Last minute elopements in Orlando Florida are easy and very affordable especially if you are not a resident. The reason being is that you can get married the same day.
No waiting time.
Check out our Pricing page for amazing deals on weddings in Florida. While you’re here enjoy any number of theme parks and the beautiful Florida beaches.
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Intimate garden weddings in Orlando are beautiful & affordable.
As the official an exclusive minister at the Secret Garden, I can confidently say that this venue is one of the best deals around and among my favorite locations.
The photography service and my officiating service are both included in the customized Marry Me Now Elopement Package. This package starts at only $300.
This quaint home wedding location is perfectly shaded by Live Oak trees. Weddings can be scheduled between 10 AM and ending one hour before sunset any day of the year based upon availability.
On average, our customers receive between 60 and 100 Digital photo files with the copyrights in their Secret Garden elopement package.
Abba photography is the business location of this venue and is the exclusive photography company providing this service.
This venue is perfect for someone who is looking for something quick and easy to elope or even a larger event with up to 40 people. We are within 20 minutes of downtown Orlando and we are approximately 45 minutes from Daytona beach and approximately 45 minutes from Kissimmee.
There are beautiful flowers in bloom year-round and the lake is always peaceful, beautiful and calming.
Getting a marriage license in Florida is very easy as you can get the license at any county in Florida and use it in any other county in the state and the license is good for 60 days. Florida residents have to get a license at least three days before the wedding in most cases but non-residents can get married the same day and the license is good for 60 days.
There are lots of great restaurants nearby as well as attractions for people vacationing which is why intimate garden weddings in Orlando are beautiful & affordable.
You can see the ceremony selections offered by Rev. Gary Davids at orlandoceremony.com/vows
We look forward to seeing you on your very special day.
Written by Rev. Gary Davids
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Great weddings on a budget
Great weddings on a budget take place at The Secret Garden year round in Orlando. In fact, we can’t keep up with posting about them unless we were to hire someone to simply just sit at the computer and blog. So from time to time I find a few minutes to show you some new scenes and drop a few congrats on our site.
It surprises many on the distance that our customers travel from to get married here and the UK is among the most frequent although we get people visiting us from everywhere else. Doing the theme park vacation in Orlando makes it very easy for travelers to go to the courthouse to get a marriage license and then tie the knot with Rev. Gary Davids. The photos are always exclusively and professionally shot as The Secret Garden is also the home of Abba Photography.
Reserving your wedding with us couldn’t be easier. Visit our contact page for excellent service.
We would like to take this moment to thank and congratulate Chelsea and Byron who visited recently from Canada. They arrived at our garden venue single and left as a happily married couple. It’s the magic that we get to witness time and time again here. Maybe it’s the “live oak tress with the hanging moss” but personally I believe it’s the love two people share. đŸ˜‰
The lake view is always beautiful but since Hurricane Irma arrived last summer the lake level has be a bit higher than normal but I feel it makes it even more beautiful. Very majestic!
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We are honored to be considered the Number One garden wedding elope location in Orlando Florida and it is a result of hard work and passion in creating beautiful weddings. Below you will find some new photos that show the inside and outside of the Secret Garden including a comfortable screened in porch patio to relax in.
The garden is lush with beautiful plants and statutes.
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A good way to mark your destination wedding at the Secret Garden is with balloons. Balloons are always a sign of a party or special event and you can even match the colors of your wedding theme by placing a bunch of balloons around the neck of our Lion statue at the entrance to the Secret Garden as shown in the videos below.
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Among all of our clients there is a common thread or reasons why they choose The Secret Garden for their wedding location. The top reason seems to be the value and ease of planning a wedding with us. The other reasons and not in order of importance are:
*The beauty of the surroundings
*The friendly and professional staff
*Fast response time to every communication
*Near all of the central Florida attractions
*Near major hotels and restaurants
*Beautiful high resolution photos with copyrights granted to client taken exclusively by Abba Photography
*Ceremonies performed exclusively by Rev. Gary Davids
*Easy reservation process usually within 5 minutes of date request
*Marriage license filing taken care of by Rev. Gary
And the most popular reason probably being
We were able to get married without the stress of wondering who we should invite without offending certain people or planning a day we have wanted to celebrate for so long to a date so far in the future. This was such an easy decision and our honeymoon was a truly intimate vacation.
We hope you have and easy time making your decision and we are here to help with that process.
Gary and Marti
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Among the cheap places to elope in florida is also one of the most beautiful and private locations to get married in Florida.
Here are a few more reasons why you should consider this intimate garden jewel.
In their own words, Thank you Betsey and Jeremy.
“Hi Gary,
We are so delighted that we chose to have our ceremony at your beautiful home on the lake with your wonderful wife. You two are wonderfully easy and fun to spend time with and from our pictures you can tell how much we enjoyed our time together there.
The photos are amazing! We are even more delighted with those and both of us just adore how they turned out. You and your wife were able to capture our genuine happiness of the moment with such clarity. The pictures of our sincere joy have been an inspiration to others.
Thank you SO very much!”
For more descriptive words check out our BLOG.
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Although you need a Florida marriage license to get married in Florida it could not be easier. Unlike some states where you have to get the license in the county that you want to marry in, you can get the license in any of the 67 counties in Florida and have the ceremony performed in any other Florida county. The license is good for 60 days and if neither the bride or groom are Florida residents you can get married the same day otherwise there is a 3 day wait period. There are some exceptions to this rule so feel free to contact any of the courthouse locations at this link to answer any other questions.
Some people ask can I get the license by mail and the answer is YES but there are certain details that must be met.
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Our latest UK bride and groom at the Secret Garden
‪Congratulations to our most recent bride and groom Dion and Vicki from the UK.
We had the pleasure of meeting this wonderful UK couple not far from my birthplace. Always gives me a feeling of home.
We thank all of our couples for not only finding us on the web but for choosing our location and services. It is an honor to provide these treasured memories on such an important day.
The wedding was officiated by Rev. Gary Davids and photographed by Marti Davids of Abba Photography.
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Here is our Latest 5 star review of The Secret Garden đŸ™‚
Domini DiMaggio-Preisel
Rating 5 Star
Review posted on
May 7, 2017
I cannot say enough nice things about this place! It was absolutely perfect for my now husband and I. After tossing around and turning down other elopement destination ideas, we decided to see if it was possible to get married in Orlando, during our already planned regular vacation to Universal’s Harry Potter World. I called and spoke to Gary and he was super helpful and made things really easy. And that was a little under a year before we planned on arriving. He answered all my questions whenever I wrote him an email and he was always very quick to respond. Usually within the next couple of hours, if not that same hour he replied back. We are from the Chicago area so I had a bunch of questions. It was only going to be us at first, but of course parents really wanted to come and we made some changes. Again, Gary and his wife were super accommodating. Our big day (April 17, 2017) we all were sooooo impressed with the location! You can’t see anything due to privacy fencing in the front, but it was very quaint and super cute. The actual wedding location in the back is simply stunning!! The pictures on their website do not do this place justice at all! It’s even better in person! Even my dad, who does not pay attention to locations and details was amazed at how perfect this location is. It would be great for a big a wedding or a small wedding like the one we had. They have the perfect house and location for weddings or any party really. Their professionalism comes shinning through in everything they did, but they were as sweet as can be during the whole process from start to finish. They even let us do our ceremony super early in the day so we could get to the Magic Kingdom and start celebrating. Not to mention the price for the Marry Me Now package is unbeatable! If you are considering getting married in the Orlando area I strongly recommend The Secret Garden!
We thank you for taking the time to put this RAVE review into words. Thanks for sharing.
Gary and Marti
The Secret Garden
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