Ren Hollis

Mill Pond Estate — Seffner

Fifteen guests, weekdays only — and the prices are right there on the page.

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Seffner sits east of Tampa, out where the suburbs thin into farmland, and Mill Pond Estate is a garden estate that has clearly decided who it's for. Not the 200-guest Saturday crowd. Its elopement packages stop at 15 guests, run Monday through Thursday only, and — this is rarer than it should be — the prices are printed where you can read them before you ever send an email.

There are two. Ceremony Only is $3,350 for a three-hour rental. Ceremony + Appetizer Reception is $4,800 for four hours, which at 15 guests is the version that turns an elopement into a small party: vows, then drinks and bites with the people who actually came.

City: Seffner, Florida

Guest count: Elopement packages for up to 15 guests, Monday–Thursday only

Outside catering: The venue doesn’t publish a catering policy on its website — ask before you plan around outside food.

Published prices: Ceremony Only $3,350 (3-hour rental) · Ceremony + Appetizer Reception $4,800 (4-hour rental)

Venue’s own website: Mill Pond Estate

Is $3,350 a lot for an elopement?

Is $3,350 a lot for an elopement? Against the $100 chapel ceremonies elsewhere in this guide, yes. Against the $12,200 the average American venue charges (The Knot's number, not mine), it's a different universe — you're paying estate prices for an estate, just one that's honest about hosting fifteen people instead of pretending you'd rather have two hundred.

The weekday catch

The weekday-only part deserves a beat. If your fifteen people are local and flexible, a Tuesday at Mill Pond buys you the grounds to yourselves. If half your list has to fly in and take vacation days, run that math before you fall for the garden.

Before you book, ask

  • What exactly does the appetizer reception include at the $4,800 tier?
  • Is an officiant included, or do we bring our own?
  • What happens to a weekday booking if it rains?

Comparing it with the rest of the region? The other Tampa Bay small wedding venues are one click away, and the statewide Florida micro wedding guide has all 38. Before you book anything, read what it costs to elope in Florida and what a Florida wedding venue actually costs.

Facts checked October 30, 2026 against the venue’s own website. Prices and packages change — if the venue’s site and this page disagree, the venue is right and I’m out of date.