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Amenities + details
Indoor Event Space
Reception Area
Covered Outdoors Space
Dressing Room
Handicap Accessible
Liability Insurance
On-Site Accommodations
Outdoor Event Space
Wireless Internet
Reviews
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4.8
out of 5.013 reviews
We wanted a wedding venue that was close to the city, but also felt like we weren’t in the city. And Camp Mary Orton did not disappoint! Johanna is fabulous to work with and the ca...
mp host all weekend was so helpful and kind. The space is huge and all of the tables and chairs you could need are available so you don’t need to worry about outside rentals. The large kitchen is perfect if you choose catering or to store alcohol for your bartenders. The lodge is just absolutely stunning and doesn’t require any decoration on walls or ceilings at all. And the scenery - perfect. Deer, wild turkeys, trees, beautiful spacious grass, cute cabins, and a fire pit if you’d like for the night of your wedding. I cannot say enough good things and I am so happy we chose Camp Mary Orton.
Camp Mary Orton was the perfect spot to get married! My husband and I loved the lodge and laid back atmosphere. We even saw deer and bats the night of our rehearsal dinner and wedd...
ing, we love animals so it was very cool. Johanna is great to work with, communication can be a little spotty, but we ended up with no problems with the venue. A fantastic value for Columbus! If you are an outdoorsy couple, I highly recommend Camp Mary Orton!
Beautiful location and very helpful and friendly staff
This location is absolutely beautiful!! It is a blank canvas so you can do what you want for decorations, table placement, indoor/outdoor, vendors. You name it, and it happens! Joh...
anna is a doll and is willing to work with you! Very rustic but can be designed how you want it.
Camp Mary Orton was truly the most perfect wedding venue. We were searching for somewhere in Columbus with natural beauty and that gave us flexibility with food and alcohol, in add...
ition to flexibility in the spaces we could use. Getting married in early April with around 120 guests we were able to use each of the large rooms different- one for the ceremony and one for the reception. But there is no shortage of outside space and the place would fit 250 people, although it never felt empty with 120. When we then heard the CMO is a non profit and wedding help support Goldman Gild, particularly helping low income children go to camp in the summer, we were sold. Our wedding was beautiful, everyone involved was helpful, accommodating, and supportive. All our guests were surprised that such a beautiful place could be found seemingly off the beaten path in Columbus. I would recommend CMO to anyone getting married or planning any type of event.
We had such a great experience from start to finish with Camp Mary Orton. I would highly recommend this venue for anyone who is looking for something a little more casual that is s...
till close to central Columbus. I communicated with the staff for over a year before the wedding and they were always wonderful to work with.
Getting married at Camp Mary Orton was everything I could've dreamed and more. The venue was very accommodating with our quirky requests - wanting to have food trucks cater the eve...
nt, and including our three dogs in the wedding ceremony. This is not something we would've been able to achieve if we had our wedding at a "typical" venue. Our attendants the day of the wedding were very helpful throughout the event, making sure we had everything we needed. We would recommend using Camp Mary Orton to anyone.
Our wedding reception went off without a "hitch" at Camp Mary Orton, and I would recommend the venue to any bride! Johanna was extremely kind and responded quickly to my many wedd...
ing questions. On the day of the wedding, we had 2 hosts who were extremely friendly and helpful. The lodge was decorated beautifully and the green grounds around the camp were gorgeous! We even had a double rainbow during dinner!
Absolutely beautiful rustic wedding location with friendly and flexible staff. This location absolutely transforms when decorated...I couldn't have imagined a more magical place fo...
r my ceremony and reception.
Camp Mary Orton is tucked away in a lovely wooded area, and recent improvements have made it a nice venue for a wedding or other special event. In addition, CMO has the distinction...
of being one of few venues in the Columbus area that are flexible in terms of catering, alcohol, and other vendors - there are no approved lists or strict guidelines here, which allows you to craft your wedding day in whatever way you see fit and, potentially, save some money (including providing your own food and alcohol if you wish). The flip side of this (potentially a downside for some) is that you are very much on your own when it comes to planning and executing your wedding. Everything must come in and out within the rental period you have reserved, and you (or your caterer/wedding planner/etc.) will be responsible for all setup and tear down (not uncommon at wedding venues, but worth noting). With past experience as a wedding planner, I was comfortable with this arrangement. Ultimately, however, I feel that the price of the venue is too high for the extremely limited services they offer (limited tables, plastic garden chairs, no additional space to get ready, no on-site coordinator, detached restrooms, etc.). In addition, I found it very frustrating to work with the contact on-site - e-mails would often go for a week or more without being answered, making it difficult to keep plans moving forward. In person, Johanna was very nice and knowledgeable, but remote communication frequently left something to be desired. At the end of the day, our wedding was beautiful and guests had a great time, but I attribute much of that to our planning and our team of vendors, rather than to the venue itself.
Camp Mary Orton was the perfect setting for our wedding. We wanted an outdoor ceremony and an indoor reception. The area was absolutely gorgeous in the fall! All of our guests thou...
ght it was such a nice setting. It was nice to find such a perfect outdoor area that seemed far away from the city, but really wasn't. The price was very reasonable and we liked that it would benefit the camp. Hosting weddings is not the main function of the camp so they are busy with other things. That being said, communication wasn't the easiest, but it also wasn't unreasonable. We visited so many venues outside of the Columbus area because we just didn't think we could get the setting we wanted in Columbus, but we are so glad that we choose Camp Mary Orton and we would not hesitate to recommend them to others!
CMO was great. They were flexible in schedule, extremely kind and quick responders in the lead up to our wedding date. During the week before we were able to meet with all our ve...
ndors on site, as well as our parents for a final walk-thru. And on the day of, our host went the extra mile for some of our elderly and disabled guests, by shuttling on the grounds. He also lit a campfire for our guests at the end of the evening.
Camp Mary Orton was the PERFECT fall venue! The rustic lodge and colors of the leaves could not have made our wedding any more beautiful. They had someone on site throughout the en...
tire event which helped to make everything run smoothly! I would recommend Camp Mary Orton to any bride!
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7925 N High St, Columbus, OH
Camp Mary Orton