Woodvale Facility

Woodvale Facility gives an Edmonton wedding something many community venues do not have right outside the door.

Green space.

Set beside Mill Woods Golf Course and operated through the Woodvale Community League, the facility is promoted specifically for weddings and events, bringing together a practical gathering place with the softer scenery of the course around it.

That combination gives couples freedom.

Inside, the room can be shaped around their own colours, flowers and traditions rather than forcing the wedding to compete with a heavily themed venue. Outside, the golf-course landscape keeps the day from feeling boxed in once guests step beyond the doors.

It is the kind of place that can become elegant with candlelight and classic florals or relaxed and family-centred with a room built mainly around good food, speeches and a full dance floor.

And because it is a community facility, there is a comfortable, unpretentious quality to it.

The wedding does not need to perform for the building.

The people become the atmosphere.

Family gathers around the tables. Friends take over the music. Someone slips outside for a photograph against the green before heading back in.

For couples who want an Edmonton celebration with flexibility, greenery nearby and a room they can truly make their own, Woodvale Facility offers a down-to-earth setting ready to become something completely personal for one very important day.

• On a golf course