When my husband and I first began planning our wedding, I turned to the Knot to help me locate a few vendors, specifically for flowers and reception venues. Unfortunately, I quickly discovered there was absolutely nothing listed for Knoxville TN. After an arduous bit of searching and some really spectacular people, our wedding came together perfectly and I wanted to share my information with you all. The reception venue we settled on was called The Foundry on Fair Site. It is in downtown K-ville near World's Fair Park and the museum. This space is absolutely beautiful. It's a converted steel foundry now used solely for events. They have two spaces of different sizes that will work for almost any group. As an event planner myself, I can attest to the amazing attitudes and competency of everyone there with whom I came into contact. Dena, my planner, was a consumate professional and thought of anything and everything I could ever have wanted, including a few things I'd never thought of. Linda, their operations manager, was on hand with the staff for the reception itself and she was amazing. Everyone kept saying how polite and thorough the service was and, believe me, my crazy friends don't usually notice things like that. After having looked at a few other sites and witnessed an event day disaster at one of them (that resulted in much confusion and pointing of fingers right in front of me) I can confidantly say that I chose the best venue for the reception and we all had a spectacular time. Their website is
www.foundonfair.comMy florist came on reccommendation from Dena and the Foundry. Her name is Kippy and (formerly the on-site florist for the Foundry) she now operates a home based floral business. This woman is AMAZING! I had a tight budget and no idea (outside of coloring) what I was looking for. I met with Kippy and we just talked for a while so she could get a feel for my personality. I brought some pictures of what I wanted color-wise and also some things I liked stylistically. Outside of that, I gave her nothing to work with. When she arrived at our ceremony site with the flowers, my jaw dropped. They were absolutely perfect. This woman had worked miracles with not much money and almost no direction. Every single person that spoke to me about the cermony commented on how beautiful my flowers were. I only wish I had another big Knoxville event to plan so I could get her to do more for me. She's a very sweet, easy going lady with lots of experience and her results speak for themselves. I LOVE her.
Because Kippy works from home, I don't want to pass out her personal phone number, but her email address is kipflowers@bellsouth.net.
That's all. I hope this is helpful to some other poor wayward bride looking for help in Knoxville.