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Manchester Gardens Event Venue

Wedding Barn Receptions Bridal Suites

We make every moment memorable at Manchester Gardens Wedding & Event Venue! You’ll discover our easy to find location on State Road 13 in North Manchester, Indiana. Metzger Gardens is a picturesque garden nursery and home to the most unique wedding event venue in Northern Indiana. Featuring a rustic wedding barn, reception venue & bridal suites.

Decorated wedding or event venue inside a large wooden barn with draped fabric, string lights, floral arrangements, and white tulle decorations along the pews.
A wedding group photo with the bride and groom at the center, surrounded by friends and family holding bouquets and celebrating outdoors.

Begin Your Love Story Here

Elegant banquet hall decorated with string lights, draped fabric ceiling, and floral centerpieces on round tables with black tablecloths, set for a formal event.

Where Love Blooms

  • Rustic Round wedding barn

  • Picturesque CourtYard Garden

  • Industrial-Modern Style Reception Venue, Guest Capacity: 300

  • Gorgeous Brand New Bridal Suites

  • Transparent Pricing

  • Vintage Church Pew Wedding Barn Seating & Twinkle Lights

  • In-House Bartending Service; can be added to any event

  • Open Vendor Policy

  • Bride’s Choice of Wedding Arbor

  • Tables & Chairs Included

  • Climate Controlled Heat & A/C Reception Venue

  • All Wheelchair Accessible Spaces

  • Ample Parking, paved & well-lit

  • Large warming kitchen

  • Handicap accessible restrooms

  • Our specialty decor rental collection available in-house

  • PowerPoint projector & screen in the reception room

  • Beautiful outdoor arbors for photos & a lighted indoor pallet wall for guest photos, full-glass modern event room doors are a perfect photo backdrop

  • In-house Florist Services; available upon request

  • Weekend Wedding Packages starting at only $4,500 includes: the wedding barn & party room for reception, up to 300 guests. Add $500 for the bridal suites.

  • Half-room rental for smaller events using half of the Party Room (baby/bridal showers, graduation parties, birthday parties, etc.) up to 100 guests (tables & chairs included) for $100 per hour.

  • Full-room rentals for larger events (business meetings, auctions, trade shows, large reunions) up to 300 guests (tables & chairs included, PowerPoint projector) for $150 per hour.

A newlywed couple shares a kiss at their wedding reception, with the groom dipping the bride. The bride wears a white lace wedding gown with a veil, and the groom is dressed in a dark suit with glasses. There are floral arrangements and string lights in the background.

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A sign for Metzger Gardens, offering rentals, showers, weddings, memorials, and celebrations, surrounded by colorful flowers in the foreground with a cloudy sky and trees in the background.

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Elegant banquet hall decorated with string lights and hanging paper lanterns, set with formal tableware including gold-rimmed plates, gold utensils, glassware, and floral centerpieces, prepared for a celebration or wedding reception.
Wedding reception hall decorated with string lights, with a table in the foreground featuring a flower arrangement in a glass vase and a beige table runner illuminated with fairy lights.

Our Party Room.

The garden room is ideal for wedding receptions, baby & bridal showers, graduation parties, class reunions, family reunions, birthday parties, celebrations of life and meetings. With flexible floor plans. Parties of 100 or less use half the event space, Parties over 100 and/or weddings use the entire space. Our party room is the ideal place to host your next event, large or small. A large warming kitchen, beautiful new restrooms, Multi-media projector & screen and tables & chairs are included in your rental.

  • Close-up of a floral centerpiece on a wood slice with small white pumpkins, red and orange flowers, and greenery, set on a table with navy tablecloth and red napkins, in a decorated event hall.
  • A decorated sweetheart table for a wedding reception with a wooden table, green foliage garland, candles, a flower arrangement, and Mr. and Mrs. signs, set against white drapes and string lights.
  • Decorated banquet hall with black and gold table settings, candle centerpieces with feathers and gold ornaments, string lights overhead, and gold chairs.
  • Decorative backdrop made of wooden pallets with string lights, green foliage, and potted plants with hydrangeas, set against a wooden wall for an event or celebration.
  • Group of nine people, including a bride and groom, smiling at a wedding reception. Backdrop features wooden panels, string lights, and a neon sign that says 'The Pysons.'

Relaxing Bridal Suites for Her …..The Lady Bird Retreat

Living room with vintage teal sofa, four gray armchairs, a glass-top coffee table with flowers, decorative wooden wall panels, plants, and mirrors.
A salon or barbershop station with three brown chairs, a long wooden counter, decorative round mirrors, and wall-mounted light fixtures with shaded covers. The mirrors reflect seating and decor in an adjacent lounge area.

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