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Your Event at the Garden

The Garden offers five unique outdoor venues for creating an unforgettable event.  Whether you’re seeking an intimate ceremony location, hosting a wedding reception, celebrating an anniversary, throwing a company picnic, or creating an inspiring corporate event, the Garden is a magical and timeless location for your special occasion. 

Event Locations

 

Celebration Garden

Capacity: Up to 400 seated, 600 standing

 

Newly renovated in 2019, the Celebration Garden is our largest and most versatile outdoor venue with an amazing array of iconic plants from throughout the Botanical Garden that includes Mesoamerican ferns, Southeast Asian and South American palms and African impatiens.  Conveniently located by the Main Gate, this expansive manicured garden can accommodate a variety of events including intimate ceremonies by the Thomas Church Pavilion, elegant tented receptions on the large green lawn, while also facilitating a private and casual atmosphere for company picnics or team-building retreats.

Garden of Fragrance

Capacity: Up to 100

 

The perfect backdrop for smaller weddings or commitment ceremonies.  This romantic garden features a large green lawn surrounded by an expansive collection of uniquely scented flowering plants.

Moon Viewing Garden

Capacity: 15 Standing Only

*Not wheelchair accessible

 

A world away from the fast pace of the city, the Moon Viewing Garden’s zen like atmosphere is the perfect setting for couples to exchange their vows and provides a beautiful site for wedding pictures. 

Redwood Grove

Capacity: 70

*Not wheelchair accessible

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Weekend rental only: Due to the construction of the Garden’s new plant nursery adjacent to the Redwood Grove, we are currently only hosting weekend ceremonies.

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Tucked away down treelined pathways, redwood trees circle this venue, creating both a sacred and celebratory feeling for an intimate ceremony or a relaxed team-building retreat.  Fixed wooden benches are included.