Best Garden Wedding Venues in Sydney
Garden Wedding Venues: Sydney | Hunter Valley | South Coast | Southern Highlands
Looking for a garden wedding venue in Sydney? Sydney has a diverse range of enchanting garden venues to book for your wedding, with intimate green spaces situated right across the city. Whether you’re looking for an elegant ceremony spot, an outdoor reception venue, or somewhere to host your entire wedding day in nature, these leafy Sydney venues offer the perfect setting for romantic garden weddings.
The best garden wedding locations in Sydney range from private estates and secret valleys to iconic public spaces like the Royal Botanic Gardens. If you’re wanting a private garden to hire for your exclusive-use, the city has a wide variety of courtyards, lawns and terraces to choose from. There’s manicured gardens for formal weddings, beachfront gardens with sweeping ocean views, private backyards hidden in lush foliage and wildflower gardens with landscaped marquees.
You’ll find the city's most luxurious garden venues hidden on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour and overlooking the ocean near Palm Beach. Western Sydney is your go-to spot for secret gardens and rustic courtyards, and just outside the city limits are some of the best garden wedding venues in NSW where you can stay onsite and celebrate over several days.
Whether you’re wanting a chic garden wedding with colourful blooms or rustic nuptials in a whimsical woodland, these are the 20 most romantic garden wedding venues in Sydney.
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Top 20 Garden Wedding Venues
Garden Ceremony Venues
Garden Reception Venues
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Top 20 Garden Wedding Venues in Sydney
1. Jonah's Whale Beach
- Location: 69 Bynya Road, Whale Beach, NSW 2107
- Capacity: 30 - 160
- Accommodation: Sleeps 22
- Wedding Packages: $260+/pp
Jonah's is an elegant chefs-hatted restaurant with a spectacular clifftop garden for wedding ceremonies that overlooks Sydney's Northern Beaches. This scenic beachfront garden is the perfect wedding venue if you want to get married with panoramic ocean views, and comes with an all-in-one luxury wedding package featuring a fine dining menu, world class wines and 5 star service including your own event planner.
After exchanging vows on the hedge-framed lawn you're treated to a sunset cocktail hour with a Bollinger Cart, caviar bar and oyster station served on the outdoor terrace. With floor to ceiling windows overlooking the manicured garden and ocean beyond, this venue immerses you in Sydney's stunning landscape and offers a true taste of the city's iconic beach culture. Accommodation available in 11 luxury suites.
2. Growwild Wildflower Farm
- Location: 916 Old Hume Hwy, Alpine, NSW 2575
- Capacity: 30 - 145
- Catering & Drinks: BYO
At Growwild Wildflower Farm you get exclusive use of a 25 acre garden estate with everything you need for your wedding day nestled amongst a natural oasis of native trees, wild blooms and landscaped gardens. This tranquil property is situated an easy 1 hour south of the Sydney CBD via the Hume Motorway and is ideal for couples seeking a picturesque garden venue where your whole day is hosted in one relaxed country location.
The Hidden Valley ceremony site at Growwild is the ultimate secret garden wedding venue in Sydney. It's accessed via a paved path from the bridal suite (where you can get ready) and is completely immersed within native shrubs and Blue Gum forest where Koalas are sometimes spotted in the surrounding trees. A bonus ten points goes to the luxe ceremony barn that opens up into an airy space for your wet weather back up.
The main reception venue is a fully furnished luxury marquee which sits within its own landscaped gardens. Being slightly elevated and with opening walls, it overlooks pretty views of the wildflower plantations and has an adjoining festoon-lit courtyard so you can have an outdoor wedding reception and dance under the stars all within a fully weather-proof setting.
3. Connections Garden at Australian Botanic Gardens
- Location: 362 Narellan Rd, Mount Annan, NSW 2567
- Capacity: 80
- Ceremony Hire: $1,425
- Ceremony + Reception Hire: $5,870
The Connections Garden is located at the Australian Botanical Gardens in Mount Annan where 416 hectares of colourful blossoms, whimsical woodlands and peaceful ponds offer a myriad of romantic ceremony and reception spaces surrounded by the scents of nature.
If you're wanting to get married amongst lush rainforest, the Connections Garden is an ideal spot. This enchanting garden is the most private space for wedding ceremonies within the grounds and features a tranquil pond and timber deck hidden in tropical greenery.
Venue hire starts at $1,425 including 3 hours exclusive use for your wedding ceremony. The Connections Garden is also a cool little spot for cocktail receptions and can be hired all day for $5,870, so you can say "I do", go and have photos around the gardens then return and celebrate with up to 80 guests in your own private rainforest. Wheelchair accessible.
4. St Joseph's Guesthouse
- Location: 1029 Saint Albans Road, Saint Albans, NSW
- Capacity: 100
- Accommodation: Sleeps 10
- Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO
Garden wedding venues rarely come with a more impressive backdrop than St Joseph's Guesthouse. Built in the ruins of an old Catholic Church, St Joseph's is now a non-denominational Airbnb style venue that offers garden weddings & backyard receptions set against the dramatic sandstone facade of the church overlooking the beautiful Hawkesbury Valley.
You can get married under the original church bell which still works and hangs over the front steps. Inside the church, the ground floor features an intimate function space that seats 60 guests or caters to 100 for a cocktail reception. Upstairs there are 5 luxury bedrooms that sleep 10 guests. Affordable venue hire packages range from $3,500 - $7,500 including accommodation.
5. Chapel Hill Retreat
- Location: 36 Berambing Crest, Berambing, NSW 2758
- Capacity: 150
- Accommodation: Sleeps 36
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
At Chapel Hill Retreat, 35 acres of tranquil country gardens are exclusively yours on your wedding day. This serene country estate is located just off Bells Line Of Road one hour from the CBD and with sweeping views over rolling green lawns and the gum tree covered hills of the Blue Mountains, it's one of the most scenic garden venues for weddings near Sydney.
Chapel Hill has four charming garden venues for wedding ceremonies. One is a natural bush cathedral with an intimate lakeside setting amongst low lying ferns and towering gum trees. Others include a serene avenue of grand old oak trees and a lush green lawn that overlooks a breathtaking mountain landscape.
With the option to host an outdoor wedding reception on the lawn, and with a variety of indoor spaces in case it rains, Chapel Hill is the ultimate garden venue for a relaxed and peaceful celebration surrounded by fresh air and picturesque scenery. It also has 8 stylish cottages that offer optional accommodation onsite. Affordable.
6. Lords Estate Gardens
- Location: 313 Seven Hills Rd, Seven Hills, NSW 2147
- Capacity: 2 - 100
- Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO
Hidden behind grand wrought iron gates just 10 minutes from Parramatta is Lords Estate, a private Sydney vicarage and 140 year old chapel set within wild urban gardens. Most couples who book Lords Estate host their ceremony and reception in the chapel, but having wandered through the grounds and seen the blooming roses, urban meadow and birds bathing in quaint fountains with our own eyes, it's an absolute hidden gem for whimsical garden weddings.
Owner Claire lives in the vicarage behind the chapel and welcomes you to get married in her private rose garden against the backdrop of Victorian-era architecture. You can then host a garden party in the shade of the sandstone chapel, or a formal dinner under the stars as your choice of coloured lights soar up the chapel's exterior walls. Magical! And if it rains, Claire will set you up inside the chapel. Easy!
7. Private Wedding Garden
- Location: Palm Beach, Northern Beaches 2108
- Capacity: 2-100
- Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO
This Palm Beach holiday home is one of the most exclusive garden wedding venues in Sydney, conveniently located just 45-minutes from the city with both road and water access. The lush tropical garden spans 2,500m² of prime Northern Beaches real estate, with meticulously maintained lawns, huge palm trees and stunning Balinese-style statues. If you're looking for a private garden venue that oozes exclusivity, this multi-million dollar estate is perfect, and has an abundance of stunning wedding photo opportunities.
Venue hire is $10,000 for garden ceremonies (no receptions allowed) and comes with on-site amenities and ample street parking. We recommend hiring a wedding planner or stylist to make set up & pack up of your ceremony at this private estate seamless.
8. Taronga Zoo Sydney
- Location: Bradleys Head Rd, Mosman, NSW 2088
- Capacity: 300
- Accommodation: 58 Rooms
- Venue Hire: $3,500
Most people know this incredible amphitheatre as the location of Taronga Zoo’s famous bird show, but after closing time it transforms into one of Sydney Harbour’s most unique garden wedding venues. When you get married here, sweeping views over the city skyline including the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge are your backdrop. And being surrounded by the animals of Africa, it's a pretty amazing experience for your wedding guests!
Ceremony venue hire is $3,500 and includes exclusive use of the amphitheatre from 4pm - 6pm, escorts for your guests (so they don't get lost) and a dedicated bridal attendant. You'll need to factor in set up/pack up in this 2 hour timeframe.
Taronga Zoo also has multiple venues for your wedding reception, including a luxury pop up marquee on the Concert Lawns. The marquee is only available during Spring and is huge. Being the largest and most exclusive outdoor reception venue on Sydney Harbour, this space is best suited to couples with a 200 - 400 guest list and upper-end budget.
9. Private Garden Kirribilli
- Location: 51-55 Upper Pitt Street, Kirribilli, NSW 2061
- Seated Capacity: 24
- Standing Capacity: 40
- Venue Hire: $1,000/hr
This private lawn terrace in Kirribilli caters perfectly for small garden weddings with up to 40 guests and has uninterrupted views of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Opera House and Circular Quay.
The venue hire fee for events is $1,000 per hour with a minimum number of hours starting at 3, depending on the day of the week. You get exclusive use of the space for your wedding ceremony and/or reception, use of a kitchen and the owner will pitch a marquee for you in the event of adverse weather. He's also got simple furniture you can borrow for free, or you're welcome to hire-in fancier furnishings.
10. Lakeside Lawn At Australian Botanic Gardens
- Location: 362 Narellan Rd, Mount Annan, NSW 2567
- Capacity: 400
- Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO
This Lakeside Lawn is situated within the city's largest botanical gardens in Wester Sydney and offers a peaceful spot to tie the knot amongst native shrubbery and majestic gum trees. If you're getting married in Sydney's warmer months and have a large guest list this lawn is an ideal spot, as it caters for up to 400 guests and has plenty of shade for everyone under leafy branches.
It costs $935 to hire the Lakeside Lawn for wedding ceremonies and you can a styling package with white gladiator chairs, an aisle runner and signing table for $840 which is amazing value. Being a large outdoor area this space is also suitable for a garden reception and comes with day hire priced from $3,005 or 3 day hire (POA) which you'll need if pitching a marquee here. One of the most affordable garden wedding venues in Sydney!
11. The Calyx - Sydney Botanic Gardens
- Location: Mrs Macquaries Road, Sydney, NSW 2000
- Capacity: 400
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
The Calyx is Sydney's most innovative garden for weddings. Incredible architectural design emulates the protective layer around a flower bud, encircling a central lawn to create a garden wedding venue that is as romantic as it is dramatic. The immersive experience continues indoors where one of the largest green walls in the southern hemisphere offers the perfect all-weather space for a leafy garden reception.
The Calyx is located in the heart of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney and can seat up to 180 guests or cater for cocktail functions with up to 400. The venue is occasionally closed for exhibitions so its best to book early. Wheelchair accessible.
12. Berry Hill
- Location: 1832 River Road, Leets Vale, NSW
- Capacity: 150
- Accommodation: Sleeps 14 - 54
- Venue Hire: $12,300+
- Catering & Drinks: BYO
Berry Hill is not your average garden venue. It's a riverside oasis hidden within 75 acres of rugged wilderness 90 minutes north west of Sydney, and is ideally suited to 3 day weddings where a bunch of your guests stay onsite with you for the weekend. Accommodation includes a heritage homestead, contemporary shed suites and an optional village of 20 fully furnished bell tents.
The heritage estate is surrounded by lush greenery, lawns and trees and is perfect for an intimate and romantic garden ceremony. For a wilder setting the riverbank offers a relaxed and peaceful location to say "I do", and is pretty for wedding photos.
The outdoor reception space at Berry Hill is utterly enchanting. It sits within a natural amphitheatre of scenic tree-covered hills and as the sun sets over the blue gum forest, a canopy of festoon lights creates an atmosphere that's nothing short of magical. The site comes fully furnished with tables and chairs and sits beside a permanent marquee with hard wood floors that you can opt to utilise as your dance floor, or as your main reception space. Well suited to festival-style weddings.
13. Lindesay House
- Location: 1 Carthona Avenue, Darling Point, NSW 2027
- Capacity: 10 - 100
- Venue Hire: $6,535 - $10,385
- Catering & Drinks: DIY/BYO
Lindesay House was the first residence built at Darling Point, and is a grand heritage estate that's hired out by the National Trust for private garden weddings on Sydney Harbour. The property is conveniently located just 5 minutes from the Sydney CBD and with landscaped tropical greenery, ponds, statues and manicured hedges, it's perfect for chic garden ceremonies and sophisticated outdoor receptions.
If you're wanting editorial-style wedding photos, Lindesay is particularly well suited as the grounds feature a formal Paterre Garden, grand circular driveway and you get access inside the house which is richly decorated in authentic 19th century furnishings. The garden has a huge awning where are events are perfectly sheltered in the event of wet weather.
Venue hire ranges from $6,535 - $7,190 for weddings with up to 60 guests and from $9,440 for up to 100. Being a residential area there's a limit on later-finishing events with up to 12 lucky couples getting a 9pm curfew each year. Most garden parties must finish at 5pm. With a huge awning for perfectly sheltered events in wet weather, Lindesay House is Sydney's premier location for luxe garden weddings.
14. Laurelbank Weddings
- Location: 85 Penshurst St, Willoughby, NSW 2068
- Capacity: 150
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
Laurelbank is an historic homestead located on Sydney's North Shore and offers a private manicured lawn for garden nuptials surrounded by camellia plantings, magnolia trees and Japanese maple. The gardens provide the perfect setting for outdoor wedding ceremonies and you can also book the space for garden party receptions. There's an indoor function room for your wet weather backup.
15. Burnt Orange Sydney
- Location: 1109 Middle Head Rd, Mosman, NSW 2088
- Capacity: 200 - 250
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
Burnt Orange is located on Sydney Harbour within the grounds of a historic mansion built in the 1920’s, and is mostly booked for the panoramic harbour views that its two reception spaces offer. But in the backyard is a peaceful lawn nestled within lush native bushland, and you can exchange vows here in a charming oasis of foliage, vines and dreamy greenery.
Ceremonies are only offered when you book your reception here. Wedding packages include exclusive use of the property including a choice of two reception venues including an open-air space on a balcony with expansive water views.
16. Estate Vaucluse House
- Location: Wentworth Rd, Vaucluse, NSW 2030
- Capacity: 120 seated, 200 cocktail
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
Estate Vaucluse House is one of the grandest mansions on Sydney Harbour and is surrounded by 10 hectares of enchanting gardens, providing a plethora of spectacular places for outdoor wedding ceremonies. Think Victorian-era fountains, shrubbery beds, mature trees, a kitchen garden with veggies and fruit, camellias, magnolias and grand elms, all nestled on among art deco surrounds.
This heritage 1920's estate is the perfect setting for couples who want a sun-kissed garden party with views over Sydney Harbour. It's relaxed, private, and has a swanky black-tie vibe while still feeling grounded and a little bit rural. Preferred caterers offer a range of creative food stations that work well in the space and there's an indoor function room for wet weather back up.
17. Terrace Garden at Pilu
- Location: Moore Rd, Freshwater, NSW 2096
- Capacity: 10 - 50
- Wedding Packages: $240+
This Hamptons-style beach house is the home of Italian restaurant Pilu and comes with an intimate garden terrace where you can get married overlooking Freshwater Beach. Pilu is perfect for couples having a small wedding as the beachfront garden caters for a maximum of 50 guests, and the reception spaces are also very intimate. Breezy outdoor dining is a real drawcard at this Northern Beaches venue, and all inclusive wedding packages are priced from $240 per person.
18. Chiswick Weddings
- Location: 65 Ocean St, Woollahra, NSW 2025
- Capacity: 30+
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
Matt Moran's Chiswick Restaurant in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney offers wedding guests a foodie experience in picturesque garden surrounds. The outdoor area provides an ideal spot for garden wedding ceremonies and being surrounded by lush tropical plantings and tall palm trees, it's also a relaxed space to sip signature cocktails before heading indoors for your reception.
At the garden end of the restaurant is a private dining room that offers a light-filled semi-private space for small wedding receptions of up to 40 guests. Large floor to ceiling bi-fold doors lead directly into the outdoor area, creating a light and airy feel to the room well suited to long table dining.
19. Springfield House
- Location: 245 New Line Rd, Dural, NSW 2158
- Capacity: 200
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
This North West Sydney function centre is synonymous with secret garden weddings, as its surrounded by 5 acres of leafy trees and bushland encasing the stunning outdoor area in utter privacy. The enchanting garden features a stately white arbor that sits elegantly among trees, and a lawn-lined aisle that leads from an elegant staircase from the function centre. It's an utterly magical place for garden weddings like somewhere straight out of a fairytale.
A recent addition to the grounds is a large marquee pavilion purpose-built to fill the shortage of garden reception venues in Sydney. The pavilion is completely see through on all sides with 6 metre peaked ceilings that offer views of the surrounding tree canopies and stars. All inclusive wedding packages in the garden pavilion are $250+ per person.
20. Rose Gardens at William Inglis Hotel
- Location: 155 Gov Macquarie Dr, Warwick Farm, NSW 2170
- Capacity: 20 - 700
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
The William Inglis is an equine themed Hotel with a beautiful rose garden wedding ceremony site and light-filled garden pavilion. The hotel gardens & pavilion are a popular spot for Indian weddings and catered ceremony packages can be booked without an onsite reception from $80 per person. Large reception venues include a converted horse stables and arena.
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Best Venues For Garden Weddings in Sydney
This guide to Sydney's most beautiful garden wedding venues makes it easy to find the perfect outdoor space for your ceremony and reception, whether you're hosting a small and intimate event or a large garden party.
Ceremony Venues
- Australian Botanical Gardens Mount Annan - South West Sydney
- Private Property Palm Beach - Northern Beaches
- Bird Amphitheatre - Taronga Zoo Mosman
- African Savanna - Taronga Zoo Mosman
- Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney - Sydney CBD
Reception Venues
- Growwild Wildflower Farm - South West Sydney, Max capacity 145
- St Joseph's Guesthouse - North West Sydney, Max capacity 100
- Chapel Hill Retreat - Western Sydney, Max capacity 150
- Lords Estate - Seven Hills, Max capacity 100
- Pop Up Marquee - Taronga Zoo, Max capacity 600
- Berry Hill - North West Sydney, Max capacity 150
- The Australian Botanic Garden - Mount Annan, Max capacity 500
- Lindesay House - Darling Point, Max capacity 100
Small Venues
- The Connections Garden - Mount Annan, Suits 2 - 80 guests
- St Joseph's Guesthouse - North West Sydney, Suits 10 - 100 guests
- Lords Estate - Seven Hills, Suits 2 - 100 guests
- Private Terrace - Kirribilli, Max capacity 40
Large Venues
- Lakeside Lawn - Mount Annan, Max capacity 400
- Pop Up Marquee - Taronga Zoo, Max capacity 600
- The Calyx - Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, Max capacity 400
Cheap Venues
- Australian Botanical Gardens Mount Annan - Venue hire $935+
- Chapel Hill Retreat - Wedding packages from $150/pp
Garden Wedding Locations Near Sydney
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