Best Garden Wedding Venues in Sydney
Garden Wedding Locations: Sydney | Hunter Valley | South Coast | Southern Highlands
Looking for a nature-filled space to say "I do" in Sydney? From garden wedding venues on Sydney Harbour to outdoor venues hidden in the 'burbs, Sydney offers a wide variety of private lawns, parks and gardens for weddings in beautiful natural surrounds. Featured below are Sydney's most scenic garden ceremony venues, open-air reception spaces and places to celebrate your entire day under open skies, all surrounded by flowers, trees and lush green natural backdrops.
The best garden wedding venues in Sydney include harbourfront lawns with iconic city views, formal gardens framed by heritage architecture, parkland venues surrounded by open green space and botanical wedding locations filled with native flora. From private backyards to luxury estates, these venues suit everything from intimate garden ceremonies and relaxed garden parties to formal receptions under the stars.
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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 all-in-one outdoor ceremony and reception venue set within 25 acres of landscaped native gardens just one hour from the city. The property is exclusively yours on your wedding day and is bordered by protected bushland offering a private and intimate atmosphere to host your entire day under open skies surrounded by wild flowers and native blooms.
The Hidden Valley ceremony site is one of Sydney's most beautiful secret garden wedding locations, hidden amongst Eucalypt trees and connected by winding garden paths. Small outdoor receptions for up to 50 guests are hosted in a rustic courtyard surrounded by nature, while the landscaped marquee offers garden party receptions for up to 145 people and has a grassy area for lawn games and a festoon-lit courtyard for dancing under the stars.
2. Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan
- Location: 362 Narellan Rd, Mount Annan, NSW 2567
- Capacity: 2 - 600
- Venue Hire: From $935
The Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan is set across 416 hectares of native Australian flora, woodlands and lakefront lawns, and is the largest botanical garden wedding venue in Western Sydney. The spacious parkland is located just 1 hour from the Sydney CBD and features 15 outdoor ceremony and reception spaces for elopements to large scale weddings, with backdrops ranging from colourful flower beds to banksia gardens, tranquil ponds and sheltered picnic areas.
Popular wedding spaces include the Herbarium Forecourt, a modern sheltered space with a paved area for ceremonies overlooking scenic bushland, and the Connections Garden which caters for small ceremonies and cocktail parties surrounded by lush tropical rainforest. With budget-friendly ceremony hire packages, access to a wide variety of natural backdrops for wedding photos, and open-air spaces suited to simple DIY receptions, the gardens are a popular choice for couples planning an affordable outdoor wedding in Sydney.
3. Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney
- Location: Mrs Macquaries Road, Sydney, NSW 2000
- Capacity: 450
- Venue Hire: From $2,200 including parking permits & ranger fees
The Royal Botanic Gardens is Sydney's most iconic garden wedding location, set right on the harbour's edge in the heart of the city. Multiple lawns and gardens offer wedding ceremonies set beside world-famous harbour views with backdrops including the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge. From shaded spaces under huge fig trees to pretty rose gardens and horticultural displays, this is one of Sydney's most beautiful places to get married.
Weatherproof options within the gardens include regal sandstone pavilions, Palm House - a light-filled glass house with vintage charm, and Lion Gate Lodge which offers outdoor receptions in a private cottage garden, with a covered awning and indoor space as backup. All ceremony spaces come unfurnished to style to your preferred aesthetic and venue hire includes access to the gardens for wedding photos after saying "I do".
Other reception venues within the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney include Botanic House and The Calyx which are independently operated. You can request information about wedding receptions at these venues via their listings on this page.
4. 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.
Outside ceremonies can also be held overlooking the African Savannah exhibit, where giraffes and zebras roam in the background. Combined with harbour-facing reception spaces and onsite accommodation at the Wildlife Retreat, Taronga Zoo offers one of Sydney's most memorable all-in-one wedding experiences.
5. Jonah's Whale Beach
- Location: 69 Bynya Road, Whale Beach, NSW 2107
- Capacity: 30 - 160
- Accommodation: Sleeps 22
- Wedding Packages: $280+/pp
Jonah's offers an all-in-one location for luxury garden weddings on Sydney's Northern Beaches, with a manicured clifftop lawn overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Set high above Whale Beach, this boutique hotel and hatted restaurant combines a coastal garden ceremony setting with five-star dining, making it one of Sydney's most sought-after venues for elegant outdoor weddings with water views.
After exchanging vows on the hedge-framed lawn, guests enjoy a champagne cart and food stations on the ocean-facing terrace before moving into the restaurant for a reception immersed in coastal scenery. With floor-to-ceiling windows, award-winning cuisine, 11 luxury guest suites and wedding packages tailored to intimate celebrations through to larger events, Jonah's is particularly well suited to couples seeking a refined garden wedding experience in a spectacular waterfront location.
6. 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 romantic outdoor wedding in a nature-filled landscape, away from the city bustle.
Chapel Hill has four charming open-air ceremony spaces including a natural bush cathedral in a lakeside setting amongst low lying ferns, and an intimate avenue of oak trees. There are three outdoor reception venues overlooking the park-like grounds including mountain-view lawns, an undercover verandah suited to long table dining, and an open-air deck with expansive regional views. This serene country estate makes alfresco weddings easy to organise with all inclusive packages and has multiple indoor spaces in case of wet weather.
7. Centennial Homestead
- Location: 1 Grand Drive, Centennial Park, NSW 2021
- Capacity: 50 - 550
- Wedding Packages: From $205 per person
Centennial Homestead is a popular parkland wedding venue favoured for its expansive green lawns, wide variety of natural ceremony and photo backdrops, and convenient location just 15 minutes from the Sydney CBD. Situated in the heart of Centennial Park, the venue is surrounded by open green space, tranquil ponds and majestic woodland areas, with ceremony locations ranging from pine and paperbark groves to historic rose gardens framed by towering palm trees.
The two airy reception spaces both feature floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking surrounding parklands, with bi-fold doors opening onto outdoor terraces that create a relaxed garden party atmosphere. With capacities ranging from 350 seated guests to 550 cocktail style, Centennial Homestead is particularly well suited to large garden weddings in a central Sydney location. A minimum spend of around $30,000 applies on weekends.
8. Athol Hall
- Location: Bradleys Head Road, Mosman, NSW 2088
- Capacity: 200
- Wedding Packages: From $200 per person
With a sloping lawn overlooking the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Opera House and city skyline, Athol Hall offers a prime location for waterfront weddings on Sydney Harbour. The heritage-listed hall sits within Sydney Harbour National Park in Mosman, offering a leafy all-in-one setting for lawn ceremonies, cocktail hour with sunset views over the city and an indoor or open-air reception.
Athol Hall is managed by The Venues Collection who offer all inclusive wedding packages including catering, drinks, the required permit to host your wedding ceremony in the National Park and furniture for your entire day. The venue is well suited to mid-sized weddings with 60–130 seated guests, with cocktail-style receptions accommodating up to 200 people.
9. Springfield House
- Location: 245 New Line Rd, Dural, NSW 2158
- Capacity: 250
- Wedding Packages: From $240 per person
Springfield House is best known for its grand sandstone staircase that descends into the formal ceremony garden of a country-style manor, offering one of Sydney's most romantic wedding experiences. This exclusive-use venue is located in the Hills District just 30 minutes from the city, and being surrounded by native bushland offers complete privacy for large celebrations amongst 5 acres of landscaped gardens, manicured hedges and singing bellbirds.
There are two reception spaces at this semi-rural estate. One seats up to 150 guests inside the manor and oozes old-world charm. The other is a fully glassed pavilion that offers a modern, open air setting for wedding receptions surrounded by towering trees. The Pavilion is well suited to large cultural weddings with 180 - 350 guests and is popular with Indian, Greek and Lebanese couples seeking a single location to host their entire day within formal landscaped grounds.
10. The Grounds of Alexandria
- Location: 7 Huntley Street, Alexandria, NSW 2015
- Capacity: 40 - 380
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
The Grounds of Alexandria is Sydney's most sought-after botanical wedding venue, offering a unique blend of verdant greenery, courtyard gardens and greenhouse-style event spaces just minutes from the CBD. Hidden behind ivy-covered walls in a former industrial precinct, this all-weather venue immerses guests in hanging vines, flowering plants and light-filled rustic surrounds, creating a whimsical garden atmosphere with old world European charm.
The plant-filled courtyard with its French colonial fountain and canopy of fairy lights is a popular setting for garden wedding ceremonies during both daylight and evening hours, while the Garden Room and Atrium offer glasshouse-style reception spaces beneath hanging greenery and twinkling lights. This trendy inner-city location is one of the most enquired about venues on Wedlockers and is well suited to weddings with 40 - 160 seated guests.
11. Botanic House
- Location: 1 Mrs Macquaries Road, Sydney, NSW 2000
- Capacity: 150 seated, 250 standing
- Wedding Packages: From $280 per person
Botanic House is located in the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney and is an acclaimed foodie venue that offers exclusive use of the glass-walled space for a wedding reception immersed in lush foliage. This sophisticated botanical restaurant serves Vietnamese-inspired cuisine curated by celebrity chef Luke Nguyen, starting with custom cocktails and canapés in a shaded outdoor space overflowing with greenery.
The architecturally-designed restaurant is within 5 minutes walk of all ceremony spaces in the Royal Botanic Gardens offering an easy transition from your ceremony to reception for guests, plus access to some of Sydney's most iconic wedding photo locations along Sydney Harbour.
12. 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.
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. 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, set on 10 hectares of park-like gardens, providing a plethora of greenery-filled spaces for wedding ceremonies and cocktail-style celebrations. 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.
With spectacular Sydney Harbour views this heritage 1920's estate offers a beautiful waterfront setting for sun-kissed garden party weddings. It's relaxed and private with a swanky black-tie vibe while still feeling grounded and a little bit rural. Onsite 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.
15. 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.
16. Lords Estate Gardens
- Location: 313 Seven Hills Rd, Seven Hills, NSW 2147
- Capacity: 2 - 100
- Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO
Lords Estate offers a private setting for micro weddings and elopements within the heritage gardens of an historic chapel and vicarage in Western Sydney. Set behind grand wrought iron gates just 10 minutes from Parramatta, this hidden gem provides a romantic European-inspired backdrop for outdoor ceremonies and receptions amongst blooming flowers, an urban meadow, heritage architecture and birds bathing in quaint fountains.
Custodian Claire welcomes you to exchange vows in her private rose garden against the backdrop of Victorian-era architecture before celebrating with champagne and hors d'oeuvres in the gardens. Formal receptions can be hosted outside in the shade of the sandstone chapel, with the exterior of the historic building illuminated in your chosen colour at night. If it rains, the beautifully restored chapel provides a charming indoor alternative.
17. 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. The curated grounds at this private estate are framed by huge palm trees providing a romantic setting to exchange vows in complete privacy.
Venue hire includes access to the leafy lawn for oceanfront ceremonies, and while full receptions are not permitted, you can host celebratory drinks & nibbles in the surrounding ornamental gardens. 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.
18. 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 offers a unique opportunity to get married on Sydney Harbour and exclusively caters for small open-air 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 waterfront venue for garden weddings on Sydney Harbour.
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.
19. Bellevue Cottage
- Location: 55 Leichhardt Street, Glebe, NSW 2037
- Capacity: 30 - 120
- Wedding Packages: From $280 per person
Bellevue Cottage is a heritage listed property that offers scenic outdoor weddings overlooking Sydney Harbour to the Anzac Bridge. Hidden on the banks of Blackwattle Bay in Sydney's Inner West and just 10 minutes from the CBD, this French restaurant serves up a unique foodie experience with a 4-course degustation menu by Chef Antoine Moscovitz’.
The sunlit terrace and waterfront verandah are beautifully relaxed settings for a garden wedding and delightful spots to enjoy signature cocktails and canapés while soaking up the afternoon sun. Set against the Victorian-era cottage with its original ceilings and federation tiles, Bellevue Cottage offers a charming nostalgic atmosphere for outdoor weddings on Sydney Harbour.
20. 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.
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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
- The Pavilion - Springfield House, Max capacity 450
- 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
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South Coast
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