"We're Engaged" to "I Do"
From stunning backdrops for your engagement photos to one-of-a-kind venues for your ceremony, Milwaukee County Parks offers the ideal destination for your day. To reserve our most popular locations outside of a wedding or special event permit for a professional photo shoot, you'll need to get a photography permit.
Boerner Botanical Gardens
Boerner Botanical Gardens is ideal for everything from an intimate wedding for 30 guests in the annual garden gazebo to a large ceremony for 200 guests in the shrub mall. The historic Garden House can also be rented for use as a bridal room, or an alternative ceremony site in case of inclement weather.

Grant Park Golf Clubhouse
Photo Credit: Milwaukee County Parks
This two-story farm home from the late 1800s offers a spacious interior and views of the beautifully wooded Grant Park Golf Course and the spectacular shore of Lake Michigan.

Indoor Pavilions
Photo credit: South Shore Pavilion, Jill Emmer Photography
Pavilions and other indoor venues can be booked for a ceremony and/or reception. Includes standard set up with tables and chairs plus flexibility for catering.

Oak & Antler Banquet Hall, inside Brown Deer Golf Clubhouse
Photo credit: Milwaukee County Parks
Oak & Antler, nestled on the famous Brown Deer Golf Course, blends Tudor Revival architecture with a charming brick & beam interior. In the banquet hall, soaring ceilings and chandeliers pair with a brick fireplace and large picture windows to provide a photogenic setting, inside & out.

Scenic Park & Downtown Locations
Photo credit: Lake Park, Jill Emmer Photography
Milwaukee County Parks offers several stunning outdoor locations for ceremonies including the Grand Staircase, the Lion Bridges, the Summer Stage and the Waterfall Ravine. Other popular downtown locations are Juneau Park, Pere Marquette Park, Red Arrow Park, and Zeidler Union Square.

Wehr Nature Center
Wehr Nature Center offers intimate sites overlooking Mallard Lake (capacity 20), and the larger amphitheater (capacity 195). Indoor options are also available.
Preferred Catering Vendor List
A Resource for Renters.
View a currated list of catering vendors that are frequently recommended to accompany your rental.
For questions, concerns or information about being added to this list, please contact Public Services at (414) 257-8005.

