A 36-acre garden that's ready for your vision to come to life! Beautiful floral and botanical spaces create both open and intimate settings for your wedding — less than 20 miles from Downtown Boston. Featuring historic estate architecture among modern and traditional landscapes, this unique indoor/outdoor venue is an unforgettable and one-of-a-kind setting!
The Garden at Elm Bank offers customizable layouts and limitless potential for almost any size wedding. With twelve display gardens, several indoor reception spaces, and open lawns for tents, each event is unique! Our team is ready to make your vision come to life.
From cocktail hour in the whimsical Weezie's Garden to a European-inspired Italianate Garden ceremony, our evening rentals include exclusive use of the grounds. With seasonal flower features, your event and guests will be immersed in botanical beauty.
Indoor/outdoor configurations allow for complete customization of your dream day. Plus, our team prepares for any weather with great rain plan options.
From big picture to little details, our exclusive caterers and preferred vendors are the trusted experts that will complete your occasion.
Explore our virtual tour and event galleries to start envisioning your big day in our garden venue.
Contact us today to learn more about our garden venue for your upcoming event!
Functions & Events Department
functions@masshort.org
1-617-933-4921
We knew we wanted to have our wedding at Elm Bank as soon as we toured it! The grounds are absolutely beautiful and we got so many compliments from our guests about the unique venue. The staff were helpful, prompt, and friendly throughout the entire planning process and even recommended some vendors we would not have found otherwise and loved! We had an amazing wedding day and could not have imagined it anywhere else!
Reviewed on 10/29/2024
We had the wedding of our dreams in 10/1/23 at Elm Bank! It is a beautiful venue and the gardens are a lot bigger than it seems. Chelsey, Lindsay, and all the staff were wonderful to work with. We had our ceremony at the Italianate Gardens in front of the fountain and reception at the Hunnewell building. Our photos came out amazing! Our wedding day was everything we had hoped for and more.
Reviewed on 11/03/2023
The Garden at Elm Bank was the perfect place for our early October wedding! The grounds are absolutely gorgeous, and it felt like we were in a dream the whole time. Chelsey, our venue contact, was extremely helpful throughout the planning process. We cannot recommend the Garden at Elm Bank enough!
Reviewed on 10/29/2023
Every staff member that we worked with went above and beyond to ensure that we were supported leading up to and on the big day! Lindsay, Chelsey, and Asia were incredible - so responsive and accommodating, including letting my dad and I have access to the venue space a few weeks beforehand to practice our dance. The venue itself is stunning, the gardens are so well maintained and full of life. All of our guests commented on how beautiful the location was. There are so many difference spaces within the venue that you can utilize to create a dream wedding. We did first looks in front of the green house, family photos along the path, wedding party photos in the garden, sunset photos along the meadow, and our ceremony was in the Italianate garden. Every backdrop was more gorgeous than the last.
Reviewed on 10/16/2023
Our wedding at Elm Bank was a dream! Absolutely perfect venue. It helped that we had perfect weather, but Chelsey and our caterer William walked us through the rain plan, and they were prepared to make it as beautiful as possible. We had our ceremony at the Italianate Garden, cocktail hour through the Bressingham Garden, and our reception in the Hunnewell building and attached tent. Everything was breathtakingly gorgeous. Although Elm Bank doesn’t have a day of coordinator, Chelsey was so helpful during the planning process. She coordinated with our vendors during the weeks leading up to the wedding and answered questions when they came up. I do recommend hiring a day of coordinator to help with the flow of the event day. Elm Bank is a truly unique and perfect venue! We highly recommend it!
Reviewed on 9/10/2023
We had the most beautiful reception for our wedding at Elm Bank last spring. It really was the ideal venue and met all of our needs- budget, capacity, indoor/outdoor, gorgeous gardens, etc etc. Our guests had a blast, we made everlasting memories, and the team was very supportive. I would seriously recommend this hidden gem to anyone!!!
Reviewed on 3/17/2023
Curate an occasion unlike any other — the Garden at Elm Bank takes pride in never doing the same event twice! Dozens of trusted vendor partners will help you craft a day that feels uniquely yours.
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