Howard County, Maryland, an affluent region that is considered part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area, has plenty of resources to help you with the wedding planning process.
Major cities and municipalities in Howard County include Ellicott City, which is the county seat, Columbia, Elkridge, North Laurel, Fulton, Woodstock, Simpsonville, Scaggsville, Dorsey, and Lisbon.
Howard County has a wide variety of shopping venues, from traditional shopping malls to specialty boutiques and antique shops, so you will be able to easily find everything on your wedding checklist.
Some popular places to shop in Howard County include Historic Savage Mill, The Mall in Columbia, Main Street Ellicott City, Arundel Mills Mall, and the Chatham Station Shopping Center.
If you're a nature lover, Howard County has numerous beautiful parks and farms, so there are plenty opportunities for outdoor recreation and ecotourism as well as some scenic locations where you can take engagement or wedding photographs.
Farms available for tourism in Howard County include Larriland Farm, Sharp's at Waterford Farm, TLV Tree Farm, Howard County Conservancy, Clark's Elioak Farm, and Circle D Farm.
Major parks include Belmont Manor and Historic Park, Poplar Springs Park, Blandair Regional Park, Font Hill Wetlands Park, Rockburn Branch Park, Patapsco Valley State Park, and Sewells Orchard Park, just to name a few.
Since Howard County has so many things for you to enjoy, it might be worth your while to plan an extended wedding weekend in the area. Make sure you go wine tasting at Linganore Cellars - Berrywine Plantation, which is also one of the county's popular wedding venues.
You can also visit the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum, the Shrine of St. Anthony or the African Art Museum, take the Literary Pub Crawl tour or the Ye Haunted History of Olde Ellicott City Ghost Tour, go golfing at Cattail Creek, or see a play by the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company.
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