The Hudson Gardens & Event Center

ent was impossible to get a hold of and at one point quit returning my emails. The short rental time was very difficult and after the ceremony the sprinklers went off which completely ruined all my decorations. There was no representative there the day of my wedding which made it difficult to solve issues when the venue didn’t provide all of the tables and chairs we were promised. The communication was awful and made for a stressful situation. At least the grounds were beautiful and well kept, and we received many compliments on the venue choice!

in a rush!! They insisted on stopping the music early even though the couple paid for an extended time-- then had the audacity to call the police!!! They ruined my niece's end of the night!!!

s less about us. Communication was lacking and my daughter tried several times to email and call them and they would never return her calls back or emails. That alone was frustrating. The day of the wedding the catering company was late getting started on getting the tables set up and table cloths so that all my sisters could put the decorations on the tables. There was not a table for my cake gal that came to set iup the cake & cupcakes…as a result, I had to go, in a frenzy to the Catering head and talk to her about getting a table set up they finally agreed. Meanwhile, my cake lady had left because they told her to leave and I wasn’t in the venue room yet, as I was getting dressed for the wedding next door. And guess who had to set it up ? Me, the mom of the bride. I was supposed to be getting pictures taken and here I was sweating and putting together a table . It gets so much worse. Everything seem to be going fine and we were all dancing after dinner and having a good time. I thr head Catering waiter came up to me and said, is it OK if we just serve wine and beer now? I said what? She said I am notified that everything is getting out of control and people are throwing up. I’m like wow that’s weird…. I walked around the venue and outside. I saw nothing like that. Went into the restroom And even the men’s restroom and there is no vomit. I’m like what is going on? there was no on-site Hudson Gardens coordinator. There was some kid name Hunter that was responsible for lighting an air conditioning, stocking the bathrooms and basically he just sat on his phone all night in the kitchen. I understand they were clearing all the tables off and my husband came to me and said this woman made me go take down the Archway flower, decorations , and was yelling at Cindy, our friend who was helping my daughter the bride that day, telling her those need to come down in mid reception. Really? I thought that’s what you did at clean up which was to start at 11:30 to 1230 that night. This is way before that so there goes my husband out to the car to go get the ladder to get the decorations down with my son-in-law and my son , and Having to rip them to shreds to get it down. Not to mention the lighting was horrible. Then out of nowhere this woman with a sweatshirt on that looks like she just got off her couch, comes barreling down the hill where the Bar tent was, on her cell phone and screaming at us. I walked outside the venue & said to her , what’s going on? will you tell me what happened and who are you? She yelled at me and pointed her finger at me and said I am calling the police…. I’m like whaaat? and my friend next to me said this is totally unprofessional, what is wrong with her. Guess what, she calls the police! my daughters wedding was supposed to be ending at 11:30 as a result, ( clean up from 11:30 to 12:30 )she did not get to do her last dance with her husband to their favorite song. The DJ was asked to put the mic down, and if he played another song, she was calling the cops. He tried to converse with her as well and she said it’s none of your business and who do you work for? He tried to get her name and she wouldn’t give it. Totally whacked. by the way, the police did come and they couldn’t find anything wrong and they just kind of stood there. I think they were laughing under their breath. And they left, they said everything was fine. I have no idea why she called the police. Finally got her name, Angela Yeager. She shut down the wedding and frantically my sisters, and I are trying to put all the decorations that we had spent many months and money on into boxes and throwing things haphazardly all over the place, while the waiters were trying to tear down the tables; it was horrible. This is all at 10:30-ish, mind you My daughter sat in the dressing room in tears, and she did not know what was going on because honestly, there was nothing going on until this Angela Yeager came into the picture. This is a day that my daughter and her husband and family can never get back. I am warning all future brides and grooms do not book at this venue. I do not want you to have to have the worst day of your life..

the new ownership were not good. In fact, several of the complaints were the same as I experienced . I used the ladies bathroom and found the toilet paper rolls were almost empty. Hmm, bad sign and wedding hadn’t even started yet. I asked the caterer who was in charge. This kid in a sweatshirt came out with no name tag on, I said the bathroom needed servicing. He walked away and I don’t know if he put TP in the bathroom or not. After dinner the DJ started playing the music. The tables had been cleared of plates and napkins. I was asked several times if I was done with my water and wine. I noticed the waiter was clearing all the other tables of glasses. Please note that it was early in the evening. Sure enough, I danced with my husband and when I returned, our table had been cleared. No wonder everyone was in the bar line to get another drink. I kept thinking why was the catering service in such a hurry to clear the tables? The wedding reception was supposed to go on until 11:30. As I looked at the long line at the bar, I said to my husband, “do they know how much liquor they just threw away?” And it was in plastic glasses!! There was no lighting along the walkway to the north parking lot. We had parked near the entrance to the Bloom Room as I was bringing in items for the tables. Dangerous. As I left the reception at 10:50, I thought that this was not a great place for weddings. Bathrooms are small and too far away from the Bloom Room. The bridal room was so small, I felt sorry for the bride who had to sit in there, let alone get dressed in there with the bridesmaids. I told my husband that I would have never rented this place for a wedding. The communication of who was onsite was nonexistent. Believe me, I tried to get toilet paper!! Please brides, read the reviews before committing.

oin cocktail hour from the ceremony. All of our guests raved about how pretty Hudson Gardens is, and our pictures are so beautiful. The only reason for 4 stars instead of 5 was some unfortunate miscommunication and construction issues we faced. The Rose Garden reception venue was supposed to be finished in Fall of 2021, which should have been plenty early for our June 2022 wedding. However, due to unforeseen constructions delays they did not have it finished and we were forced to pick a new reception site 2month before our wedding date. Luckily the other 2 reception venues at Hudson Gardens were still available for our day, which ended up working out. We also had issues finding someone to communicate with - during the COVID fallout and construction issues it seemed that there was a lot of staff turnover and we were often unable to reach people. In the end we worked with Cherylann who did a fantastic job of communicating and making sure the day of went very smoothly. Seeing as our concerns were very specific and mostly construction related I do not foresee this being a problem for future couples. Definitely check out this venue as it is sure to please!

to be in this space. It is beautiful, has great lighting, and the garage doors are able to roll up. However, the communication with the wedding coordinators at Hudson Gardens was not good. We had a couple different people email us throughout the planning process which became very confusing. My photographer tried contacting the venue about the use of a drone on site for pictures and videos. One person told her the use of drones wasn't okay and another person told the bride that the use of drones was fine. It led to a ton of confusion and the drone wasn't used at the wedding because no one contacted the photographer back to confirm it was okay. Whenever we tried contacting the coordinators, it would sometimes take quite awhile to hear a response back. My wedding was at 4:30pm and right afterwards, there was another wedding next door at 5pm. However, as my bridesmaids and I were trying to take photos before the wedding, the bride from the wedding next door came over to my venue space and began taking photos. We were told that the coordinators at Hudson Gardens would help stop people at the other wedding from coming into our venue space. We paid for our venue space and I don't think it was very fair that we couldn't get the photos we wanted because there was another bride in our space that WE reserved. To add to this, we arrived to the venue and the incorrect tablecloth colors were on our tables. We came to find out that they had put the tablecloths from the wedding next door on our tables on accident. The bride is the one who noticed this and made somewhere aware to change it. While this may not be the venues fault, I do not think they should have weddings next door to each other on the same night. I agreed to this in my contract, but just warning other brides that when you reserve a space, there may be another wedding next door and they may confuse your wedding with the one next door and the other bride may also invade your own space. You or your vendors are also not allowed to get into the venue to set up until 2:30 unless you "buy" more time. This was certainly not enough time for set up. It seemed to rush everyone when trying to set up and also rushed the bridal party to take photos. We felt very rushed. We were also lucky to be able to use real candles but just a warning for future brides, they no longer allow real candles so all your candles have to be fake. You also are not allowed any rose petals so you can't have that when walking down the aisle. The getting ready rooms are also incredibly small. We got ready at my aunt's house beforehand but if you have more than 4-5 bridesmaids, just know they will be handing outside the room before the wedding.

n wedding and the plan they had in their heads, but I firmly believe Hudson Gardens was deeply in the wrong in our case, and anyone considering choosing their venue for a wedding deserves to hear our story as a warning. My fiancée and I booked Hudson Gardens in May 2021 as our wedding venue for June of 2022. We were thrilled that we had secured a beautiful, reasonably-priced venue 13 months in advance, especially during an incredibly busy wedding season. We were told that the reception venue was being redone by November 2021. We figured they had 7 months of wiggle room until June 2022, so we’d be fine. In March 2022, after 10 months of planning, my family drove by and noticed that nothing was built. I reached out to our contact for more info. A day later, we received a response that began with, “you all were on my list to reach out to with an update,” and gave us the bad news that the venue wouldn't be built. They said we could - 1) reschedule the wedding for sometime after August when it would be built, 2) move the ceremony to the 10 am slot and use a different reception space, 3) use the ceremony site at the planned time and go somewhere else for a reception, or 4) cancel entirely. For a variety of reasons, we were left with option 4, and had to pull off an entire wedding ceremony and reception in my parents’ backyard with about 2.5 months to go. We flew past our budget by $10k, even while trying to keep costs as low as possible. The tent rental cost more than our wedding venue would have been. I wrote a letter to the CEO explaining our situation and how I believed Hudson Gardens was responsible for any costs we now had to incur that went beyond our original venue price. He responded 10 days later (an eternity to us) after I bugged the event team. In the response, he denied that they were responsible, citing a clause from our contract. I knew they had covered themselves legally, but was hoping the situation would be considered morally. To me, it was clear that a $10k+ increase in price for us this late in the planning, due to no fault of our own, was unacceptable and unfair. The response was also frustrating because it focused more on how they weren't legally responsible instead of apologizing profusely for the disruption they caused. It was also clear that the CEO had not carefully read my letter, as he got the numbers wrong and seemed to misunderstand what I asked for. To give them their due, they refunded us for the venue (of course). They also eventually gave us a credit towards rentals. It came nowhere near the full cost, but was helpful. In the end, my fiancée and I were happy with our new plan. We’re incredibly fortunate that we had a backup option, and the important thing is that we were able to have an in-person gathering with our friends and family. But I wouldn’t be surprised if the stress we endured took days off of our lives! I understand wanting to choose Hudson Gardens as a wedding venue - it’s a beautiful garden that isn’t ridiculously priced. And I hope that most couples this summer, and in the future, have no issues at all. But clearly there was something wrong at the organizational level for this situation to happen, and I hope you factor this in to your decision.

online scheduling, etc. We were planning our wedding from our of state, so the HG team was kind enough to walk us through the site via a video tour. The venue is beautiful! You need minimal decor, as the gardens themselves are stunning and well-maintained. HG also provides you with a list of vendors to use, which assisted us in this process. The gardens are public, but the HG team did a great job of ensuring that our event felt private by closing off certain access points and having a staff member nearby during our ceremony to ensure that onlookers did not interrupt the special day. We were also appreciative of the fact that this venue is cognizant of your budget. They offer a list of caterers to choose from that can fit most any budget, and allow for you to provide your own alcohol. Linens were also provided (but this may not apply to all parties, as I believe this depends on head count and date of wedding). Each step of the planning process, I felt heard and responded to. Thank you Hudson Gardens team for making our day so special!

t of color and the lawns were beautiful. And really, not much of the rose bushes will be captured in photos. Our reception was at the Welcome Tent (Rose Garden Tent had weather damage and was unable, which was a total bummer but also meant we had 2/3 spaces reserved for our wedding). We loved the little lawn with market lights - a great place for people who wanted to escape the band noise to gather. We had 85 guests with 12 tables (including the head table). Still plenty of room for the dance floor and band's stage. If you'll have more than 90 guests + a band, tables will need to be broken down to dance. Overall, the venue gave me zero stress day of, which was great. The only thing that I had to ask for was to open up more of the sides of the Welcome Tent so that we could have more open air/ventilation in these covid times. We had no problem with other guests being there, the event staff made sure they never intruded on the festivities. We were even able to use the Monet Garden bridge and space for photos and guests never ended up in the shots!

ll of our event needs within a few weeks - ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception locations. They were all very accommodating and had a list of preferred vendors so it made our options very easy to choose from since they did all the research prior! With their long-standing relationship with each vendor, everyone was already familiar with the location layout and contracts so I hardly lifted a finger and not to mention, minimal decorations were needed as the venue was already beautiful to begin with. Thank y'all so much for making our special day run flawlessly!

d their entire venue staff and brought on a new team of people. While this made me nervous, I tried to make the best of essentially starting over with all of my questions and wishes about my venue vision. I requested that I only deal with one person over there, as I was receiving calls from several different people, including returned calls from messages I had left weeks after I left it and had already spoken to someone. Despite my request, every time I spoke to a different person, and they had no idea what was going on with my arrangements and could never answer a question without hanging up and having to call back. Even then, I got conflicting answers about things. The initial staff I dealt with when I signed a contract had allowed for decorative options that the new staff later told me I could not do. I was also informed very late in the game that I could not use the "get ready room" until 1pm the day of my wedding. What bride doesn't get ready for her 4pm wedding until 1pm? I had weeks to scrounge up a new plan for where to get ready. We had a Chuppah (an arch for the ceremony) for our Jewish wedding, and had to fight with the facility about letting us set the Chuppah up before 1pm the day of (again in conflict with the original promises given to us). Keep in mind, we had the space for the whole day, no other events going on, so we should not have had a problem setting up or using the "get ready room". I will get back to the Chuppah in a minute. As I was preparing to walk down the aisle on my big day, I noticed a woman in shorts, a t-shirt, and a visor, standing to the side of my guests near a bush. I was uneasy about the intruder because renting the space means the public cannot access the area. My wedding coordinator found out she was the Hudson Gardens CEO. I thought this was highly unprofessional and downright creepy. At least dress up if you're going to snoop on my big day, let alone the concept of introducing yourself ahead of time. During my wedding reception, staff from HG could not be found unless sought after. I had never met anyone from HG ahead of the wedding who was there that day, making them total strangers to me. We had to track down HG staff to find out why a third of the Inn was so seemingly dark compared to the rest of the room. Turns out, they hadn't turned on that set of lights. The WORST and most INAPPROPRIATE aspect of HG was when they pulled my father out of the reception and told him he had to take down our Chuppah before it got dark. We had the space rented until 11pm, with an hour of clean up scheduled after that. There was NO reason he had to take it down in the middle of our wedding. He missed a crucial part of the reception to take it down, in his suit, and we were searching for him everywhere, because we didn't know the staff had dragged him out of the wedding, and it was incredibly upsetting. I would still like to know WHY they did this? A Chuppah can't stay up... When I booked HG, the beauty and affordability were appealing to us. After experiencing it, I would have paid the money to deal with better people, have more professionalism and ease leading up to and during the wedding, and be treated with respect. I do not recommend them.

erfect places to take pictures and our guest loved the freedom to walk around the whole area as their leisure. We loved that they gave us a list of vendors to choose from because it took the guess work out of the planning and we ended up loving all of them! Our walk through was seamless and allowed us to visualize the day of the wedding. They were all very professional and responded in a timely manner. There is one person assigned to each wedding to make sure all of the vendors know where to go and they make sure everything is available to the vendors including tables and chairs. The tent we had the reception in was beautifully lit with string lighting on the ceiling and the bathrooms just outside of the tent were new and clean. We loved our experience with The Hudson Gardens and we highly recommend them.

untain behind the ceremony was beautiful, and having a tent and restrooms all nearby for the reception was so convenient. We did have someone steal money out of the bride's dressing room, which stays unlocked throughout the whole wedding, so don't leave any valuables in the dressing rooms!

hy ponds, a waterfall and a lush green landscape, all in the heart of Littleton, CO. We still get feedback from our guests about how beautiful a venue it was. The only advice I can give to future brides who want to use this as their venue are a few things 1) stay on top of communication with the venue they are very busy and not only are running a wedding/event center but are also running a non-profit organization open to the public with a lot of events going on during the busy season. Don't get discouraged if you find you are doing your final walk through ten days before your event. 2)Stay on top of your timeline and make sure all vendors are aware of the time your event begins and ends. We did not have any problems but we were tipped off that the gardens are very strict about having their events begin and end on time. Of course, all of that is finalized when you do your final walk through! Overall we are extremely greatful this beautiful outdoor event center is a short drive from where we live!

it was inside and out. Both The Inn and the surrounding area was stunning for our fall wedding. Thank you Hudson Gardens!

d the beauty of the gardens is well worth it. I would recommend this venue to anyone who wants an outdoor setting that is quiet and gorgeous and within minutes of the city. I had the best day and am so glad I found this venue for my wedding!!!

were a little worried about the sound, but it was not a big deal at all! Parking was a little confusing, but everyone figured it out. We did our ceremony in the Rose Garden and our reception in the Garden Canopy, and everyone commented about how great it was. Picking from their list of caterers was a little daunting at first because we didn't understand that the caterer does a whole lot more than bring the food, but we loved the one we picked and it turned out to be a great evening. We didn't do any decorating outside of table centerpieces because who can improve on those flowers in July?! The prices were reasonable and we paid to put a brick with our names on it in the wedding walk. Thank you Hudson Gardens!

erfect location for a naturally beautiful wedding that you won’t have to work too hard to make pretty because it already is!

Highly recommend!

zing and colorful. We loved being able to have yard games on the lawn and the dressing rooms were the perfect place to finish getting ready. The staff was always helpful and friendly. This is a really great venue at a very reasonable price.