visit there. There's so many unique areas to explore and we're so excited to celebrate our special day there. It is the perfect combination of rustic and elegant!

I have had such an amazing experience here. They are making my wedding truly magical and are very accommodating.

Went to John James Audubon and had our wedding tasting. The food was unreal and the staff was very friendly and accommodating. We especially liked seeing the venue set up just like an actual wedding. This helped us get a sense of what it will look like on our big day. If you are looking for a wedding venue, look no further. We are looking forward to our big day!

With just under 20 days to go until the big day, my fiancé and I are extremely excited for our 10/16/2022 wedding at the John James Audubon Center. We absolutely fell in love with the grounds during our initial tour of the venue (just down the road from our favorite stores and restaurants in the King of Prussia area)! My fiancé and I wanted a blend of nature and rustic grounds, and this checked the boxes for every aspect of our wedding — ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception. We found the Pavilion alongside the main trail was perfect for our reception, with a beautiful fireplace behind the sweetheart table, lit outdoor space with a firepit, plenty of space for dancing and sleek vertically-opening doors that allow an entire wall of the space to open to the outside.

We’ve worked with Desiree for the initial tour, Shannon and Bonnie for the initial booking/logistics & wonderful group tasting, and Kimberly for our specific event details. The staff at JJAC are all very kind, welcomed our questions along the way (even the dumb ones!), and displayed excellent response times.

Booked with John James Audubon Center & JAM Catering in summer of 2021, for a fall wedding in October 2022! So far the process has been seamless.

I've very much enjoyed working with Bonnie, Michelle, and Shannon. All made themselves available to tour the grounds MULTIPLE times as my fiancé and our families were deciding on the venue. They answered every question we had about contracts (even if some were probably obvious). Then, when my fiancé got deployed for a bit, they were very accommodating to work with in setting up our tasting. I can't wait to continue to work with them through the design process and get to that big day :). The venue is so beautiful all on its own - a perfect mix of rustic, industrial, and whimsical! Will update my review if things were to change, but have currently enjoyed an already very stressful process very much.

Our John James Audubon Center (JJAC) wedding was honestly the best day of our lives. Jeffery A Miller (JAM) staff truly made our big day so special. To this day, our guests continue to tell us that our wedding was in their top 3 best weddings they’ve ever been to and JJAC’s beauty and JAMs amazing food had a lot to do with that opinion. My husband and I could not have imagined getting married anywhere else and are so glad we went with JJAC and the JAM team. Lastly, our event coordinator Shelley was very professional and helped us throughout the process— we were a Covid wedding originally scheduled in June 2020… and then July 2020… and officially got married July 2021! Shelley took so much stress off our plates all the way up to the big day. Trust me, if you decide on JJAC and the JAM team, you’re big day will be all that you could have imagined.

We planned our wedding in less than 8 weeks and it turned out perfectly. I really couldn't have asked for anything more. Shelley and the JAM staff were friendly and helpful throughout the process without making it feel rushed. They worked with the things we could decide on the spot and gave us more time to figure out other things we were unsure of. Additionally, they can provide many decor options making the overall planning process simple. Any issues we had during while planning were quickly and professionally resolved. They were helpful as we changed our mind on a few things and made adjustments. We pulled off a wedding that seemed like it would take months to plan.
We are lucky and happy to have found the John James Audubon venue coupled with the JAM catering team. The owner introduced himself to us at our wedding and it was cool to see how he is an integral part of the team in addition to the name of the business. So many of our guests personally raved about the food to us. We both sat and enjoyed our meal on our wedding day - the evening just flowed perfectly. I only wish I tried more of the apps at cocktail hour - however, I heard they were great.
The outdoor nature of the space in temperate weather is perfect for hosting a wedding in a safe way during these crazy times. I felt that they took all of the necessary precautions to make everyone feel safe. Tables were distanced and enlarged per the number of seated guests. Masks were required and respectfully encouraged. I would recommend JAM catering team and this venue to anyone looking to plan an event.

My wife and I instantly fell in love with Audubon when we visited the grounds looking for a wedding venue. Its picturesque scenery and connection to nature won us over — it felt elegant, modern, rustic, and peaceful. Perfect for us! They completed a series of incredible renovations just two months before our wedding, which made the already beautiful venue even more gorgeous. Plus, you can request to have an owl featured at your cocktail hour. Our guests absolutely loved meeting Scooter! Audubon was the perfect wedding venue for us, can’t recommend it enough!

As soon as we visited Audubon, we knew it was the right venue for us. It’s just so naturally beautiful and rustic. Throughout our wedding planning process, we worked with Jenn as our wedding planner. Jenn was incredible. She was very Type A in the planning process, so that relieved A LOT of my stress during planning. I also appreciated that she would give me her opinion and her ideas when I asked because she obviously knows the venue way better than me and can tell me what works best. The day of the wedding Jenn was a source of calm for me. She made me feel like I truly had nothing to worry about and I can honestly say I was able to enjoy our day because of that. I really liked that Audubon offered Decoration Packages. It really saved me a lot of time and stress. We bought a decoration package that included table numbers, wooden tree stump slabs for the tables, a box of throw blankets for the firepit, tree stumps to line the ceremony aisles, a pick a seat not a side sign, an easel for our welcome sign, and these GORGEOUS wreath light installations for the Pavilion. We went to our group tasting the summer before our wedding. JAM Catering’s food is to DIE FOR. Almost all of the food we chose for our menu we tried at the tasting. We did Orange Cardamom Short Ribs, Seared Corvina, and Zucchini and Quinoa Cake. For the cocktail hour we added a BBQ in a Jar Station and a Paella Station. During the reception we added a Gelato Station. All of our guests raved about the food! Our BBQ in a Jar Station completely went and I keep hearing how amazing and tender the Short Ribs were. Our ceremony we had outside in the Apple Orchard. It was beautiful! And our cocktail hour was in the Barn and also outside. Everyone loved that! Our guests kept saying: “How did you find this place? It’s gorgeous!” Our reception was held in the Pavilion. Our guest count was on the higher side (200) so it was a little cozy, but during dinner we asked Jenn to open all of the garage doors in the Pavilion and it opened up the space SO much! People could be outside and still listen to the music and be a part of the party! Our guests utilized the outside fire pit too. One thing that really impressed me was the bartenders. Our wedding had a lot of wine drinkers. So we brought approximately 8 different wine varietals and about 3-5 different wines of each varietal. We were VERY impressed at how well the bartenders organized all of the wine we brought and were able to memorize Our selection and serve our guests in a quick manner. Lastly, we had JAM do cheesesteaks and Philly soda bottles to go as a favor! Everyone loved it! Overall, the event was flawless! The service was excellent. It truly was best day of our lives!
Only con: Videographers are not allowed to use drones. But I got over that pretty quickly.

The moment we pulled into John James Audubon Center to meet Michelle, we knew the other venues we had planned to see that day had a lot to live up to. Michelle was incredible, she listened, cared and understood what kind of celebration we wanted for our wedding. She was wonderful in showing us other venue options under the J.A.M family but John James Audubon Center was tough to beat. Although it was always in our top three, we decided on this venue because the backup plan in case of rain was just as perfect as our original plan of an outdoor ceremony. After deciding, we were connected to the wonderful Shannon and Ashley, the whole team at this venue were beyond incredible! From the attention to detail to the seamless contact, we never felt stressed about our venue. Ashley made time for us via email and face to face to go over every single detail. She really did understand what kind of day we wanted and made sure everything was taken care of. Our face to face meetings settled our nerves, helped us with aspects of the wedding we hadn’t thought of yet (wedding brain exists) and confirmed why we were so connected to this venue and the staff. On our wedding day, Ashley was incredible, and our already stunning venue transformed into something magical. Our discussions with Ashley painted a good picture of what our day would look like but we were blown away with how beautiful everything was and how it surpassed our imaginations. John James Audubon Center was beyond incredible, the staff made our day seamless from the moment we showed up at our first appointment to leaving at the end of our wedding night.

I am so glad I booked at the JJ Audubon Center. We had an absolutely gorgeous day and the venue looked even better than we had imagined! We were able to keep the doors open at the pavilion and it was awesome. We are still receiving compliments from our friends and family. Seriously wish I could relive my wedding day over and over!

John James Audubon has been an absolute dream to work with on my September wedding! The grounds/venue is absolutely beautiful, and the rental includes the use of multiple areas on the property. Shannon and Katie are super responsive and easy to work with, and the whole process has been seamless so far. Jeffrey A Miller is the exclusive caterer of the venue, and their food is incredible! We were blown away by the fresh ingredients and all of the menu options we had to choose from. I would highly recommenced John James Audubon center to anyone looking to get married in the Pennsylvania area.

I can't say enough good things about the experience we had working with Shannon and Jeffrey Miller Catering (JAM) at Mill Grove! Shannon spent a l lot of time working through all the ideas that our decor planner/florist and I had for our wedding, and she even stayed in touch on her days off to guarantee that we stayed on track. The details for my wedding were quite extensive and there were a lot of moving parts and Shannon made sure that everything went off perfectly.
The food was beyond amazing, including the oysters on the raw bar which everyone raved about! We offered a choice of Capon, Salmon or Butternut Squash Ravioli and all of our guests said that their dinners were delicious and on the level of a high end restaurant.
We had an all around fabulous experience at Mill Grove and highly recommend this venue and JAM!

John James Audubon center is awesome. The property has so many cool spaces including a museum, pavilion, old house and barn. The area is very pretty and you can immediately tell that the staff care. Excited to visit again in the future.

We are so happy we had our wedding at the John James Audubon Center! It has the most beautiful nature backdrop for pictures outside. Our ceremony and cocktail hour were in the barn and it was one of the most beautiful buildings. Our guests were so impressed by it! The reception in the pavilion was gorgeous with large windows, a fireplace and mantle, and ample space for our guests. Our JAM coordinator was the MVP of the day and went above and beyond to make sure everything was perfect. I would highly recommend having your wedding at the John James Audubon Center!

We have been working with JJAC and JAM to plan our upcoming wedding. We have worked with the office staff as well as starting to plan with our personal planner. They have been so great about answering all of our questions and being so responsive in doing so. They gave advice when needed and just listened to all of our thoughts with ease. They have been so great to work with and we are so excited for our upcoming wedding!

We are so excited to have our wedding at John James Audubon. The grounds are breathtaking and the moment we stepped foot on it we knew it was the perfect place to say I Do.

We knew we wanted to get married outside and we saw a few places in the Philly area. As soon as we saw the Audubon Center, we knew it was the place. It is just extraordinarily beautiful and it was the most peaceful and lovely place to be all day. And we got to have an owl come visit the guests and he was a huge hit. Truly a magical place.

Our wedding was beyond words! The planners helped us with every step of the way and made sure every detail up until the end of the wedding was flawless! We couldn’t ask for a more beautiful venue and professional team to make us feel so special on our big day!

Such a special place. A hidden gem. I grew up near by and have always loved this place. To have my wedding here…so special.

We had an incredible wedding experience for our daughter with JAM Catering on September 5, 2021 at John Jay Audubon Nature Center. We could not have been more pleased. Our wedding coordinator, Desiree. was amazing from initial planning stages throughout the wedding day. Her attention to detail, professionalism, creativity, flexibility and knowledge were priceless. Food was amazing, staff was attentive and the venue speaks for itself. Desiree and team helped us create the wedding that my daughter had envisioned. Five stars!

We had the pleasure of getting married at the John James Audubon Center using Jeffrey Miller Catering at the beginning of October and we had a great experience. My husband and I booked the venue and set our date about 16 months out. We initially loved the venue because of the beautiful grounds, the charming barn, and the Pavilion that gave an indoor/outdoor rustic feel. When the pandemic happened 7 months prior to our wedding date, we were unsure of what would happen but the Jeffrey Miller team was so helpful in guiding us through every step of the way.

Our Event Coordinator, Melissa, was extremely professional and responsive in answering all of our many questions leading up to our wedding day. During our planning meetings Melissa really guided us through the process to make it a seamless and stress free experience. She kept us up to date on the rules and regulations and made sure we were comfortable.

On our wedding day the entire Audubon and Jeffrey Miller teams were so welcoming, accommodating and professional. The service was outstanding, the bartenders, wait staff, and additional day-of-coordinators were so friendly and attentive. Even our guests and bridal party commented on how well taken care of and safe everyone felt.

We couldn’t have asked for a better experience getting married at the John James Audubon Center with the Jeffrey Miller team, especially during really challenging times. They truly did make it the best day for us. We’re so grateful to have used them and would definitely recommend them to future couples!

My husband and I have had nothing but positive experiences with the staff at the John James Audubon Center. We had a very specific vision in mind for our event and found all of our "boxes" checked on our very first tour with Shannon! They have so many options to customize your big day and the on-site catering is a huge perk; both my husband and I were looking for that in a venue. When touring other spaces, my husband always asked me "would you be happy with the 'Plan B' option in case it rains?" This was truly the only place where I knew I could be happy if the event were indoor or outdoor! I can't recommend the Audubon Center enough- picturesque spaces with delicious, in-house catering!

We had a great experience working with John James Audubon Center and JAM catering. It was the first venue we looked at and we fell in love with the natural environment. We booked it even before the visitor center was completed because we knew it was special. Jenn B. was our coordinator and did everything amazingly. She handled last minute changes (even day-of changes) like a pro and never made me feel like I was a burdensome bride. We had a very full schedule and she helped us stay on track without making us feel like we were rushing. She answered all of my emails in a timely manner and was always super nice and great to talk to. Everyone who came to our wedding raved about our venue, telling us that they never knew this hidden gem was in Montco. We also heard from everyone that they loved the food by JAM catering. Thank you JAM and JJAC team!