Notes on wedding at Scherer's Garden in Eagan, MN

If you are looking for an outdoor wedding location in Minnesota, a great site is Scherer's Garden on Cliff Road in Eagan, Minnesota. There's no back-up rain location, so I'd recommend using your wedding reception site as a back-up location, but the vast majority of weddings in the summer in Minnesota are not rained out - Minnesota rain in the summer tends to be in the forms of thunderstorms, which are very short and localized, so weddings are very rarely rained out. The right-hand photo shown here (courtesy of Scherer's Garden website) shows a wedding utilizing a tent for shading the bridal party, so if your wedding is fairly small (10-30 guests), you could possibly use a rented tent for both the bridal party and your guests, and use that large tent as the rain location.

For reviews of other outdoor wedding locations in Minnesota, check out my reviews of garden wedding sites in MN, and weddings in Minnesota parks.


The garden is gorgeous, isn't it? The rental fee is $800, and it's a labor of love for the couple who owns the site. The garden is much bigger than this picture, but this is where the ceremony is held.


The white archway is where the wedding is held, and rows of chairs are set up in front of it. This pic was taken right before a rehearsal I was conducting, so the chairs aren't set up.



Here's a close-up of the arch. Note the green walk-way from the back. The bride and attendants often use this walkway for the Processional.



The bride, groom, and attendants usually line up way behind the trees back there, so their guests don't see them before the wedding. Then the bridal party proceeds in from around the trees, down the green walkway, and the up in front of the arch.

If you're looking for an outdoor wedding site in the southeastern suburbs of St Paul, MN, this is the best wedding location I've seen - it's breathtakingly beautiful. The rental fee is $800, and Scherer's Gardens in Eagan, Minnesota is about 20 minutes from downtown St Paul, and about 30 minutes from downtown Minneapolis, MN.

For other reviews of non-traditional wedding sites in Minnesota, check out my main website.

Warmly,

Pastor Tomkin Coleman
Minnesota Wedding Officiant