Event Rental Policies

Deposits are due when the contract is signed. Half of the rental fee is due nine months before your event, and the other half is due six months before your event.

Locust Grove is implementing a preferred caterer list, through which it will receive 15% of the caterer’s catered food fees as a facilities use fee.

Yes, guests are encouraged to visit the grounds!

Locust Grove requires that your bartender be STAR-certified and have a Confirmation of Insurance (COI) on file. There are no cash bars available at Locust Grove.

The Locust Grove caretaker has the final say over volume. The site is in a residential neighborhood, and the neighbors usually understand a certain noise level at events until 11:00PM.

The rental duration is 5:30 – 11PM, although set up may start in most areas at 9:30AM. Clean must begin by 11PM and may not go beyond 2AM.

Locust Grove does not have the staff to set tables and chairs. At the end of your rental, ceremony chairs must be stacked neatly out of the way, and the reception chairs must be stacked on top of tables, regardless of who was paid for tear down.

Tents may be purchased from third-party companies. Locust Grove charges an additional $1,000 per tent to the renter.

Open flame may not be used inside and outside.

Rehearsals are guaranteed during business hours at no additional cost. Rehearsals after hours may be available if nothing else scheduled the evening before your event.

Renters are strongly encouraged to hire a wedding coordinator who will stay through the entire event or enlist the help of a friend who will be there throughout the event and present at the end of the event to coordinate cleanup.