Magnolia Plantation

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!! From the first time we visited Charleston and Magnolia Plantation, we knew that this was the place that we wanted to get married! It is organic and really embodies what Charleston is about! Jessica Cruz at Magnolia Plantation was a world of help, whether it was taking us on the golf cart and showing us each venue, or answering all my emails, or taking my dress, my mom and me around to get my bridal portraits done! Magnolia Plantation is the perfect place for a wedding and we are truly blessed to have Magnolia in our lives forever!!

Couldn't have been more pleased from the moment we reached out to Jessica C. at Magnolia. She was surprisingly helpful, genuine, caring, sweet — very accommodating for all of our questions. For a Charleston wedding, the price was extremely competitive (we booked for a Friday evening to save some money); the venue itself was absolutely beautiful. We booked the Conservatory, which was a perfect setting for our reception with ~50 guests. If you're at all considering stopping by the Magnolia Plantation I urge you to act on your curiosity!

Jessica at Magnolia Plantation was absolutely delightful to work with. We were doing long distance planning mostly via email (having recently moved away from Charleston), and she was very easy to get in touch with and responded to everything promptly. Even though she does not officially coordinate your wedding, she & her team were able to help organize much of our wedding and made sure everything ran smoothly day of, even when we had rain up until half an hour before the outside wedding! She is also very knowledgeable about other vendors in Charleston and can assist with any of your needs. The price of the venue is very reasonable, particularly for it being located in Charleston, such a wedding location and the additional help we received on top of *just* the venue was amazing. Great value. The Conservatory was perfect in size and absolutely beautiful for our small (60 guests) wedding. We are so thankful we chose this venue! We would highly recommend it to anyone.

See this venue once and fall in love. Its breathtaking. The flowers the trees everything about it was beautiful. The staff there is easy to work with and really want to make our day very special.

We loved out Wedding location. We got married at the white bridge lawn and the reception followed with a cocktail hour on the Plantation house veranda and then we added a tent behind the house for dinner and dancing. Jessica was very helpful with setup and planning. We were able to get all of our vendors in on time and efficiently. The house was absolutley beautiful and the surrounding gardens made for some unbelievable pictures. Our guests were "enchanted" and we are so happy we chose Magnolia Gardens

The Magnolia Plantation was beautiful. We had both our ceremony and reception at the Carriage House with the ceremony right outside under a big oak along the Ashley River. The location has so much natural beauty that you really do not have to do much to enhance it for your wedding, which helps to cut down on cost. If you are flexible on your days, it is cheaper on a Friday or a Sunday. Great location and highly recommended!

We were so excited when our daughter, who lives in Washington DC, decided to get married in Charleston,SC, where we were married twenty eight years ago. She had a long list of choices for her reception and after much research and deliberation chose Magnolia Plantation. We opted for the Veranda (they have two choices) and we are so glad we did!! Not only did we get the veranda, but the back lawn, and the White Bridge lawn as well. I could go on and on, but basically we had the cocktail hour on the White Lawn Bridge (breathtakingly beautiful), the dinner on the Veranda (again so beautiful) and dancing on the back lawn. Our point of contact at Magnolia was Jessica Cruz. She was a wonderful source of information and available to me whenever I needed her, which was critical since I was doing the coordination from Colorado. We were beyond satisfied with the service and the setting couldn’t have been better. We would whole-heartedly recommend Magnolia Plantation for a wedding reception location. Thank you so much Jessica for helping to make our daughter's wedding such a huge success. Sincerely, Col. and Mrs. Paul C. Walker USAF, RET

I had my August 2011 wedding at the Carriage House at Magnolia Gardens. I really can't say enough good things about it. Jessica Cruz, the events director, is easy to get ahold of, very professional, and answered any questions I had in a very timely manner. Even though there was a wedding at the Carriage House the night of my rehearsal, Jessica helped provide a different area of the plantation for me to hold my rehearsal. I absolutely loved having my wedding at Magnolia. Would not have done it anywhere else.

Jessica was a wonderful help in every aspect! I had no worries that day because Jessica was such a great help. If the ceremony will be outside and you do hire the bug man (which I highly recommend) don't forget to think of the location the pictures will be taken. Get with your photographer too if you don't know. The bugs drove my flower girls crazy which in turn limited our full family and full bridal party photos. Other than that the carriage house and lawn were absolutely perfect!

This is a one of the most beautiful plantations in Charleston. Apart from it's beauty, Magnolia is willing to accommodate you in almost any way possible. All staff is very helpful and friendly and Jessica the events coordinator is AWESOME! We highly recommend this location to anyone looking to have a wedding in the area. Prices are much more reasonable than other venues in the area and you are not tied down to using specific vendors.

Magnolia was an absolutely PERFECT place to have our wedding. Jessica was very helpful and took care of things for us, even contacting the vendors directly when they needed to sign contracts with the venue. The setting was fantastic. I would recommend Magnolia to any bride in the Charleston area without hesitation! :)

Absolutely beautiful place for a wedding. Our wedding reception was held in the Conservatory with the ceremony on the School House Lawn. It was worth every penny spent. Jessica Cruz was the person who worked with us and she was absolutely amazing!!! I would recommend Magnolia Plantation & Gardens to any bride looking for a breathtaking place to have her wedding.

The Carriage House was a beautiful setting and their staff made it easy.

This was the perfect place for our wedding. The event coordinator was extremely responsive and easy to work with. After I booked the plantation, the event coordinator left, and a new person took over. So I had an opportunity to interact with many different staff members, all of them kind and helpful. The setting is unbelievably beautiful, no matter where you are on the plantation. The setting and the service were perfect.

The staff at Magnolia Plantation was incredible to work with...They truly care about their guests and it shows in their service. I had to change my wedding date about 6 months into my planning process and their willingness to work with me through my dilemma was nothing short of gracious. Spectacular people, spectacular venue, spectacular view from the Carriage House!

I had my July 30th wedding (2011) at the Carriage House. Jessica Cruz, the sales director, is an amazing woman and so pleasant to work with. She bent over backwards for us. On the day, we had a 20 minute downpour at our outdoor ceremony which cut the power for a few hours. Jessica worked nonstop to get it back for us, and it returned just in time for dancing! The carriage house is so beautiful, just like every other aspect of Magnolia Gardens. My husband and I did our portrait session together in June, and that was also a wonderful experience. I can't praise Magnolia highly enough - thank you for everything!!! If it weren't for your preferred vendors list, I wouldn't have had the best of everything for my special day. My Sailor and I thank you from the bottom of our hearts :)

I would not have wanted to have my wedding anywhere but Magnolia Plantation. I felt that it was worth spending a couple thousand dollars for this venue was worth it, although be aware that this is all you are paying for with Magnolia-- the location. They do not include ceremony chairs, tables, or any rental items whatsoever. They also do not have an onsite kitchen, so choose your caterer wisely. I found Jessica Cruz to be helpful and professional from start to finish in the wedding planning process. Although I was planning my Magnolia wedding on the veranda from over 600 miles away, she was helpful and even helped the day of the wedding to make sure I got down the aisle on time. I highly recommend Magnolia for your wedding. It was beautiful.

This site made our wedding! It was definitely the most amazing back drop for a wedding. People have not stopped talking about the location and the Carriage House specifically. The venue did a great job working with us and providing all the information we needed to help make our wedding absolutely perfect! It is a little pricey compared to other venues we looked at but it was well worth every dollar spent.

What a spectacular venue. Great weather of course helped a lot. Just lovely, fabulous spot.

Magnolia was a wonderful setting for our garden themed wedding. The event coordinator was extremely professional and very sweet. Our guests were granted entry prior to the ceremony to tour the gardens, this made the trip well worth it for everyone who flew in from out of town. This is not a cheap venue, but it was well worth it, I cannot wait to see the photographs. All of our guests were very impressed with the beauty of the gardens and the carriage house.