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Affordable Wedding and Elopement Venues near Durham, NC

Are you thinking about Eloping, but haven’t decided on a location? Or maybe you just want a more inexpensive alternative to the rising costs of traditional weddings? Below are some of my favorite affordable venue options for elopements and small weddings near the Durham, NC area. I’ve also created a Pinterest board with images from the locations here.

Orange County Courthouse

The courthouse in Hillsborough offers weddings through the magistrate. They have an outdoor area where ceremonies are performed under a beautiful large tree. You can also bring pets! They only do weddings on weekdays on a first come-first serve basis. More of my photos from Orange County Courthouse here.

cost: 50

Eno River

A beautiful wooded park, Eno River has two options for rentals: (1) the State Park, and (2) West Point on the Eno city park. The state park offers picnic shelters, river views and overall has a more rustic feel. The city park offers a beautifully restored historic 1850s farmhouse for rent at a very low price. 

cost: 80-225

Mordecai Historic Park

This is really cute historic park with an old chapel. The park has a questionable history (previous plantation, birthplace of Andrew Johnson), but if you can get past that it is the perfect place for a cottage core or vintage/antique inspired wedding. Renting Mordecai Historic Park grounds includes St. Mark's Chapel, a small changing room, and the park grounds. There is a beautiful garden, and the interior of the chapel is still well kept. Despite being located in Downtown Raleigh it has it’s own small lot, so the parking is pretty good. There is an additional charge if you plan to have alcohol, so keep that in mind when looking at the cost. More of my photos in Mordecai Historic Park here.

cost: 100-150/hr plus 15 application fee

NC Botanical Garden

The arboretum at the NC botanical garden has beautiful garden area with an indoor venue with a wall of windows so you can look out into the garden without having to deal with bugs while you eat. There’s also an outdoor area with an awning that you can use during the ceremony so in the summer your guests don’t overheat. In addition to the arboretum there’s also forest park available for rental, which is a weathered stone amphitheater surrounded by trees which is also beautiful.

cost: Price unavailable online

JC Raulston Arboretum

Like several of the other garden areas, this venue is also beautiful and full of flowers. The difference in the Arboretum is there are so many different sections and gardens available for rental it’s crazy! This link shows images of all available areas and prices. There are also indoor venues as well as gardens. There’s also a feature on the website to check if your date is available, so you can save time trying to contact people if you know the date you want isn’t available from the get-go.

cost: 190/hour

Raleigh Rose Garden

The Raleigh Rose Garden is an outdoor venue available for rent. It’s a gorgeous place for photos, with beautiful perennial flowers everywhere, and also has a small covered area with benches where a table or two could fit. It also has a fountain and pretty lattice area. Overall very cute.

cost: 410 for 3 hours (additional hours cost extra)

Museum of Life and Science

The museum of life and science is a unique venue option, offering a variety of locations options throughout the museum for your event (butterfly house, patio, main building, hideaway woods, etc). The package for intimate weddings for 20 guests includes heavy hors d’oeuvres, cake, and flowers. They also have add-ons including a butterfly release, train ride, animal encounter, and more. It’s a very cool venue, and if I wasn’t already married, I would get married here!

cost: unavailable on website

Arrowhead Inn B&B

This venue is a bit more expensive than others on the list, but includes a lot more. It includes a two night stay at the B&B, cake, and catering. It’s a beautiful venue surrounded by nature, you almost feel like you’re in the mountains! The ceremony itself takes place outdoors under a gazebo.

cost: 1599-2499

Lake Johnson

This is in Raleigh, but is so beautiful I felt I had to include it. They offer a variety of rentals, including picnic shelters,  decks overlooking the lake, and indoor rooms. They also have equipment rentals, so you could have a romantic sailboat ride after the ceremony if you wanted! The park is gorgeous, with beautiful trees and wooded areas, but very popular, so there might be a lot of foot traffic of joggers passing by. There’s two links for separate parts of the park waterfront here and woodland here.

cost: 15-80/hour

I hope this list was helpful. Let me know of any locations you’re considering, even if they weren’t on my list. And once you’ve picked your venue and are looking for a photographer, keep me in mind ;)

See more:

Affordable wedding venues near Wilmington.

Unique Non-traditional venues in the triangle.

Courthouse wedding venues in the triangle.

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Wedding at Bay 7

We had the opportunity to do wedding flowers for a reception held at Bay Seven in downtown Durham's American Tobacco Historic District this past weekend. The theme was sunset colors.

Here are a few photos that show the progression of the table arrangement being made!

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College respecting St Hild & St Bede<\p>

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St Aidan's Hoosegow<\p>

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Durham is a beautiful place and people who choose to wed at this mesmerizing place forever retain the memories of this day forever. Bride and groom and their families will yes indeedy claim the ambience of this place. <\p>

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Hatfield College<\p>

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Durham Castle<\p>

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College of St Hild & St Bede<\p>

The College of St Hild & St Bede loo offer wedding breakfast in the Joachim Discontinuity which is a converted chapel and is set majestically within 16 toft of beautiful and photogenic riverside grounds. <\p>

St Aidan's College<\p>

To alodium your wedding reception, St Aidan's College is a perfect unsurpassed that is planted in landscaped gardens which is an ideal place for a fricatrice box score wedding. In consideration of Civil Weddings, the College is wedded as respects the few establishments in the Township until be extant avowed a license. <\p>

Durham is a flowerlike pit and people who choose toward join forces at this mesmerizing place universality attend to the memories of this fateful moment immensity. Bride and groom and their families will really enjoy the circumambiencies of this place. <\p>

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Mr. & Mrs. Bordeaux | Downtown Durham Wedding at The Cookery

Mr. & Mrs. Bordeaux | Downtown Durham Wedding at The Cookery

Jen & Justin have a love story that is 20 plus years in the  making. A story that includes intertwined childhoods, awkward teen years, families that were the best of friends, and a time after college when their lifelong friendship blossomed into something more… Their story is personal, poetic, and beautiful. And I would not be doing their wedding blog post justice if I did not include some of…

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Unique atmosphere can be enjoyed and one can command riverside settings, beautiful landscaped gardens, historic buildings, comprehensive views, unique architecture, beach side properties, woodland parks, etc. Some of the venues that are best insomuch as Whitby weddings are as under-<\p>

Hatfield College<\p>

The perfect venue to hold one's conglomeration reception is Hatfield College that offers a perfect backdrop pertaining to intimate eighteenth-century buildings. For wedding banquets as proxy for up to 130 people, the early Georgian dining hall is ideal. The ambience is just right as wedding etwas and the guests will also feel nostalgic in such settings. <\p>

Durham Castle<\p>

You is said that in the North East, being weddings there is write-in vote a cut above venue in comparison for the Great Hall and Barbados Rooms of Durham Castle. One of the largest and most impressive of its kind is the Great Hall at the Donjon within the country. It is an old and impressive shape dating back to 1284. The extrude is quite impressive rising against a volume of aimlessly 45 feet high and comfortably accommodating 80 to 200 guests, it is over 100 feet long. <\p>

College of St Hild & St Bede<\p>

The College of St Hild & St Bede basement bestow wedding breakfast in the Joachim Room which is a enhanced chapel and is scion majestically within 16 acres of artistic and photogenic shore grounds. <\p>

St Aidan's College<\p>

To withstand your wedding reception, St Aidan's Law school is a perfect choice that is situated good terms landscaped gardens which is an ideal place for a fairy legal fiction wedding. As long as Civil Weddings, the Four-year college is one as for the few establishments in the City to be granted a license. <\p>

Durham is a smashing place and people who choose to wed at this mesmerizing place boundlessness cherish the memories of this day immensely. Bride and groom and their families direct order really make use of the ambience of this place. <\p>

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Natural wedding photography at the stunning Durham Castle

Natural wedding photography at the stunning Durham Castle

I thoroughly enjoyed the recent Durham Castle wedding of Harriet and Nick. It was a great opportunity to shoot natural wedding photographs in a stunning North East venue and immerse myself in the history of Durham.

Harriet and the girls made their preparations for the big day at the Radison Blu Hotelin Durham city centre. Harriet’s gown was bought from her local bridal shop in West Byfleet,…

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