The Chapel At Minoru Park

Tucked inside Richmond's Minoru Park, The Chapel feels like a small piece of another era waiting quietly among the romantic gardens. Originally built in 1891 and carefully preserved, it offers couples a ceremony setting where stained glass, a vaulted ceiling and warm soft natural light create romance before a single flower is added.

The Chapel currently offers several wedding formats. Indoor ceremonies can welcome intimate groups and larger gatherings, while garden ceremonies can bring the vows outside among the park's lush greenery and blooms. Smaller packages are available for celebrations of 20 guests or fewer, along with private elopement options for couples who want the day reduced to its most meaningful essentials.

The setting is especially suited to couples who want the ceremony itself to feel important. There is no need for a vast reception room to create a sense of occasion. The old chapel doors, the walk toward the aisle and the quiet just before the vows already give the moment its shape.

After more than a century, the building has watched generations come through its doors. A wedding here becomes part of that continuity: another pair of hands meeting at the front, another promise spoken beneath the old roof, another beginning carried out into the romantic gardens afterward.

• Outdoor ceremonies
• Gardens and grounds
• A chapel on site
• A historic setting
• Wedding packages
• Live music welcome
• Small weddings and elopements too