Wickham Park Reviews

I had my wedding ceremony at Wickham Park, specifically the English Gardens. It was absolutely STUNNING for our ceremony, with the variety of greens and blooming flowers. The space is perfect for a ceremony as it is secluded by tall bushes, has a large open lawn, and a beautiful gazebo. The grounds of the entire park are impeccably maintained.

It was an absolute pleasure working with Wickham Park, specifically Diana as she made the process very easy and was very responsive and helpful with any question. They set up the tent and number of chairs we needed.

We highly recommend the space if you want an outdoor garden ceremony! Our guests LOVED the space and it was absolutely perfect for what we were envisioning for our ceremony!

Wickham Park in Manchester offers a wedding venue that seamlessly blends natural beauty with refined elegance, creating an enchanting setting that exceeded our expectations. From initial inquiry to the big day, Wickham Park's staff demonstrated professionalism and dedication. Their attention to detail and passion for creating memorable experiences made the planning process stress-free and ensured our wedding day was perfect.

My sister and I had a double wedding. I can’t express enough how Wonderful Sarah and staff was! Our day was nothing short of amazing! The venue was beautiful! Sarah answered all our questions and provided so many valuable nuggets! I would book Wickham for all our important occasions going forward!

Sarah at Wickham park is the absolute best!! She was there for me every step of the way. Quick to respond to my emails. She made things super easy and made sure everything went smooth not only on the big day but the days leading up to. I had a few concerns going into this as a “covid” bride but she eased my mind and she made the big day nothing less then perfect!!!!! Not to mention the ground at the cabin were BEAUTIFUL and soooo clean. 10/10 would recommend this venue

When our wedding planning started back in 2018 we had the pleasure of working with Pam to plan for our Aug 2020 wedding. She was wonderful to work with. We live in California (I'm originally from CT). I would say that planning a wedding from cross country was a challenge, but honestly we were so blessed to have the most incredible vendors and venue to work with that made our experience so easy. From answering all questions we had (no matter how insignificant they may have seemed), to being very understanding in allowing us to postpone our wedding to Aug of 2021, Wickham was incredibly supportive every step of the way. We spent the last months leading up to the wedding working with Sarah who is the new event coordinator at Wickham. To say she is INCREDIBLE at her job would be an understatement. My advice to you is to take her advice in what she recommends, because she knows what she's talking about. We simply cannot put into words how grateful we were to have had such support behind our LGBTQ+ cabin wedding. It was stunning in every way. Also want to shout out to Dave who was the day of coordinator there for our event. He was wonderful! Thank you so so very much for all of your help in making our dream day come true.
Christine & Shayne

Working with Pam was a 10/10 experience she was beyond nice and answered every question I had with quickness. The Irish garden was absolutely beautiful and meant a lot to my husbands family because his grandmother is from Ireland. I would recommend this venue to anyone especially during these crazy covid times because I felt like every standard was meant to keep my guests and my husband and I safe. Thank you again to Pam!!!!

My husband and I are so glad we found Wickham Park! When our first venue fell through, I was panicked, but it ended up being a blessing because I found Wickham Park. It had everything I wanted and more. We were married at the Cabin in September and it was just magical. The view, the gardens, being able to set up lawn games, everything was perfect. The attendants were wonderful, and Pamela was so easy to work with, always available to answer my questions. My guests are still commenting on what a lovely day they had and how beautiful the Park is. I highly recommend it!

Pam is hands down THE BEST! She was quick to respond to all of our reach outs, and made the whole process easy from start to finish. She is wicked nice and very accommodating. We were looking for a venue that would fit in our budget, and the pricing was more than reasonable. Our wedding took place in the beginning of September at The Cabin, and the view was fantastic. We got so many compliments on what a nice venue it was. We had a lot of out of town guests and they were all very impressed with the amount of space, gardens and overall look to everything. Great spot for scenic sunset pictures. We were looking for a laid back, outdoorsy/rustic type wedding, and this place was perfect. Plenty of hotels nearby, parking lot is right next to the venue, covered areas for dinner service and dance floor, handicap accessible, and the other vendors they work with/recommended were excellent. We were very happy with how everything went on our special day.

All of our guests are still asking us how we found such a gorgeous venue!

Leading up to the wedding day, we were SO excited to have such a special day at such a special place. The grounds are completely breathtaking but we still wanted to put our personal touch with flowers and decorations in the tent and cabin. Pam, the coordinator, was tremendously helpful and responsive throughout the entire process. She even sent us diagrams of all of the different areas with measurements and it made our planning seamless!

Throughout the ceremony, cocktail hour and reception, the guests loved the amazing views and photo ops. Being able to see the Hartford skyline and the gorgeous sunset was an added bonus for us and all of our guests. I would have a wedding here every weekend if we could! And we are so grateful to Pam for helping us bring our dream day to life!

I don't know how to put into words how absolutely PERFECT this location is for a wedding!! I contacted Rhonda at Wickham Park back in January 2011 and from the get-go she was fantastic! We booked the Cabin Package which gave us the cabin, the garden, tent, tables & chairs for 150 and the ceremony site for 8 hours. The weather was beautiful. The ranger assigned to us for the day was a total sweetheart and so helpful. The only downside was that the A/C didn't seem to be working too well and it was pretty hot in the cabin BUT we managed to deal just fine and danced the day away!!

I would recommend this site to anyone and EVERYONE. It was truly magical. I never thought myself to be an outdoor wedding type of girl but this was breathtaking. The hartford skyline is infront/behind you creating a picturesque backdrop. In the fall it is equally as (if not more!) stunning! We added two white industrial fans in the garden tent outside to circulate the air and it helped tremendously.

Thank you so so much for making our day magical!! We love you!!

I like to give constructive criticism and not give all my vendors 5 stars for everything but it's unavoidable.

Wickham park was the perfect location in every way for our wedding. We got married in the cabin garden. For a tent, cabin and garden all-inclusive the price is incredible.

Guess what? It rained on our wedding day. We were lucky enough to get our wedding party and first look pictures done in the garden before the rain started. When we finally decided that it was impossible to get married outside overlooking the skyline of hartford we accepted that we would get married in front of the fireplace, below that amazing moose head. My husband and I are so happy it rained during our ceremony. Our guests waited in the cabin, our wedding party on the porch and my husband and I hid in the gazebo. The ceremony was so intimate because all our guests were standing around us and the acoustics were great. It felt so personal. I would reccommend putting pictures up of each spouse's parents and grandparents on their wedding day on the big mantle. It made getting married inside that much more meaningful.

The tent is beautiful. The bar is convenient and the venue is the perfect size for a party of size 100 or more. You would be silly not to consider the Cabin Garden at Wickham park for your wedding.

Best Venue! So beautiful. We rented out the Cabin Garden site here. Our guests loved it and so did we. Our contact at Wickham (Rhonda) is so friendly and responsive. And you get a great value for your buck. They provide tables, rocking chairs (since it is at a beautiful cabin site), chairs, and many other features. Our wedding day was amazing and the venue was nothing short of incredible. Definitely recommend this place!

My husband and I got married up in the cabin garden ampitheatre on 5/7/11. I had originally planned for the English Garden, but had to change at the last minute because there just were no flowers out yet! Rhonda the events coordinator was amazing. She had no problem accomodating us. The park was gorgeous and the rain held off! The crew was super helpful. The only thing that happened is that they forgot to open the damper to the fireplace before they lit the fire, and we got smoked out for a few minutes. That problem was quickly fixed however. Rhonda was so quick to respond to any and all questions I had throughout the year. The money you pay is well worth it. They use it to maintain the park. If you have never been, you need to see it in June. We fell in love with the park the very first day we visited. Even if you just get married in one of the gardens and don't have your reception there, it will be beautiful!I don't regret changing the ceremony location at all. It was so easy to walk from the ampitheatre to the cabin. The view of Hartford in the background isn't bad either! Thank you SO much for a gorgeous wedding and for all the emotional help throughout the past year!

My husband and I had our rehearsal and ceremony in the English Garden. The ceremony was at 5pm and the sun was just low enough below the trees so our guests would swelter in the heat...it was perfect! It is an ideal location for garden wedding. We got so many compliments about how beautiful our ceremony was.

We ordered 100 chairs for the wedding at $2.50 a chair. The week before I called asking for 10 more chairs, and they accomodated us COMPLIMENTARY!

I was very impressed by their ability to answer any questions or concerns.

There is a white tent they can put up over the chairs incase it showers/rains. You have to reserve it and decide if you want it the day before the wedding ($400 for tent).

Only downfall is you don't get your money back if you are unable to have your ceremony there due to weather.

Wonderful location for pictures-- included a few in my photo album...take a look!

The park is absolutely beautiful. The staff was extremely helpful and very quick to respond to all of my questions. 2 days before the rehearsal we needed to move the time and they were so flexible.

I absolutely loved this location. We got married at the "Cabin Garden" which provides a log cabin, a white wedding tent, endless flowers all around the grounds, and a beautiful view of the Hartford skyline. In fact, my mother took about 200 pictures of the destination itself :)

We just had our wedding on 9/23/23 and it was amazing and beautiful. The staff was so attentive to ourselves as the bride and groom, the guests, and every detail. They made sure to keep unwelcome guests (people and animals out of the wedding). The wedding was able to be held outside and the reception was wonderful with a cozy atmosphere would recommend to any bride and groom that would like a wonderful wedding with amazing staff. We worked with Diana who is amazing and would recommend her 10/10. The only issue is the tent had some holes so some of the guests had to move stay dry from the rain

We got married at Wickham Park twice... kind of. Like so many couples, our plans to have our ceremony and reception at the park in 2020 did not go as planned. The park worked with us to allow us to split our day in half- we held our ceremony in Sept of 2020 and held our reception last month (both at the park).
Sarah come on to the scene between the ceremony and reception. She was absolutely wonderful to work with and went above and beyond for us when we had a crises during our reception. She literally saved the day!
The park was beautiful as always and our guests had a great time. 10/10, would get married there a 3rd time (kidding, but the park was great).

When my then fiancée and I began planning our wedding one of the first things we decided was that we wanted to have it in a flower garden and we are so lucky to have found Wickham Park. It has several enchanting gardens, two wedding chapels and was just fifteen minutes from our apartment. We chose to have our ceremony at the cabin location which had the perfect garden for our cocktail hour, a tent-covered reception area, and to top it all of a beautiful little chapel overlooking downtown Hartford, were my now wife and I made our first home. Once we found Wickham Park we didn’t even look at another venue. Not only was it exactly what we wanted, but being a nonprofit park it came in at less than a third of the next best location we looked into. We couldn’t be happier with our decision and would recommend it to anyone.

I got married at the Cabin Garden (outdoor ceremony and tent/cabin reception) on October 20, 2018. Pam is easy to work with, the different gardens are amazing for pictures, and the site is stunning for an outdoor ceremony. We loved the fact that people could move around the venue and meander around as they wanted. We set up a cigar bar under the pergola and it was so fun, everyone loved it! The park rangers are all helpful. Highly recommend Wickham for a rustic/natural wedding. Also - we used Log Rolling for catering and bar service, they were excellent, everyone loved the food.

Everything about our venue was perfect! From the Cabin Location to the Service it was just what we imagined!

We held our wedding ceremony at Wickham Park's English Gardens, and it was absolutely incredible! The setting is beautiful for a large ceremony, and it was also a great spot to do pictures before the ceremony (for both our bridal party and our wedding guests). The logistics make it very easy - there is plenty of parking for busses to drop off/ pick up in the lot right next to the gardens, and the park staff set up chairs and directed guests to the right spot. Pam is the coordinator for the park and was a pleasure to work with throughout.

Wickham Park was an absolutely amazing location for my dream fairy tale wedding! The staff are incredibly helpful and accommodating, and you really can't beat those Hartford views. I had so many guests tell me how impressed they were, and how much they enjoyed having multiple places to "hang out" including the beautiful garden. 10/10 would recommend or any wedding - Pam and her staff are the best :)

This was a great venue to work with. They were very flexible with our requests and we had some wild ones, best of all they are pet friendly! Very reasonably priced especially with this kind of event. Love this place and would recommend it to anybody!