Boerner Botanical Gardens

We could not have asked for a better venue and hospitality group for our special day. Yvette and Dana were amazingly supportive throughout the entire planning process, and made planning our wedding seamless and fun. Not only were we complimented on how well the entire day was organized - due to the support of our day of team, especially Meg - but the venue was absolutely gorgeous and the food was SPECTACULAR. We had our ceremony in Nell's Cafe (that had a gorgeous view and lighting from the garden), our cocktail hour in the Garden Room, and the reception in the Atrium. The setting and the decor we were able to rent at a reasonable price allowed us to bring our cozy and classy fall look to life. I would highly recommend all engaged couples to seriously consider using this hospitality group and venue - it was 100% worth it and we would use them again!

I cannot thank Yvette and Dana enough for all their help. They really were there for my husband and I from the day we came just to tour the space, until we said "I do". We had originally planned on getting married outside, because the gardens are BEAUTIFUL. With our luck, it decided to down pour rain the whole night. All of the staff worked SO quickly to switch gears and move our ceremony inside. Although we ultimately wanted the ceremony outside, we (and all our guests) could not believe how beautiful and elegant it ended up looking inside the building. Also, the top comment we got from our guests was how delicious the food was. So many people came up to us and made a point of commenting on how flavoral all of the food was. I have so much more to say, but please take my word when I say that my husband and I had the perfect wedding at Boerner Botanical Gardens / Zilli Hospitality. Highly, highly recommend.

We were blown away by the team that helped us celebrate our day. Our guests raved about the quality of the food, how kind and courteous our servers were. We didn't have to worry about a thing! The team at Zilli Hospitality Group took care of everything for us. So grateful to have celebrated at such a beautiful space and had such an incredible experience! Thank you to Yvette and Dana for helping to bring our vision to life!

We had an absolutely magical wedding at the Boerner Botanical Gardens in September 2023. We had several tours and meetings with other locations, but were disappointed with how impersonal the experience felt. The other vendors made us feel like just another number and were highly competitive to book, so if we didn't book with them, oh well. One main reason we chose Boerner was because of Yvette, the onsite event manager. She took the time to get to know us as a couple, talked through several options of how we could consider setting up our big day and we were sold. It's very intimidating to plan a wedding and most have not done it before, like us, and Yvette was patient, compassionate and creative to ensure the day felt like us. She took her time with us even before we confirmed our booking and that really set the right tone for us to move forward. After we booked and started planning, Yvette continued to be wonderful to work with. I am a pretty detail-oriented person and meticulous with planning. I have some event planning experience from other professional roles I've been and Yvette was a greater partner and collaborator to bounce ideas off, give us some inspiration and help us better understand different options we could choose from. I really appreciated her supporting us to bring our vision to life and her deep experience in wedding planning. She knows her stuff and you feel confident in her recommendations. I'm someone who likes to know all options, weigh those options and then move forward, and she always was just an email or phone call away to discuss to help us decide on which direction to go. Another main reason we selected Boerner was the venue itself. The gardens are absolutely spectacular to do your first look, family pictures, ceremony, etc. It is so green and lush and we loved the ability get married in the private garden outside the main building and then go inside for the reception, dancing, etc. We had the most GORGEOUS sunny wedding day and our pictures are magical. In addition, we loved using the atrium area as a dance floor area with its cool architecture and windows. We had a group of about 200+ guests and it was great to have the main ballroom, the cocktail garden room, the atrium and outside patio for guests to roam around and enjoy themselves. Our guests were a big fan of the location due to this, along with the ample parking for a wedding our size. Lastly, THE FOOD! I have received endless compliments from our guests about food as a highlight of the wedding. Zilli's Hospitality does a wonderful job and I was amazed with how much everyone liked the food. Many said it was the best food they had a wedding. I did not expect such rave reviews with that component of the wedding and I've been pleasantly surprised that even months later our guests comment on that being the best wedding food they've ever had. There are a million other reasons to pick Boerner, but I hope from one detailed bride to another, this helps you know you are in good hands with Yvette, Boerner and the Zilli's team. Thank you to all for making our dream wedding come true!