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KC Parks & Rec 2019 Spring/Summer Fun Guide 19

KC Parks offers some beautiful outdoor venues for your wedding
Weddings ceremony. From neighborhood parks to lakes, fountains, trails and golf
courses, the Kansas City parks system provides a wide array of settings
and venues from which to choose. Below are some of the more popular
wedding ceremony venues:

Jacob L. Loose Park and the Swope Memorial in Swope Park
Laura Conyers Smith Rose Garden
6900 Swope Memorial Dr.
W. 51st St. and Wornall Rd.
Just northwest of the golf course clubhouse, Swope Memorial sits
The Rose Garden is the most popular wedding location, but Loose Park upon a cliff, overlooking Swope Park. If you want privacy, this location
also offers a quaint pond area for smaller wedding ceremonies. should be your first pick. Due to limited parking, you may be asked
to bus in (think trolley or limo bus) your guests from your reception
Shoal Creek Living History Museum site, especially if wanting a morning or mid-afternoon ceremony. This
in Robert H. Hodge Park location is not recommended if you have more than 150 guests.
7000 E. Barry Rd. Richard & Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors’ Park
Shoal Creek Living History Museum is a village of authentic 19th century
buildings that offers a unique setting. Available for wedding ceremonies Roanoke Pkwy. and W. 47th St.
is Mt. Ararat Church, a one-room building with vestibule and raised Located on the west edge of the Country Club Plaza, Richard & Annette
chancel. Being true to the period, it does not have air conditioning, Bloch Cancer Survivors’ Park is ideal for a smaller ceremony. The
heat or electricity. However, there are several windows on two sides location provides vined pergolas on its south side and a convenient
that allow lots of light and natural ventilation. The church seats up to Plaza location if your reception is in a nearby hotel.
125 guests indoors. You may set up anywhere within the grounds for an
outdoor ceremony. For more information, call 816-792-2655. The Concourse in Kessler Park
Mill Creek Park Gladstone Blvd. & Benton Blvd.
Curved stone colonnades to the north and a fountain to the south
47th and J.C. Nichols Parkway on the Plaza
make this a beautiful and historic northeast Kansas City location.
Home of the famous J.C. Nichols Fountain, Mill Creek Park provides a
beautiful setting adjacent to the Country Club Plaza. Spirit of Freedom Fountain
PLEASE NOTE: Certain items are not allowed in Mill Creek Park, or the Hillside Fountain (waterfall)
including portable toilets, large tents, staging, any large equipment
and vehicles on the grass. Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd. at Cleveland Ave.
Situated along Brush Creek, either of these water features provides a
Frank A. Theis Park beautiful backdrop for your ceremony.

Volker Blvd. and Oak St. Old Red Bridge in Minor Park
Frank A. Theis Park rests alongside Brush Creek – with the William Volker
Memorial Foundation on the south side, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art East of Holmes St. on Red Bridge Rd.
to the north and the Kauffman Memorial Gardens to the east. The Old Red Bridge in Minor Park is home to Kansas City’s Love Locks
tradition and, as such, is an extremely appropriate site for a wedding
Southmoreland Park ceremony. The placing of love locks is a custom whereby couples affix
a padlock to a bridge, fence or gate, so pronouncing their unbreakable
Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd. and Oak St.
and everlasting love. The Old Red Bridge is a pedestrian bridge that
Just to the west of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Southmoreland sits over the Blue River in South Kansas City. The bridge provides a
Park is a nicely shaded park with lots of tree coverage and large stone beautiful, historic and unique setting.
walls. The park is not available Memorial Day through mid-July due to These are just some of the more popular KC Parks wedding locations.
the annual Shakespeare Festival.
You may have another park in mind that has a special meaning. Perhaps
Anita B. Gorman Park where you had your first date or where he popped the question?

N. Holmes St. at N.E. Vivion Rd.
Call 816-513-RSVP (7787) for questions or more
Home of the Northland Fountain, one of the few fountains that flows information.
all year long in Kansas City, Anita B. Gorman Park and the Northland
Fountain offer a pretty spot for ceremonies.