The Fairmount Park Horticulture Center

on the day of was excellent. The support staff on the day of the wedding were amazing. Our day was incredible and ultimately, I think we would still choose to have our wedding there because of the space.  But it was not a seamless experience with Constellation and we want future couples to be able to make a fully informed decision— Leading up, we did not enjoy our tasting—it felt extremely impersonal and was really an awkward experience. The food was also just not great. There was not any follow up afterwards: at our planners urging, we reached out to express our disappointment and were offered the chance to do another tasting for $200 for only appetizers (!!) which we declined. Thankfully, this resolved for the actual event and the food was very good at the wedding.  But our hesitation to write this review was mostly because we did not have a good experience with Olivia. She was sweet but disorganized to work with leading up to the wedding. As a small example, we upgraded the bar package but were never informed that this meant we could have two signature cocktails. I noticed it in the paperwork two days before the wedding and asked about it, at which point we were told it was too late. We can mostly overlook all that though, except that Olivia was ultimately also not present at our wedding. She was introduced to us months before as the Constellation lead—there to would make sure everything went smoothly on the Constellation end *on our wedding day.* Despite meeting with her leading up to the wedding (even the day before!), it was never communicated that someone else would be stepping in for the actual event. Our planner was not even informed until the wedding was underway. There were a few small details that were missed because they had been communicated directly to Olivia. It felt like a total bait-and-switch. In the days following the wedding, our family picked up some decor from the space: Olivia was there to coordinate that and in passing, our family mentioned that we would appreciate hearing from her because we were disappointed in the lack of communication. She said she understood why and that she would reach out: she never did. Our day was perfect otherwise and the venue is gorgeous but our experience specifically with Olivia left a bad taste in our mouth.

ing pool but unfortunately the weather didn’t permit - we had cocktail hour inside and it was still incredible. The whole team there was impressive and the food was truly delicious. My standards for wedding food are pretty low but it was excellent, and many of our guests commented that it was the best wedding food they’ve ever had (and they’d eat it again if they could). The whole team was lovely to work with. So, so glad we got married here!!