Brookside Gardens- Maryland

Begin Your Love Story Amidst Tranquil Garden Wedding Setting At Brookside Gardens

Dreaming about hosting your wedding amidst sprinkling fountains and twinkling stars, in a lush and lovely garden wedding venue is inherently ideal. Starting from the quintessential natural settings for wedding photography backgrounds to the picturesque and intimate atmosphere for couples looking to have a vintage-romantic wedding style, garden wedding venues have managed to make so many couples swoon with their unmatched natural charm.

It can have a super bohemian feel of a desert or quaint waterfront setting with eggshell-colored sands, garden wedding venues can look chicly polished or pastoral countryside, depending on what the couple is looking for while searching for their ideal wedding venue in Washington DC suburbs. Whether they are looking to have a laid-back and casual wedding setting to celebrate your big day, or they want a complete formal black-tie affair, garden wedding venues in suburban Washington DC can give you the versatility of space, to choose the kind of decor you want to fit in for your wedding venue according to the wedding theme that you have selected.

One of the most favorite picks for DC couples for hosting weddings is the historic Brookside Gardens, in Wheaton, Montgomery County. Located within a 30 minutes drive from the heart of Washington DC, this wedding venue in the DC suburbs is one of the most famous public gardens within the popular tourist hotspot  Wheaton Regional Park in Maryland. The gorgeous and the lush lawns of Brookside Garden are ethereal for hosting weddings which are sprawling in 50 acres of naturally adorned ground, punctuated by a Japanese Tea House, a Fragrance Garden, a glass top conservatory, sparkling fountains, azalea gardens, and quaint little ponds. This suburban Washington DC wedding venue was originally a part of landscaping and garden center owned by Stadler Nurseries, which was open to the public in 1969 with 25 acres developed as public gardens and a conservatory, and over time, more gardens have been added to showcase local flora species.

This classic wedding venue in the suburbs of Washington DC is an award-winning wedding site that is filled with the following gardens-  Aquatic Garden, Azalea Garden, Butterfly Garden, Children’s Garden, Rose Garden, Japanese Style Garden, Trial Garden, Rain Garden, and the Woodland Walk, as event spaces for you to choose from for your wedding and wedding-related events. The immaculate lawns and tranquil green spaces are perfect for both summer wedding celebrations and winter wedding celebrations, as starting from the formal hedgerows in the Yew Gardens to the rustic gazebos in the Fragrance Garden, every corner of this traditional wedding venue space in Washington DC suburb looks like a dream in a wedding album.

The South Terrace of this suburban Washington DC wedding venue is perfect for cocktail receptions as it features romantic settings under the twinkling lights, and for the wedding reception and ceremony, you can choose from the three wedding event spaces available to accommodate up to 300 wedding guests, for both casual as well as a formal wedding. For an ideal summertime wedding, you can choose the most popular and sought out wedding ceremony site- the Japanese Tea House, featuring scented flower beds and a picturesque garden ceremony setting featuring a weathered and gable-roofed log house overlooking a pond and surrounded by a breathtaking woodsy backdrop for making your Washington DC wedding photography session look fairytale-inspired. 

The glass-topped conservatory is another wedding reception event space featuring an expansive tent wedding setting with floor-to-ceiling windows offering 360-degree views of the surrounding natural backdrops, making the entire event space naturally illuminated for your Washington DC wedding photography. Another very popular wedding ceremony site the Fragrance Garden features landscaped grounds with an enchanting mountain, a cobblestone aisle with an arched entryway leading up to a rustic gazebo, and surrounded by tall towering trees. It is very easy to see why this wedding ceremony event space is one of our Washington DC wedding photographers' favorite places to capture couple portraits, as the magical and dreamlike ambiance like this one can be found nowhere else.

The countless photographic opportunities at this wedding destination make it one of the best wedding venues in the suburbs of Washington DC. With the sunshine transitioning to the tents, the breathtaking sight of thousands of butterflies flapping their wings during the autumn season creating a vibrant backdrop, to the scenic views of the Azalea and Aquatic gardens from the auditorium's huge glass walls, everything about this classic wedding venue in Washington DC suburbs can make you swoon over its sheer beauty and aesthetic appeal.

With the seating capacity for up to 175 wedding guests, this suburban Washington DC wedding venue offers a wide array of fully customizable and all-inclusive wedding packages. The on-site wedding planners can walk you through each week and small details of your wedding day with utmost attention to detail, as they are teamed with years of unmatched experience in hosting weddings for both Maryland couples as well as Washington DC couples. Starting from hosting a formal alfresco reception to contacting your vendors and providing them with assistance, along with last-minute changes and hands-on attitude, it is guaranteed for you to have a splendid experience at this unforgettable Washington DC wedding venue.

Your special day can be made even more special by visiting the nearby areas of this Montgomery County wedding venue, to relax and unwind, before the wedding hustles set in, even after the wedding reception is over to bring in a wide range of diversity for your wedding album. The Brookside Garden in itself is enormous for you to explore, which can bring in a tremendous array of couple photography opportunities as each corner is filled with something unique and different for your Washington DC wedding photography session. The Brookside Nature Center is filled with nature trails and museums that can weave a rustic dream for your Washington DC couple photography session. Our wedding photographers in Washington DC love this place during spring and autumn when the trees are either in full bloom during springtime, or looks deciduous during the fall season, for creating a different and unique versatility for your wedding photo book. You can also decide to spend some quality time at the Wheaton Regional Park, filled with vintage miniature trains and carousels, perfect for golden hour photography sessions.

If you haven't clicked any engagement portraits yet, then maybe now is the best time to do so. Get in touch with our engagement photographers in Washington DC and head to all the photogenic places of Washington DC, the nation's capital nestling between Maryland and Virginia, by the Potomac River.

Loved by our Washington DC engagement photographers, the United States Capitol and Capitol Hill, is considered as a symbol of the United States. This gorgeous engagement photography destination houses a huge dome-shaped architectural building that is a replica of St Peter's in Rome. The historically rich rotunda is filled with frescoes, reliefs, and paintings, especially the great cast-iron dome with a ceiling painting by Constantino Brumidi and huge paintings of scenes from American history on the walls, where you can spend some quality time with your love and bask in the beautiful history, while our professional photographers in DC and its suburbs capture you both with the aesthetic backgrounds of this place. A city with so much rich history to share also is home to the Library of Congress, which is considered to be the largest library in the world model at the Opera House in Paris.

Your destination can be the official residence of the president of the United States- the White House, which was originally built by James Hoban in 1792 and has been a home of every US president. The picturesque grounds of the White House, with vast stretches of our flower beds and quintessential trickling fountains, along with the next door 1833 Greek Revival Treasury Building and the 1871 Executive Office Building, are perfect for your Washington DC engagement photography session as the brilliance of these striking old government buildings in Washington tell the story of its own. The Lincoln Memorial is one of the best-loved Washington's memorials located at the far end of the mall separated by the Reflecting Pool from the Washington Monument. This 19-foot marble statue of President Abraham Lincoln was completed in 1922 and has become an icon since its inception, especially when Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous 'I have a dream' speech in the year 1963, on its stately staircase.

The 555-foot white shaft of the Washington Monument mirroring in the long Reflecting Pool, and the base of the monument surrounded by 50 American flags, is a true American icon that can be captured for your pre-wedding photography session in Washington DC. The National Mall and Veterans Memorial sprawling with a swath of lawns and pools, starting from the Capitol Building to the Lincoln Memorial, is a prominent stretch for professional post-wedding photography in Washington DC, usually filled with tourists and visitors every day. Enjoy the beautiful grounds and spend some time here during the evening times and indulge in golden hour photography with an iconic American historical backdrop.

One of the world's most popular museums the National Air and Space Museum features a collection of history-making air and spacecraft, including the Wright Brothers flyer originating in 1903 and Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis, the first plane to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Illustrating science, history, and technology of aviation and space flight, this destination in Washington DC is ideal for science and aviation enthusiastic couples. For the lovers of art, the National Gallery of Art can be the next destination for couple photography in Washington DC during your pre-wedding photoshoot or post-wedding photo session, as this architecturally brilliant building hosts a wide collection of European and American masterpieces including paintings, sculptures, artifacts, and decorative artworks.

The National Museum of Natural History can delight the archaeological enthusiastic couples with its dazzling collection of gems and minerals especially the iconic Hope Diamond, along with exhibits ranging from natural history, marine life, and human origins. The National Museum of American History is another popular historical spot featuring political, cultural, scientific, and technological traces of American history starting from Edison's first light bulb to the original flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write a song that eventually became the United States national anthem- “The Star-Spangled Banner”. When the day comes to an end, head to the pristine location of Jefferson Memorial and Tidal Basin, the architectural brilliance based on Roman Pantheon, with its low dome supported by 54 iconic columns by the Tidal Pool and surrounded by Cherry Blossoms straight from Japan, making it an ideal location for our Washington DC engagement photographers to capture you and your BAE during the golden hour.

Whether you want to indulge in a post-wedding photo session at one of the famous and popular locations of Washington DC or simply want a wedding photography session at the historic Brookside Gardens in Maryland, our professional wedding photographers can create magic with their camera lenses and give you keepsakes from your wedding day, that will last a lifetime.

If you and your partner are looking for photographers in Washington DC and its suburbs, we at George Street Photo & Video will be honored to help you with our exceptionally talented wedding photography and videography team and our highly competitive packages come as a bonus, starting from USD 1,500. Click to know more about our wide range of wedding photography and video packages by scheduling an appointment with us!