Beautiful Wedding & Reception at Nolichuckey Bluffs - Greeneville, TN

I had the privaledge of helping these fine guests find good parking spots. Yes, we had a great wedding and reception take place at our facility last week. Take a look...

We found out that our facilities could be used for quite a large wedding and there was plenty of parking! I'd say 150 people would be okay and 65 cars (more if we shuttle people from a nearby lot). The pavilion was converted into a nice reception area. The bride actually wanted to walk through our grape arbor and get married right in the heart garden so all the activity took place in close proximity. Check it out...

The bridesmaids and groomsmen actually stood in the beautiful heart garden while the couple was married a few feet away. It was a really nice evening wedding!

The Reception area comes alive - Weddings East Tennessee

Spring is here and our reception area is about to take off with colors. The above picture is our grape arbor which takes you directly to a big heart garden. It took days of weeding to get the flower garden ready but its worth it. Right now there are roses everywhere and beautiful purple coneflowers just to name a few.
Most of the landscaping has been in place but the big challenge is keeping up with everything and making it look great for someone's special day or event. Following the heart garden are fields of berry bushes and tree orchids. Over 750 berry bushes to be exact! So there's always work to be done to keep the grounds ready for events.

The Bride's pathway - Greeneville Tennessee Wedding

Before photo of walkway

The latest project has been a slightly winding, gorgeous rock pathway from the chapel to an amazing overlook of the Nolichuckey River and Smoky Mountains. Ted designed the pathway. He said he loves to work with rock, although he doesn't do it as often as he used to cause its "back breaking" work. Putting the pieces of rock together is like a big long puzzle for him....I helped haul rocks and dig out some roots - not as glorious but I was glad to be some help and be a part of such a beautiful walkway. This will tie the chapel more to the rest of the surrounding area - the log cabin, the river and the views. It will be great for wedding photos...

Halfway there!

Overlook view where weddings where held prior to chapel

Log cabin - a honeymoon cabin or a place for family to stay (sleeps 8) or a place for the bride to get ready

What's a chapel without a steeple?

Once again Ted has come through in spectacular fashion. Built from scratch, we hoisted the steeple up in May. It was Brooke's vision and Ted's design - all I did was hold the ladder mainly:)  The bell is functional of course. Each month the chapel becomes more complete and there are many inquiries about wedding now. And that's without even advertising yet!

We are all very excited.

Pews arrive! Greeneville Wedding Chapel

The wonderful man who was the brains behind this chapel, Ted, arrived recently with a great addition. We get a lot of winds here in East Tennessee. We even had some tornadoes recently. Anyway, high winds cause trees to fall. So Ted decided to make some pews for the chapel out of fallen trees. The results are a super classic design with a natural feel to it.

The chapel is constructed for smaller weddings and these pews will help people find a good place to see the wedding take place. There are more coming too. I've seen Ted hard at work and the things he can do with a chainsaw are pretty incredible...

Glass Chapel completed....sortuv.

We visited Nolichuckey Bluffs on a cold wet January evening. The next morning we a beautiful overlook where a wedding chapel had been started. "That will be finished this spring" Brooke Sadler told us confidently. We were skeptical. This was a tough winter and there was still lots of work to be had. But true to his word, the chapel now stands completed....Well, technically its completed but there are always exciting new touches adding to the original structure. In fact, in the short time I've been here A LOT has happened. Here's some shots of the chapel and I'll fill you in on the rest as time permits. Plus, we gotta share some memories as they're created right here. Its as exciting for us as it is for the bride and groom. Brooke beams with pride now whenever we "show off" the chapel and its contagious!