Gardens House Wedding Photos
The 1854 Director’s residence inside the Royal Botanic Gardens, with its own lawn, balcony and marquee
Gardens House is the two-storey Victorian residence built in 1854 for the Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, off Birdwood Avenue in South Yarra. William Guilfoyle, the Gardens’ second director, lived here and set the planting style that still surrounds it. The house keeps a private garden and lawn within the larger Gardens, a second-floor balcony over the lawn, entertaining rooms that open into one another, and the Garden Marquee for dinner and dancing. The nearest gates are Oak Lawn Gate and Observatory Gate.
Frances and Tim married on the lawn at Gardens House, then held their reception at The Terrace. Between the two, they made portraits in the Gardens, at the Temple of the Winds and on Morell Bridge, and took a punt across the Ornamental Lake near sunset. The gallery shows their day from preparations through the evening reception.
Photographing a wedding at Gardens House
The house and its lawn give a ceremony a clear heritage setting. Frances and Tim's portraits then move through the Gardens to the lake and across Morell Bridge, so their gallery shows more than the ceremony site alone. Allow time for that walk between the vows and reception at The Terrace.