I honestly may run out our space if I write everything but I will try my best to summarize.

There is not one negative thing I could say about the Royal Botanical Gardens! We had our ceremony in the Rose Garden tent and our reception in the Auditorium with 125+ guests.

I knew I wanted my wedding at RBG. So much so, we didn't even look anywhere else. They were amazing from day one to provide us with answers to every question we had, especially during the uncertainty of planning a wedding during the pandemic. Our wedding coordinators were fantastic at addressing any concerns and changes we wanted to make.

We went with the Botanical Package and the food and wine options were top-notch - a real gourmet experience. Our guests loved having a meal selection, especially the vegetarians!

Everything was PERFECT - the décor, the meals, the serving staff, the coordinators (day-of and leading up to), etc. It was a dream come true. Our guests especially loved every aspect and gave so much praise to the beauty of the venue.

If you're still looking for a breathtaking venue that will produce the most gorgeous backgrounds for your wedding photos, this is the place!

Thank you RBG and staff for everlasting memories - truly a dream come true!

*RBG WEDDINGS REVIEW*
It has taken me quite some time to bring myself to write this review from a point of informing people rather than letting my emotions get the best of me. My husband and I booked the RBG as our wedding venue for 2020. We should've taken a hint from our coordinator at the time who highly recommend we consider other venues for comparison as well before making our final decision to go ahead with the RBG. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic, we had to scratch our initial wedding plans at the RBG, have a small backyard wedding, and reschedule our big celebrations with our loved ones for 2022. Over the years, we went through 3-4 different Coordinators and when it was time to finally go ahead with our wedding plans they changed a lot in terms of how they ran their weddings, the costs, and the perks that came with having our wedding there. Though they agreed to keep some of the things in our contract the same, other things they refused to honour.

Our rehearsal is where we really started to get a glimpse of how our day was going to go dealing with rbg wedding staff. The day og our rehearsal, the ceremony coordinator couldn't make it to and there was a sub sent in to replace her. Unfortunately I had an emergency with my 9 month old and I couldn't make it right on time. Although we had discussed all details with them prior to the rehearsal and had a whole document about how things were going to go, when everyone showed up the coordinator REFUSED to go through anything without me. I tried to tell her over the phone that they need to start without me as I already know what I'm doing and the rehearsal was mostly for everyone else and she refused to do anything until I got there. We were able to go through it once and she said we had to leave because others were coming.

Our wedding day was unlike anything we would have ever imagined.. our main coordinator had to be away and yet again we had a replacement. From the beginning of the day, vendors were arriving to set up and noone knew where to direct them to set things up. When the guests started arriving, they weren't directed where they needed to go either. One of our guests asked if there was a wedding happening there and the receptionist said they didn't know... let alone direction them where they needed to go. When we arrived after the ceremony, there was no coordinator in sight. We had previously booked a private room to use for our baby if needed and we had to idea where to find it. After walking around for quite some time trying to find our coordinator we stumbled across the room and was able to access it. The whole time our MCs, DJ, and other vendors were trying to find her and they couldn't locate her anywhere, having to figure things out for themselves and ask security for help. This continued throughout the night. As the food was coming out, I realized the food wasn't labeled as it was supposed to be since we had a lot of people with allergies (we had buffet style meals). I had to send one of the servers to find the coordinator because 2 hours into the reception starting she was still nowhere to be found and we had no idea who she even was. She finally came out, no apology for anything, acknowledged she was the coordinator filling in, and disappeared in the back room/kitchen again. The whole night we had to chase people down to access the projector, dim the lights, turn on the lights for the cake, and so many more things that they should've been there for.

We were SO excited initially to have our wedding at the RBG but the wedding staff are so disorganized, and simply did not care to be there and do their job on the day of our wedding. Our views on the RBG have shifted so much and we really wished we had taken the advice of our initial coordinator and looked somewhere else.

Unless you have your own wedding planner so you don't have to deal with any RBG staffing bs, please save your time, energy, and money. Our wedding day was an absolute disaster trying to deal with staff there from start to finish.

At least we have beautiful pictures in the gardens.

When my husband and I first viewed the RBG we were completely captivated by the gardens. It was an easy yes for us to book our ceremony there. We paid everything up front as payment is due when booking.

From the time we booked to the time of our wedding we still had over a year. In that time the lady we were working with I guess moved on and we only found out about this 3 months prior to the wedding, and that was because I reached out to add more time for our ceremony. Then I was Informed. My partner and I were satisfied with the RBG - we just didn’t like how with the new people we were working with elements previously promised were changed. For example, the RBG only allows a certain number of people to stay and take photos- if you want more than the allocated number it is $11 / person, we were told we had to purchase liability insurance or else the wedding could not take place, and we did not have access to take photos whenever we wanted that day you have to book a timeframe.

Now, the RBG was gracious enough to honour our original contract and keep to what we were told during our booking process. It was just stressful on the time between being told all the new rules and them checking if they could honour what was previously told to us. If you choose them just make sure you keep a record of everything in writing.

Otherwise, we had an absolutely perfect ceremony and everything worked out as it should. We did enjoy our experience overall and time there.

Got married at the Rock Gardens at the RBG - such a beautiful venue for the courtyard wedding and reception

We decided to go with RBG when we visited the venue shortly after we were engaged in August 2021. We had 2 ceremonies planned because my partner and I are from different cultural backgrounds. It took them almost 2 months and repeated emails to respond to us with a clear answer as to whether we would be able to have both ceremonies and reception in the Rock Garden. They responded back (2 months later) with a quote of 8k extra if we were to have both in the same space. This should have been the first indication of how things are run with RBG. We ended up choosing to have the ceremonies in the Rose Garden Tent and reception in the Rock Garden.
From start to finish, RBG was my biggest stressor with wedding planning. Their response times were abysmal, with lack of preparation for meetings on their part. We had been quoted a certain amount for harvest table rentals which they tried to increase by about 50% in the lead up to the wedding. Prior to this we had to repeatedly ask for a final price estimate which I now realize they seem to delay on purpose to hike up prices. I wouldn't personally blame any single person but I would say the event department does seem badly managed.

On the positive side, working with the ceremony coordinator Amanda Horvat was lovely. She is very organized and helped everything move smoothly.
All in all, our wedding day was wonderful because I hired a wedding coordinator to smooth the processes of the day.

We are so very happy that we decided to hold our wedding ceremony at RBG. It was an absolutely gorgeous place in the rose garden and everyone kept raving about its beauty.

We had such a great experience working with Brookelyn and Emily to plan our special day - they were organized, accommodating and did everything possible to make sure the day was perfect! The venue was gorgeous - our guests had a wonderful time exploring the gardens and we got beautiful photos to remember our special day.

The RBG was our dream venue! The gardens speak for themselves. But the staff - they are one in a million. Emily and Brookelyn did everything they could to make us feel special and well taken care of on our day and everyday leading up to it. They took all the uncertainty with covid in stride and made us feel secure in all the decisions being made. We didn't need to think about one detail, they did all of that for us. The day was nothing short of perfect.

Robin and her team went above and beyond to ensure our day went well. They were always there to answer any questions and put our minds at ease. The catering staff was very friendly and worked very hard. We are so thankful and happy we chose such a stunning venue as RBG for our big day.

There is far too much to say about the disappointment with my venue so I will try to summarize. It looks stunning. We payed for a premium package and spent tens of thousands of dollars here on catering and venue rental. The communications with the venue prior were atrocious and confusing. They don't respond for weeks and when they do it's the wrong answer. I could never get a hold of anyone. At the tasting the food was amazing but on the day everything was overcooked. We paid for mashed potatoes and got roasted instead. We had a few guests tell us they were quite certain they WATERED DOWN the hard liquor at the open bar. The atrium was FREEZING like a refrigerator. They told us there was nothing they could do because they had to keep it cold for the trees. They knew well in advance I was having a photobooth but when they showed up on the day of, no one knew where it was supposed to go. They could never give me any information on the actual details so I missed out on planning a lot. I was trying to put together signature drinks and no one could even tell me what liquor or bar mixes were available to us to make recipes. So very disappointed, especially for the insane amount of money we forked over. They don't care about you at all.