Friendship Botanic Gardens

Raw space venue

The venue will provide just the space. You’ll bring in your own caterer and vendors.

Full wedding (ceremony and reception) pricing

Starting at $800

Guest capacity

Up to 300 seated guests

About this venue

Friendship Botanic Gardens is a unique, beautiful setting for the outdoor wedding and other special events. Weddings are scheduled from mid-May through mid-October. Fountains splash, birds sing, and trees tower above. The Gardens include over one hundred acres of woods and landscaped areas, providing one of the most beautiful outdoor venues in Northwest Indiana. The Gardens can accommodate a small and intimate wedding ceremony of a few family and friends, or a larger wedding ceremony up to 300 guests. Friendship Botanic Gardens welcomes and honors all marriages of all types. We do not discriminate against anyone. All weddings include chairs, use of the area for three hours and rehearsal privileges. Arrangements can be made for use of the Bridal Cabin and golf cart shuttle with driver to transport guests to the venue. Ceremonies and receptions will be customized by our wedding coordinator. Weddings over 400 guests can be custom designed to suit your needs.

Seated guest capacity

  • 10-300

Venue type

  • Parks, Gardens

Venue setting

  • Covered Outdoor
  • Outdoor
2055 E US Highway 12, Michigan City, IN 46360

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Symphony Garden

As the premiere venue of Friendship Botanic Gardens, the Symphony Garden provides an elegant and spacious backdrop for a larger ceremony or reception.

Your guests will walk a brick pathway beside a reflecting pool of gently sprinkling fountains before being seated beneath an arched canopy that can accommodate up to 250 people. Situated at the foot of a forested hillside and shaded by towering spruce trees, the Symphony Garden is bordered by lush flowerbeds and a crystal-clear sparkling brook that trickles down from the surrounding hills before flowing into Trail Creek

Guest capacity

1-150 Seated

1-250 Standing

Ideal for

Wedding ceremony, Wedding reception, Cocktail hour

Guests often feel this space is

“Relaxed”

Included in this room:

-Ceremony chairs -Guest transportation to/from venue via golf cart -Bridal Cabin access

Room cost

$1,700 for 3 hour ceremony; $3000 for 3 hour reception

Available services that can be provided by Friendship Botanic Gardens

Services & amenities

  • Dressing room / Bridal Suite
  • Event coordinator
  • Event rentals
  • Event staff
  • Pet friendly

Transportation & access

  • Self parking - free
  • Wheelchair accessible

Rentals

  • Sound / AV
  • Standard Chairs

Reviews

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  • Beautiful location

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    •Nikki A.•6 months ago

    I picked this location because of how beautiful the landscape is. So many different spots on the property to get married on, all beautiful. Different locations cost different price. Overall, relatively cheap compared to other venues. When talking to them, I first started with one wedding coordinator. She left and was informed about the new coordinator. She introduced herself and thought she was awesome. She was very tentative to all the details and was very helpful. I wasn’t informed that she had left and a new coordinator had taken her spot. I didn’t know there was a new coordinator until the day before the wedding. She didn’t take charge of anything. She took a back seat to everything. Told her I had a specific song I wanted to play for walking down the aisle. There wasn’t any sort practice with the song at the rehearsal. She couldn’t figure out how to connect my phone to the sound system. She couldn’t figure out how to navigate the song that I had already pulled up on my phone.

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