A Most Romantic Wedding Location Near Nashville, TN

How does this sound for your Nashville area wedding? Your guests arrive in historic Franklin, Tennessee - the town voted one of the best small towns in America, and home to many country music stars. As they arrive early, as you suggested, your friends and family have time to stroll around the town square. They enjoy the quaint shops and historic markers. Who knows who they might run across! The Nicole Kidman / Keith Urban duo were spotted at a sandwich shop, and Buckey Covington of American Idol fame is one of the town's newest residents.

It's getting close to wedding time, so your guests head down Third Avenue to your chosen wedding site, C.J.'s Off the Square Gallery and Garden. Professional valets allow your guests to step right up to the front of this renovated home built in 1887. Walking into the foyer they can admire the many works of art throughout the home. After all this is also an art gallery which hosts various elegant affairs.

It's wedding time, and everyone gathers out behind the home in the beautiful perennial gardens, lined with ponds of goldfish. The wedding party makes their entrance. You and your partner stand in front of the gazebo surrounded by the most important people in your life. You promise your love and commitment to each other for the rest of your lives.

After the ceremony, you and your guests celebrate, eat, drink, laugh, dance, and just plain ole party under the 1200 square foot pavilion.

As a wedding minister, I've visited allot of wedding locations and C.J.'s Off the Square is truly one of the most romantic locations for a wedding around Nashville, Tennessee. They've actually not been open very long, but word has spread fast. They book up quickly in the busier wedding seasons, and have various events going on throughout the year. So many couples find this the perfect place for their wedding - it's size, atmosphere, location, and cost was just what they were looking for.

Whenever I go there for a wedding, the set-up is always different. It's not a cookie-cutter approach but always reflects the personality and wedding-style of the couple. C.J.'s is named after owner Caren Joy Dickson. Her name fits. Caren really does seem to care about each couple and does her best to go the extra mile for couples. One couple told me recently that Caren called one their vendors they were having trouble with and demanded a refund on their behalf. She didn't have to do that, but did so willingly.

If you are getting married and looking for a Nashville wedding location, C.J's Off the Square Gallery and Gardens is certainly worth a look. And if you go to see it for yourself, be sure to give yourself time to take a walk in downtown Franklin. Maybe you'll see someone famous!