After deciding to keep our ceremony and reception within Seattle, I spent a weekend searching venue directories, Google, and the Weddingbee boards for locations that were within our budget and fit our woodsy aesthetic. To keep it all organized, I put all my top choices into a spreadsheet for us to look over later and decide on our favorites.
My first stop was the Seattle Parks and Recreation Events Department page. We?re lucky to have a ton of beautiful, publicly owned outdoor spaces, all of which rent out for absurdly cheap compared to other ceremony sites. My first choice on there was a place Mr. Feather and I had visited before: the bathhouse at Golden Gardens Park.

The windows look out over the beach. Beautiful! // Image via Twelve Baskets Catering // Photo by Jenny GG Photography
There?s a lovely forested beach space directly to the north of the bathhouse. // Photo by A Beautiful Day Photography
The building has a great industrial feel on top of having a wonderful view of the beach behind it. It?s big enough for all our guests, and I love how we could choose to decorate with paper lanterns or string lights, or just let the brick speak for itself.
Here?s where I learned a few of the downsides involved with having a public park ceremony, with the key word being ?public.? Don?t get me wrong, I don?t mind sharing our wedding day with onlookers and understand that the beauty of public parks is that they belong to everyone. However, I read more than a few stories online d...