Quiet Waters Park Reviews

I loved being able to have my ceremony here

Beautiful park! Friendly people, we rented the lighthizer gazebo.

Quiet waters is a beautiful venue. the second we saw it, we booked! very responsive, and gives a list of caterers to choose from. perfect for a nice, 150 guest wedding.

We held our wedding ceremony in the James Lighthizer Gazebo and it was perfect! We hired an acoustic guitarist which was perfect and kept everything very simple. It's the perfect location for a small wedding. Be prepared to get many looks from the public though!

I had my ceremony at the Lighthizer Gazebo. It was intimate, just as I envisioned. I have beautiful pictures of me walking over the bridge. If you are looking for intimacy and something different I highly recommend Quiet Waters Park.

The only drawback is that it's outside. You can never predict the weather! If you are lucky enough to have a beautiful day you will NOT be disappointed. Just be sure th have a backup plan

Absolutely LOVED having my small wedding at the Lighthizer gazebo in Quiet Waters Park. It was very easy, affordable and the atmosphere was natural yet breathtaking. It was the PERFECT location for my now husband and I to get married! I would pick it again in a heartbeat!

Quiet Waters Park was the best location I could think of for our wedding. We reserved the Blue Heron room and it was so spacious and the back garden was beautiful for our ceremony. You need to be organized to use this location because it is very much a DIY venue. Everyone was so gracious at the front gate and visitor center. They followed up on everything and were even willing to be flexible with our schedule.

Queit Waters Park was the perfect place for our wedding service. The gazebo we were married in was right at the water, and there was ample parking for all of our guests! It was also very affordable, for the atmosphere. It felt like we were getting married in some super fancy park, but for much less!!

I love this place and I cannot wait until my Big Day!!! The area is so intimate and secluded. I never knew this place ever existed, even with my fiancé and I being outdoor people!!!! This place is simply gorgeous, and fits into ANYONES budget!!!!

We had our wedding and reception at Quiet Waters. It was simply beautiful. The grounds were very clean and our photographer was able to capture some amazing shots. Even though the park had people in the park, no one was in our area during our ceremony so we still had our privacy. The price is right as well, you get your monies worth. Highly recommend having a wedding here.

I found Quiet Waters Park online and fell in love instantly!! Our ceremony took place at the James Lighthizer Gazebo. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL!! This location is picturesque and just gorgeous. Our guests loved it. We loved it. I'd return just to visit because it's such a great place to spend time. Quiet Waters Park is #1 in my book for wedding venues.

Quiet Waters is a DIY wedding venue, and as such, it is on you to know their rules. As long as you know their rules, you can make a beautiful wedding. There are MANY beautiful places to shoot around the Blue Heron Center where we had our wedding and reception. The Blue Heron center is a great place to have a wedding and reception because if you've got bad weather you have an indoor space that can serve both as a ceremony and reception space, which is what we had to do. The price and all the picture locations really make it worth having your wedding here. I had the bare bones for decoration, but you can really transform the place if you want to and have the money. I think the biggest hassle with the Blue Heron center is that there isn't really anywhere to get ready there, so just keep that in mind.

Our daughter had a fantastic wedding at The Blue Heron center in Quiet Waters Park 11/7/15.

The building is surrounded by a brick fenced outdoor area with outdoor fountain and backdrop conducive to intimate ceremonies. It rained on our day, but we moved the guests inside, opened the large french doors, and framed the bride and groom against the fountain in the background while the minister stood under the doorway, it was a perfect compromise and made it much easier for everyone to hear vows and music. Because the guests only had to move about 20 feet to get inside the building to their tables, it was seamless and effortless to beat the weather. In the fall the tree colors are stunning.

The venue is the most reasonably priced of any we looked at, very cozy without being small. We had 135 in attendance plus catering and A/V staff. This left plenty of room for the center room built in dance floor to hold about 30 people on it.

The rooms are a perfect blank slate for decoration, many themes possible. For us, we turned the chair storage room into a bridal suite, the foyer into an awesome video booth with flipoto.com, and the main room into a rustic barn-like feel complete with white washed panels along the walls, gobo bride and groom logo on the dance floor, candle lanterns along the built in shelf around the enormous tray ceiling and tasteful strategic uplighting on plants we brought in to soften the room. Our florist did beautiful work hanging ivy from a ceiling center piece and in between the lanterns around the tray.

They provide 15 round tables included with the building rental, we brought in our own linens, bridal table, bar table, and registry table.

The Facilities manager was helpful and courteous, he provided feedback when we needed it and helped us follow the rules.

I think we overwhelmed them with how much we did with the space, we were told it was highly unusual, but they accommodated nicely, I fully recommend Quiet Waters Blue Heron.

Quiet Waters Park was the perfect location for our wedding reception! Unlike other reviews, we had absolutely no problem with anyone at the park! They were very accommodating and friendly throughout the entire process.
If you want a location with many great photo opportunities, look no further! The Severn Overlook is perfect for water views and the trails are perfect for rustic/woodsy pictures. There is also a beautiful bridge over a pond that we were able to get so many great pictures. The garden that is attached to the Blue Heron Center is taken care of wonderfully and was the perfect setting for our reception. We were able to prop the doors open and everyone was able to enjoy the garden as well as the room inside.
I'm so glad that I chose Quiet Waters Park for my wedding!!

As soon as I saw Quiet Waters Park and the Blue Heron Center, I was sure that was where I wanted to have my wedding reception. Even in the winter time the garden was gorgeous and beautifully kept. The facility was clean and has an open-air feel, with the many large windows and doors in the main room. Chanell, in the main office, was always very pleasant, even when she had to tell me my caterer was not accepted. As a bride who has plenty of details to stress about, a little compassion goes a long way. My main advice would be to make sure you are aware of and have thought through the rules and regulations they have to have because they are a park. I would recommend this venue for a wedding reception.

If you want beautiful but simple, this venue is the place! People complain about them not helping with the wedding plans, but remember, that is not what they are there for. If you can do it yourself or have a wedding planner, this place is for you!

We didnt use the blue heron center and we only used the park for the ceremony but the South River Overlook was the perfect place. It was the perfect day and the background was stunning. I'm so glad we used the park, all of our pictures turned out amazing.

I love this venue. I'm very excited to have my Wedding at the blue heron center The price was very reasonable and the staff was friendly.

beautiful setting, a little difficult to get to but overall did a very good job.

The park itself was beautiful and there were great landscapes that accented the outdoor ceremony. The Blue Heron Room was also very nice on the inside. The staff at the park could have been a little more helpful with some details and arrangements for the venue as well as a little nicer when communicating with their clientele. It seemed as though they had more important things to do every time I showed up to take care of business concerning the park. All in all it was a nice experience and a great place to have a wedding.

The wedding at the gazebo was absolutely breathtaking and the reception was wonderful because of our caterer who pretty much handled most of that. We did have to do alot of leg work ourselves. The staff was very helpful, especially Carol but they called alot and I wasn't sure they knew what was going on sometimes but all in all I'd say it was very good and I would definately go there again if given the chance.

Quiet Waters Park is a naturally beautiful place to host a wedding. Unfortunately, you have to abide by the Anne Arundel County park rules. So there are a few things that I had to forgo in order to have my wedding ceremony and reception here at the Blue Heron Center. However, it was an overall amazing day, beautiful flowers/trees planted, water fall/fountain. I would highly recommend this venue for an event.

We loved our wedding ceremony! The gorgeous Lighthizer gazebo is perfection for intimate weddings (35 people max). The price was doable ($180) for 2 hour reservations. We only had our ceremony there, not our reception. The gazebo area is beautiful with the bridge and lake. Spring bloomed a bit late this year due to the longer winter but we still had some beautiful colors mid-April. Having an acoustic guitarist and your family and friends surrounding you in the permanent bench seating in the gazebo was perfect for us. My only complaint are the "rules" of the park. You cannot hang decor, play any amplified music, and most importantly to any bride-You cannot book the gazebo until the calendar year of your event. This is craziness in wedding world with save-the-dates and invitations needing to be sent out etc... Especially when your wedding is early in the year. Then when we did call, in the new year, we had to wait for a specific person who was off. It was not fun stressing about if I would actually get my time and date before another bride possibly took it. I wouldn't of changed my ceremony venue over the rules though- We loved our ceremony! We are located an hour away and will continue to visit this beautiful park.

Gorgeous setting, but there are guest limits to the ceremony sites. We wanted to do our ceremony at the overlook but they have a limit of 75 guests including vendors. What a shame because it would hold much more than that. The inside of the building is kind of decorated poorly. Would prefer to see neutral colors rather than pink and mauve. But the views and setting in the gardens are really gorgeous so you can overlook the poor decorating. You'll get great pictures here too!

For an outdoor venue, the Blue Heron room served a perfect place for our wedding. The scenery was beautiful and our guests had many compliments to give about the space. Our wedding had 90 people so there was plenty of room. We were pleased with the pricing which was another major influence in the decision to use Quiet Waters. We frequent this park for recreation purposes so it meant a lot to us to have our wedding there.