Best Garden Wedding Venues in Sydney
Garden Wedding Locations: Sydney | Hunter Valley | South Coast | Southern Highlands
Sydney offers a wonderful choice of garden wedding venues, tucked away within lush green spaces across the city. From manicured lawns and landscaped settings to intimate courtyards surrounded by nature, many of these locations offer both garden ceremony and reception spaces, allowing you to celebrate all day amongst the natural beauty of trees, flowers and greenery.
The best garden wedding venues in Sydney range from private estates and secluded valleys to iconic public spaces such as the Royal Botanic Gardens. Spread across the North Shore, Inner West and overlooking Sydney Harbour, these garden settings offer everything from heritage-listed grounds and leafy backyard-style spaces to formal gardens with a refined, timeless atmosphere.
While this guide focuses on garden venues in Sydney, couples who are happy to travel may like to explore garden wedding venues across NSW where regional estates offer unique places to celebrate amongst wildflowers, native trees and park-like grounds. And for those who are open to spaces beyond landscaped gardens, Sydney also offers a range of broader outdoor wedding venues suited to different ceremony and reception styles.
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Top 20 Garden Venues
Garden Ceremony Venues
Garden Reception Venues
Small Garden Spaces
Large Garden Spaces
Top 20 Garden Wedding Venues in Sydney
1. Growwild Wildflower Farm
- Location: 916 Old Hume Hwy, Alpine, NSW 2575
- Capacity: 20 - 145
- BYO Catering & Drinks
Growwild Wildflower Farm is an exclusive-use wedding venue with 25 acres of landscaped gardens providing a picturesque backdrop for your special day. The property is surrounded by bushland 1 hour south of the city, and offers a quiet rural setting to say “I do” in an oasis of wild blooms and nature.
Growwild’s Hidden Valley ceremony site is one of the best secret garden wedding locations in Sydney, and features paved paths and a manicured lawn hidden amongst native trees & shrubs. Reception venues include a garden marquee (seats 145) with a festoon-lit courtyard for dancing under the stars, and a small barn with a private courtyard that’s perfect for micro weddings with 20 - 50 guests.
2. Chapel Hill Retreat
- Location: 36 Berambing Crest, Berambing, NSW 2758
- Capacity: 150
- Accommodation: Sleeps 36
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
Chapel Hill Retreat is a scenic wedding location set on 35 acres of tranquil country gardens an hour from the Sydney CBD. The entire property is exclusively yours on your wedding day and is perfect for couples who want a nature-filled location for a romantic wedding away from the city bustle.
Chapel Hill has four charming garden ceremony spaces. They include a natural bush cathedral in a lakeside setting amongst low lying ferns, and an intimate avenue of oak trees. The property has landscaped lawns for garden receptions that overlook manicured park-like grounds, plus 3 wet weather spaces in case it rains. This serene country estate comes with optional accommodation in 8 cottages.
3. Jonah's Whale Beach
- Location: 69 Bynya Road, Whale Beach, NSW 2107
- Capacity: 30 - 160
- Accommodation: Sleeps 22
- Wedding Packages: $260+/pp
Jonah’s offers an all-in-one location for luxury weddings on the Northern Beaches and is perfect for couples wanting a garden ceremony setting with stunning water views. The chefs hatted restaurant provides all inclusive wedding packages that come with a full ceremony set up in the clifftop garden and a fine dining menu paired with world class wines.
After exchanging vows on the hedge-framed lawn, a caviar bar and oyster station are served with Bollinger on the outdoor terrace. With floor to ceiling windows overlooking the manicured garden and ocean beyond, this stunning venue immerses you in Sydney's stunning natural landscape.
4. 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 and is the perfect garden wedding venue in Sydney's South West region for an intimate ceremony with up to 80 guests. The lush green space comes with a tranquil pond and timber deck for your altar, and is surrounded by tropical rainforest that gives the space a sense of privacy and intimacy.
This enchanting garden venue sits within 416 hectares of blooming flowers and blossoms, offering a myriad of beautiful floral backdrops for wedding photos. Venue hire starts at $1,425 including 3 hours use and a wet weather option, and all day hire is $5,870 which allows you to host a cocktail-style garden reception. An onsite wedding ceremony package with an arbor, chairs and signing table is $840.
5. St Joseph's Guesthouse
- Location: 1029 Saint Albans Road, Saint Albans, NSW
- Capacity: 100
- Accommodation: Sleeps 10
- Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO
At St Joseph’s Guesthouse you get the intimacy of a backyard wedding venue, but with professional facilities for your ceremony and reception. This unique heritage estate was built from the ruins of an old Catholic Church and offers a dramatic backdrop for garden weddings on a private hillside in the Hawkesbury Valley.
Most couples get married on the front lawn under the original church bell, and there’s a garden reception space with a plunge pool in the backyard. On the ground floor is an intimate function space for up to 100 guests and upstairs are 5 luxury bedrooms. Affordable venue hire packages include a 4 night stay and tables, chairs, glasses, plates and cutlery are all available onsite.
6. Lords Estate Gardens
- Location: 313 Seven Hills Rd, Seven Hills, NSW 2147
- Capacity: 2 - 100
- Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO
This stunning heritage estate sits behind grand wrought iron gates just 10 minutes from Parramatta and is Sydney's most ethereal setting for garden ceremonies & receptions. With an urban meadow, blooming roses and birds bathing in quaint fountains, 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 reception under the stars as 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 Estate Palm Beach
- 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, with 2,500m² of Balinese-inspired grounds set in a prime beachfront location overlooking Pittwater. This leafy garden venue is for wedding ceremonies only, and you can host post ceremony drinks & nibbles.
The landscaped grounds at this private estate are framed by huge palm trees providing a romantic setting to exchange vows in complete privacy. Tiered lawns, sandstone walls and Balinese statues offer an abundance of stunning wedding photo opportunities and there’s water access so you can arrive by boat. Venue hire includes access to amenities and there’s plenty of street parking.
8. Taronga Zoo Sydney
- Location: Bradleys Head Rd, Mosman, NSW 2088
- Capacity: 300
- Accommodation: 58 Rooms
- Venue Hire: $3,500
The Bird Amphitheatre at Taronga Zoo is Sydney’s most iconic garden ceremony venue with panoramic views over Sydney Harbour and the city skyline. By day the amphitheatre hosts Taronga's famous bird show but after closing time it offers a unique setting for wedding ceremonies surrounded by the animals of Africa. Weddings are held between 4pm - 6pm and venue hire is $3,500 including furniture.
Taronga Zoo also has the largest space for garden receptions in Sydney. In Spring each year a pop-up marquee event space is erected on the Concert Lawns and seats 200 - 400 guests overlooking the Sydney Opera House. This luxury reception space is best suited to upper-end budgets of $240+ per person.
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 is the perfect Sydney Harbour venue for small garden weddings with 2 - 40 guests. The spectacular ceremony & reception space has uninterrupted views of the Sydney Opera House, Harbour Bridge and Circular Quay, making it a popular garden venue for waterfront weddings.
Venue hire includes exclusive use of the terrace garden with furniture for your wedding ceremony and reception. Caterers have access to a kitchen and the owner will pitch a marquee for you in the event of adverse weather.
10. Lakeside Lawn At Australian Botanic Gardens
- Location: 362 Narellan Rd, Mount Annan, NSW 2567
- Capacity: 400
- Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO
This Lakeside Lawn ceremony space is situated within the largest botanical gardens in Western Sydney and offers a romantic spot to tie the knot amongst native shrubbery and majestic gum trees. With space to seat up to 400 guests under the shady branches of leafy trees, this is the perfect botanical garden venue for wedding ceremonies in Sydney's warmer months.
The Lakeside Lawn is one of Sydney’s most affordable garden ceremony venues with a hire cost of just $935 or $1,775 styled with white gladiator chairs, an aisle runner and signing table. This leafy setting can also be hired for garden receptions from $3,005 and is an ideal spot for large marquee weddings.
11. The Calyx - Sydney Botanic Gardens
- Location: Mrs Macquaries Road, Sydney, NSW 2000
- Capacity: 400
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
The Calyx is located in the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney and is an architecturally designed indoor garden room that emulates the protective layer around a flower bud. Encircling a romantic wedding ceremony lawn, this central Sydney venue is the city's most innovative garden wedding setting.
Inside The Calyx is one of the largest green walls in the southern hemisphere offering the perfect leafy space for a garden reception in any weather. The space seats up to 180 guests and caters for cocktail functions with up to 400 people. The venue is occasionally closed for exhibitions so it’s 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 combines the elegance of a landscaped wedding venue with 75 acres of rugged wilderness offering the perfect nature-filled location for a 3 day celebration near Sydney. At the heart of the property is a heritage homestead with landscaped grounds, where manicured hedges and native trees create a secret garden vibe perfect for romantic wedding ceremonies.
Receptions at this heritage estate are hosted in a permanent marquee which has an outdoor area with festoon lights where you can celebrate under the stars. The site comes fully furnished with tables and chairs and sleeps up to 14 guests for the weekend with optional glamping for extra guests.
13. Lindesay House
- Location: 1 Carthona Avenue, Darling Point, NSW 2027
- Capacity: 10 - 100
- Venue Hire: $7,550 - $10,900
- Catering & Drinks: DIY/BYO
Lindesay House is one of Sydney’s most iconic garden wedding locations, known for its refined heritage gardens, harbour-edge lawns and intimate, old-world atmosphere. Set within manicured grounds overlooking Sydney Harbour, the estate feels quietly removed from the city’s pace, despite its prestigious Darling Point address.
With a formal Paterre Garden and manicured lawn set within tropical greenery, established trees, ponds, statues and manicured hedges, this heritage garden estate offers the perfect setting for refined ceremonies, photos and a champagne reception all in one place. And there’s a covered courtyard space for your wet weather option. Best suited to intimate to mid-sized weddings with 40 - 100 guests.
14. Laurelbank Weddings
- Location: 85 Penshurst St, Willoughby, NSW 2068
- Capacity: 150
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
Laurelbank is a heritage-listed North Shore venue with a classic cottage feel and manicured gardens tailor made for romantic nuptials. This picture-perfect garden ceremony space is set amongst camellia plantings, magnolia trees and Japanese maple, offering a private, leafy atmosphere for intimate "I do's".
The gardens at Laurelbank also lend themselves well to relaxed moments between formalities, from post-ceremony drinks to lawn games and offer a beautiful backdrop for wedding photos. There's an indoor function room for your wet weather backup.
15. The Grounds of Alexandria
- Location: 7 Huntley Street, Alexandria, NSW 2015
- Capacity: 6 - 400
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
The Grounds of Alexandria is Sydney's most sought after botanical wedding space with hanging vines and lush pot plants immersing guests in verdant greenery. This stunning all-weather venue gives funky greenhouse vibes and has three distinct event spaces including a romantic ceremony setting in a courtyard with a fountain.
The romantic 'Garden Room' with its canopy of twinkling fairy lights is one of the most enquired about venues on Wedlockers and seats up to 130 guests for those who book early. Budget $280+/pp for a Saturday wedding.
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 park-like gardens, providing a plethora of greenery-filled spaces for wedding ceremonies. Think Victorian-era fountains, shrubbery beds, mature trees, a kitchen garden with veggies and fruit, camellias, magnolias and grand elms, all nestled among art deco surrounds.
The grounds of this heritage 1920's estate are perfect for a sun-kissed garden party and have spectacular Sydney Harbour views. It's relaxed and private with 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 - 100
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive from $240/pp
This Hamptons-style beach house is the home of Italian restaurant Pilu and comes with a courtyard ceremony space surrounded by lush green trees and potted plants. The clifftop terrace overlooks Freshwater Beach offering a scenic garden setting for intimate wedding ceremonies with up to 100 guests.
Pilu has 3 private dining rooms for wedding receptions with 12-45 guests including a breezy marquee-style space set in a garden courtyard. If you're looking for a small garden-style wedding venue in Sydney's Northern Beaches region, Pilu is absolutely perfect and caters for both your ceremony & reception in one place. Exclusive venue hire is available for cocktail weddings with up to 100 people.
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 manicured lawns provide 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 enjoy canapés and sip signature cocktails.
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
Springfield House has two garden function spaces nestled within 5 acres of leafy trees and bushland in Sydney's Hills District. One is an enchanting ceremony garden with a white gazebo and lawn-lined aisle that descends from a stately staircase. The space is made private by surrounding trees and is 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 Spaces For Garden Weddings in Sydney
This guide to Sydney's most beautiful garden wedding spaces makes it easy to find the perfect bloom-filled space for your ceremony and reception, whether you're hosting a small and intimate event or a large garden party.
Garden 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
Garden 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 Garden 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 Garden 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 Garden Venues
- Australian Botanical Gardens Mount Annan - Venue hire $935+
- Chapel Hill Retreat - Wedding packages from $150/pp
Garden Wedding Locations Near Sydney
Hunter Valley
South Coast
Southern Highlands
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