The Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan

Some sites can have petals, but a cleaning fee will be charged;

Rice is not permitted;

Confetti (including biodegradable confetti) is not permitted. 

Power is available for certain sites. Please speak with staff for details. 

You may use a low-volume, battery powered portable speaker or amplifier for the wedding celebrant. Please position speakers towards your area to minimise impact on other Garden users. 

Sure can! Set the mood with a live acoustic ensemble, piano, string quartet or pre-recorded music. Do you have something else in mind? Feel free to get in rouch and we can let you know.

Fire and/or flames are not permittedwithin the Garden.

Yes. the Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan is a public garden and other activities may be occurring at the same time. The public will be notified by signage of your ceremony, but we can only guarantee exclusive hire at the Connections Garden. 

If you are after more privacy, have you considered an after-hours ceremony?

Each wedding ceremony site has a designated car parking area which varies from location to location. 

Free car parking is available throughout the Garden and is available to all garden visitors on a first come first service basis.

A coach parking bay is available on Yandelora Drive (ask our staff for specific locations). 

No, the Australian Botanic Garden closes to all vehicles each night. If a car has broken down, or cannot otherwise be moved due to mechanical fault, your guests should please notify a Gardens Ranger on 0409 122 953 in order to avoid a fine. 

You will need to order a taxi using your own mobile phones. If you are stuck, please go to our visitor centre which operates from 9am to 4pm each day. 

There is no permanent shelter for wedding ceremonies in the Australian Botanic Garden, however there is a wet weather back up option that you might like to book just in case. If you do not book these facilities well in advance of your wedding day, we cannot guarantee their availability. Our sheltered ceremony venues are Herbarium Forecourt, Plantbank Undercroft, Telopea Gallery, Lakeside Pavilion, and Bowden Centre.

Upon confirmation of your booking, we will email you a map showing the location of your wedding ceremony site. 

No, due to the wildlife that call the Garden home, pets are not allowed. 

If you wish to cancel your booking, it must be made in writing to: mtannan.events@bgcp.nsw.gov.au 

In the event of cancellation, the following fees will be retained by the Trust: 

• Cancellations received more than one month prior to your booking will be given a 50% refund of the total fee received. 
• Cancellations received less than one month prior to your booking will not be given a refund. 

Cancellation due to inclement weather: 

• A 50% refund of the venue hire fee will be given if you have notified the Visitor Centre on 02 4634 7935 before 9:00 am on the day of your booking, a message must be left on the voicemail. To process your refund we require a written cancellation (as above) which must be received by the Visitor Centre no more than 14 days after your booking date. 
• You should be aware that the Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan is a community venue and that other non-related activities may be occurring throughout the Garden at the time of your booking. This may include concerts and large community events that are booked throughout the year.

We will endeavour to limit bookings on the day of a major event. If a confirmed event booking exists, we will make the potential impacts known to you at the time of booking. For bookings made well in advance, notification may not be possible at the time of booking. 

The Garden reserves the right to cancel bookings up to six months in advance of the booking date or relocate a booking up to three months in advance of a booking and will refund any payments in full upon cancellation.

No further compensation will be payable. 

We accept bookings up to 18 months in advance. 

Gate opening times vary seasonally. For current opening times visit: www.australianbotanicgarden.com.au