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Lancaster - Greenfield Park and other - Need HELP please :/

aerotiffaerotiff
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Hey guys...  I'm feeling a bit dejected, I'm hoping somebody can help me.

I'm planning a Lancaster wedding from Savannah, GA - Mom is 3 hrs from Lancatser in NJ.  Fiance is @ Gitmo in Cuba.

I went to NJ for Christmas and was able to squeeze in 2 days of meeting with venue, photographer and seeing local churches.  The venue owner recommended an officiant with a lot of good ideas... thank goodness, because upon researching the churches we found most of them were unreasonably expensive to use; some required you to be a current member or commit to be a member following the wedding... impossible.  We are military and move constantly.

She gave the names of 4 parks over the phone, as well as her church as a possibility.  Ithan prefers an outdoor wedding as he is not very religious, and raised in two faiths.  The problem is, having received these recommendations after returning to Lancaster... I'm having a lot of trouble locating pictures of these parks.

We were advised to look into:
Lancaster County Park (I am actually familiar with this one)
Greenfield Park (a gazebo is all I know)
Buchannan Park (a rose garden I hear?)
Musser Park (no idea)

If anybody has ANY info, photos, a sketch of the layout of ANY of the parks... have you been there, if you have other recommendations, love them, hate them...  I'm all ears and I could really use some local help.  I don't know that I will be able to easily get back to Lancaster to see any of these places before it is too late to choose one.

And sorry for the lengthy post but I always feel like having the details helps to understand the situation better!!  Thank you everybody!!
So every sweet with sour is tempered still that maketh it be coveted the more For easy things that may be got at will most sorts of men do set but little store. Why then should I account of little pain That endless pleasure shall unto me gain?
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Re: Lancaster - Greenfield Park and other - Need HELP please :/

  • TrishPATrishPA member
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    edited December 2011
    What is it you need the park for?  Pictures?  I am not quite sure what you are asking. 
    I live close to the Greenfield Park and I know of all the others but am not sure what it is you are asking...
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  • CLMaiorinoCLMaiorino member
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    edited December 2011
    I live close to Buchanan Park, and it is lovely, but I don't think I'd use it for my wedding.  There is quite a bit traffic, has a dog park, and is next to Franklin & Marshall College.  It would have nice places for photographs, though. 
    From your post is sounds like you have a venue.  Where is your ceremony?  That would influence where you choose to have photos done, as you don't want to space them out too much. 
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  • HerbiePens410HerbiePens410
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    edited December 2011
    Where will your reception be?  And I second the Buchanan Park... it's beautiful but can get noisy
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  • aerotiffaerotiff
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    edited December 2011
    I'm sorry, I guess in as much detail I gave I didn't think that was that vague, but:

    We are trying to locate a park conducive to holding a ceremony.  The reception is at Mulberry Art Studio.  It occurred to me after posting that Bing was far better than Google for realistic views of areas I could not visit, but I just cannot zoom in to get the real "like I'm there" pictures.


    So every sweet with sour is tempered still that maketh it be coveted the more For easy things that may be got at will most sorts of men do set but little store. Why then should I account of little pain That endless pleasure shall unto me gain?
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  • HerbiePens410HerbiePens410
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    edited December 2011

    Oooh!  Does anyone know if Longs Park will let her hold a ceremony there?  It's right off Rt 30 so it will be easy for guests to get to, and it's not too far from Mulberry.  It has lots of trees, which blocks the noise from the highway pretty well!

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  • mellosweetiemellosweetie
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    edited December 2011
    I would recommend Lititz Spings park in Lititz. There isn't a ton of room but it is very pretty and the wedding pics I saw taken from there the bride/groom got married in a gazebo. It was beautiful and it' about 15-20 min from the reception site. I think you would contact the LItitz bourough to make sure nothing is going on at that date/time.
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  • mommachevmommachev
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    edited December 2011

    Actually the gazebo in the Lititz park is a really nice size.  My sister did her ceremony there 2 yrs ago.  It only cost her $75 and there was no time limit, and they swept it before the ceremony.  Her pictures all turned out really nice.

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  • aerotiffaerotiff
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    edited December 2011
    Thank you everybody so much!!  These were all mentioned in the numerous recommendations given to me, but hearing locals vouch for those specific ones really help, since I can't be there.  Mom actually heard Longs was nice from the guy who runs the kennel she uses in NJ... turns out he was born & raised in Lancaster!  And knowing Lititz has a gazebo is a huge help... I was looking into the Garden of Five Senses for the gazebo in Central Park, but knowing I have options is so helpful.  I'm going to check them out right now.  Thank you! 

    (PS... does anybody have any pics?  :/  Thank you! <3)
    So every sweet with sour is tempered still that maketh it be coveted the more For easy things that may be got at will most sorts of men do set but little store. Why then should I account of little pain That endless pleasure shall unto me gain?
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