Myriad Botanical Gardens

a and her team at the gardens took care of me as a bride and take care of me now, as a planner. After my wedding there, I was inspired to start my own planning company and Chelsea and her team were my very first cheerleaders. For that, I am so grateful. They are very educated on how the events work at the gardens. They are very respectful to your wedding day and the process it takes to make it complete. They work hand in hand with you before and on the actual day. They are a team of wonderful people, and every person on the team knows the details. As a planner, I support them on the day of, by no means take the day from them. We work hand in hand to make the day go perfectly. If you need something, they get it done. If there is an issue, they fix it. If there is a surprise, you wont know about it! Dream. Team. I have had weddings in the past that have gone off without a hitch and have many more in the future. Can't wait to work with these wonderful people again. Much love!!

ion in the adjacent lobby. It was not worth what we paid, and actively added stress to our big day. PROS: You cannot get the beauty of the Gardens anywhere else. It's breathtaking; we hardly needed to decorate at all. Also there are many hotels/attractions nearby. CONS: 1. Their Event Coordinator does not work weekends. Think about that for a second. We spent 9 months planning with someone who was not there on the day of. I found out the Coordinator wouldn't be there that day as I was getting ready for the ceremony, when the event manager for that day came in and introduced himself. There was no opportunity to meet with this person beforehand to sit down with him and the EC to make sure we were all on the same page. And that had some really bad consequences, for ex. the music in the reception wasn't turned on, so our guests awkwardly sat in silence for 20 minutes while WE fixed that. 2. The groomsmen were told to go to a separate part of the garden to get ready than where their dressing room was. We planned to use two dressing rooms upstairs above the Conservatory. The first groomsman to arrive was directed to go to a room in the BASEMENT of an adjacent building. We were getting married at the Crystal Bridge; they were directed to go to the Water Theatre - two totally separate parts of the garden. Also, this room was locked. The event staff member he talked to apologized (she was VERY sweet and helpful, it's a shame she was only a part-timer) and said the event manager had the only key. They had to find that manager every single time they left the dressing room, or they'd be locked out. When my husband arrived, he knew what the plan had been, and had a confrontation with the event manager, who said, "Oh I thought you'd prefer to get ready there so that you don't see the bride." We had First Look pictures... something that the Event Coordinator knew, but apparently did not get communicated to the event staff actually working that day. This cost us a LOT of time and stress. 3. You don't get much time in the venue. You can't begin setting up until after the Gardens close to the public for that day around 5pm. You also must be out of the venue by 11pm. So if your ceremony is at 7, you have 2 hours to decorate, then reception ends at 10, you have an hour to clean. You cannot set up the day before, not even for the rehearsal. 4. We did not get to rehearse the day before. In the Conservatory there is a large open space where your guests sit for the ceremony; during normal business days, that space is occupied by 4 large planters. We specifically asked if those would be moved so we could rehearse; EC said yes. On Fri, she refused to move them. She said the planters required a machine to move and needed to be there for the public during the day on Sat. On Sat evening, we watched a single person flip a lock on the planters and roll them out. It took 5 minutes to remove and replace the planters... they couldn't have done that during the one hour we had for rehearsal? 5. No designated/reserved parking for guests or wedding party. 6. When it began to rain, another couple getting married there asked to move to our space. They were told no of course, but this shows that there was no backup plan in place for them in the event of bad weather on their wedding day.

tiful with lots of great photo locations. Third, the staff -especially Chelsea - were awesome to work with! Chelsea is on top of everything, responsive to emails, goes through everything with you, and it all went very smoothly. Also, they turn off the waterfall during the ceremony, which helped a lot with the humidity and noise level. All in all, I'm very happy that we were married there. Though word of caution - the clear panels leak just a little bit, so you're not entirely dry if it still rains on the wedding day.

so helpful! I cannot praise the wedding coordinator, Chelsea, enough. 2 months prior to my wedding date (which had been reserved almost a year in advance) Chelsea called me to let me know the city had decided to have OKCFest, an outdoor concert event, right across the street on another property on the day and time of my wedding! If she hadn't let me know I wouldn't have been able to do anything about it! But she let me move up my ceremony and reception time, and made several other arrangements to help me out! She even gave me a discounted price even though she had no control over those events! Beautiful venue, affordable, and very helpful staff!!

g guests. It's such a beautiful venue that we used very little decor for our wedding, there's just something about the natural beauty of the gardens!

dable. We worked with Chelsea and she gave us a tour of the venue and was very helpful. Seeing two large empty rooms, it was difficult for me to picture my wedding. She sent me pictures of previous weddings that had been held there and helped me decide on a layout. We visited many times before the big day to plan and space things. The staff was always helpful and friendly. The day before the wedding, we were allowed to set up the wedding (since there wasn't an event that day). The rehearsal was held there free of charge. Even when we were setting up for the wedding, they let us borrow a power drill to set up our wedding arch. The day of the wedding, there was an event manager there to make sure I had everything I needed. He met my every request. For the before wedding photos, the Chrystal Bridge was open and we were allowed to take photos there. After the wedding, the bridge was closed, but the event manager, Michelle, opened it up for my husband and I to take our photos. We were so impressed by the helpfulness and kindness of the Myriad Gardens staff! My husband and I are so happy that we decided to have our wedding at the Myriad Gardens!

our setting outdoors. For the space we rented it was only $150 an hour. The more popular spaces are more, but still very reasonable. Only downsides: it's not a private area, so people strolling through the park can watch (I didn't even notice though!) Some of the outlets don't work due to the flooding in May, so we had to scramble to find a power source and extension cord at the last minute.

he loss of the star comes from the time we are able to go in, since it is an attraction they close at 5 which means we, well friends and family had to scram in all the decorating in order the get everything done! They did allow some change to the original "no earlier than 5" rule which was greatly appreciated! But they we willing to help make your day the best possible!

d colors and had a blast in the conservatory. The only downfall of this venue is lack of parking. When they renovated they took all of it away to add more green space. Lucky for me the American Parking company could be talked into opening one of their lots directly across the street. Also, management changed right before my wedding and that resulted in a lot of hiccups. The new lady in charge, Chelsea, is wonderful though!

n and it's impossible to get a bad picture because there are gorgeous plants and flowers within every angle. We were very happy with the service we received - everyone was truly helpful and had many useful suggestions to make our day even more special. Loved it!

k with. And the ground, oh my gosh, so beautiful. We took all of our wedding and engagement photos there. The only complaint I had was sticker shock. They raised their prices for the outdoor sites and I didn't realize it until I went to pay. It was still a great deal though. If I had it to do again I wouldn't change a thing!

ut worked out ok. we did have to have our rehearsal 2 days before the wedding since they had another wedding scheduled for the night before ours. cheap and pretty place, but expensive chairs. nice people though.