Wedding

Although you need a Florida marriage license to get married in Florida it could not be easier. Unlike some states where you have to get the license in the county that you want to marry in, you can get the license in any of the 67 counties in Florida and have the ceremony performed in any other Florida county. The license is good for 60 days and if neither the bride or groom are Florida residents you can get married the same day otherwise there is a 3 day wait period. There are some exceptions to this rule so feel free to contact any of the courthouse locations at this link to answer any other questions.

Some people ask can I get the license by mail and the answer is YES but there are certain details that must be met.

We look forward to seeing you soon.

Rev. Gary Secret Garden

I had the pleasure of officiating another wedding at the Secret Garden today for David and Sara. You can read about it at this link.

Thanks,

Rev. Gary Secret Garden

New Secret Garden Video Option

New Secret Garden Video Option can be added to any Elopement package at an incredible price. Hi def ceremony and portrait highlights for only $100.00.

Recent Rave Review

Here is a recent rave review.

Gary was very professional, helpful, and a wonderful person. He was a great help and was very flexible to our schedule. When me and my now wife booked with Gary, he was very helpful with all of our questions and concerns. Originally we were only gonna do the ceremony, but once we arrived to Gary’s and walked into the back yard and seen how magnificent/beautiful/ breath taking it was, we then decided at the very last minute, while standing there right before Gary proceeded to marry us, and change our minds with no time to spare, to have Marty(please forgive me if i spelled her name wrong) take the photos for us. After seeing the setup they had with all the props and how beautiful it was, i wouldn’t of wanted my wedding photos anywhere else but there. We were so satisfied, that we are trying to plan another trip to Florida, to maybe do our vowel renewals on our 1year anniversary. I myself am a very very picky person, but i would recommend anybody and i mean anybody to use them for weddings and photos and anything else that might be needed for that special day. They both will always have a spot in mine and my wifes heart that we will never forget how special they made our special day. They are very amazing people. On a scale of 1-5, i would give them a 10, they are very above and beyond all expectations we could of ever imagined.

Justin: 12/31/2013

Thank you very much for the review and kind words.

Gary and Marti

Crystal Ballroom wedding ceremony Casselberry

Congratulations to Samantha and Oscar. Their Crystal Ballroom wedding ceremony Casselberry was performed by Rev. Gary and the reception was photographed by the husband and wife team of Abba Photography.

We are happy to inform you based upon the comments that Abba Photography is the house photographer here at The Secret Garden and you can see lots of sample images from a lot of locations around Central Florida at this link. http://abbaphotography.com/?page_id=187

Featured on this site are the photographic skills of Marti Davids of Abba Photography and you can see her complete portfolio at http://abbaphotography.com/?page_id=187.

I would like to thank Jill and Darin for choosing me to be a part of their special day for their wedding held at the Gaylord Palms and for their warm comments read below. Congratulations to you both.

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Rev. Gary,
We just want to thank you for the wonderful ceromony.  You did a tremendous job.  It was just amazing that you were able to incorporate our personalities so well with just the short amount of time that we had with you.  We both honestly think that you did just as well, if not better, than if we had our minister here perform our ceromony.  Again thank you so much for making our day so very special.
Thanks,
Jill and Darin

Congratulations to Roger and Evana who came to visit Florida for their wedding. They got married pool side at the Holiday Inn Vacation Club Resort.

It may have been raining but it was still a beautiful gathering of friends and family.