Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens

Mary was fabulous! She helped us with the whole process, and I wasn't stressed or worried about anything on my wedding day. It's a beautiful location. We were there during the mum show. After the ceremony everyone said how beautiful of a location it was!

In one word, P-H-E-N-O-M-E-N-A-L! Our wedding reception was flawless and it was all because of Mary and her assistants, Steve and Joy. Mary, I can't say enough about her. From day one, she was extremely helpful and easy to work with. Very friendly and reassuring, which is essential, particularly since I was an out-of-town bride. She was able to meet with my husband and me a couple of times, on very short notice, which we very much appreciated. E-mails and telephone calls were always returned promptly. Also, being from out of town, we needed a lot of guidance about who to choose for catering, music, hairstyling, rehearsal dinner, etc. Mary was always able to provide us with suggestions that were spot-on. Like I said before, everything Mary was involved in, ended up being perfect. During the reception, again, there was nothing to worry about. My husband and I had come from our picture session at Niagara Falls late, but that was not an issue at all. Steve and Joy had everything under control. The two of them frequently shuttled us to where we needed to be during the reception. All my husband and I had to do was show up and enjoy our party! You also know you are in good hands when your friends and relatives tell you personally that they love the staff at the Gardens! Aside from Mary and her crew, our guests loved the atmosphere. It is a completely unique experience and not like other traditional ballroom weddings. Guests were free to mingle and enjoy each other as well as the plant life. Many guests even told us that our wedding was the best one they had ever been to. And of course, this is a direct reflection of Mary and her staff as well as the facility itself. By far, choosing the Gardens was the best decision we could have made for our reception location. It was well worth every penny we spent and we would highly encourage anyone who is considering having their event there to surely do so.

Our wedding at the Bontanical Gardens was absolutely perfect! It is the most beautiful place to have a wedding and I had so much help planning it. Mary Rose is wonderful and I am so glad she was there to help me every step, she went way above and beyond on our wedding day to make sure everyhing went as planned. Teresa did a beautiful job on the centerpieces and she was so creative. Our day was wonderful and I am thrilled to have had there!

The Botanical Gardens was a beautiful location for our wedding ceremony. We had it outside and it was a perfect setting. We were able to get some really awesome pictures inside the gardens after the ceremony as well. Mary Rose was great and really took care of the ceremony details. We're very glad we made the choice to get married at the Gardens.

It was amazing how easy it was to do both our wedding ceremony and reception at the Botanical Gardens. They accommedated to anything we, and were always easy to get a hold of when I had questions. The ceremony set up outside was gorgeous, and the inside for the reception was more than I ever could have dreamed of. Not only was it easy for me to work with The Botanical Gardens and especially Mary Rose, but they worked well with friends and family when they had secret projects that they wanted to do for us for our wedding. I would work with them all again for any occasion I would possible plan there. Thanks guys!

We found that the service was excellent. Everything came together very nicely. They took care of everything that we dropped off and put it all together. We would recommend going to the Gardens multiply times to really know where you want your pictures because there are so many beautiful spots in and around the building. The ceremony package allowed us to go and view the gardens up to 3 times.

We recommend this site for a beautiful wedding ceremony.

Mary was AMAZING to work with! She had great ideas, really listened to our wants/needs for the wedding and really did EVERYTHING to make it a perfect day for us! We'd recommend both Mary and the Botanical Gardens to anyone looking for a great experience/gorgeous venue.

The location of the botanical gardens is beautiful. Colorful blooming flowers, tall palm trees, soft lighting and calming Koi fish ponds are just some of the unique characteristics that make this location an elegant and romantic wedding location.

My wedding day was August 13, 2011. I chose to have both my reception and ceremony at the Gardens because I not only had to plan my wedding start to finish in less then 3 months, but I was an out of town bride. I had heard that the wedding director Mary Rose was great to work with and rave reviews were absolutely true. I cannot stress enough how extremely well organized, professional, kind and patient this woman is.

Between emails and phone calls Mary Rose was able to make my wedding day vision a reality. Never once did I worry or stress because Mary Rose went out of her way to take care of all the little detail. From coordinating times with the caterer, the baker, the florist to providing linens, tables, chairs, votive candles, every last detail was taken care of. She even organized the entire ceremony! My wedding day was beautiful and truly enjoyable because she made everything perfect. Mary Rose is truly amazing at what she does. The beautiful location is just an added bonus!

Trying to get ahold of them can be hard and tricky if you need to reach them most of the time it is via email. When it comes to the time of your rehearsal you have to do it on their time or you do it alone. I ended up doing my rehearsal outside in pouring rain by ourselves. Try doing this with 20 people. In the end things pulled together.

Mary Rose was more than just a contact person for the venue at The Botanical Gardens, she was able to cordinate with all my other services such as Photographer, musicians, limo, etc... Mary rose and her staff were able to have both our regular plan and emergency plan if the weather were to turn due to our service being held outside. Mary Rose was fun to hang with during the waiting of the bride, she was interactive with the guests who approached her and with our wedding party, trying to fulfill any last minute needs. I cannot say how much we liked working with Mary and her Staff at The Botanical Gardens. We had a great time and would be pleased to recommend The Botanical Gardens as your 1st choice to serve your Ceremony needs.

The event was a fundraiser for the Alzheimer's Association and we found Mary Rose and all the staff at the Botanical Gardens to be extremely helpful and professional. Mary's experience with events led to some wonderful suggestions and it worked beautifully. Thank you!

The Gardens provide a exceptional venue for a bridal shower as we used it for.

The beauty of the greenhouse with its protective environment should the weather elements be unfavorable was intimate in a very unique way. Being in a park also gave our event a pleasurable chance to connect with the area's dedication to outdoor urban green space.

Drawbacks came with the lack of better visitor directions to the facility once in the park and more proximate parking and entrance to the conservatory.

I appreciated the opportunity for the older guests and those with physical disabilities to use the back caterer's entrance.

We had our Ceremony at the Gardens in March and Mary Rose was unbelievably sweet, caring, helpful and just plain wonderful!!! We loved her and we loved having our wedding at such a beautiful place! If we had to do it all over again we would have it exactly the way it was. Thank you Mary over an over again

Extremely Accomodating. Very lovely setting. Very professional staff.

Thank you so much for making this a wonderful wedding! Your understanding of wedding etiquette and the details of the rehearsal was invaluable! It was a wonderful experience and the bride said it was "PERFECT!"

Mary Rose was an amazing event coordinator. We live out of town and when it was time for our wedding ceremony, it was perfect. She kept us informed through email and made our wedding day seem very special. If your nervous on your wedding day, Mary will make the nerves go away and you will have nothing to worry about. Thanks Botanical Gardens!

When I arrived at the gardens expecting the ceremony to start, I was informed that the officiant is no where to be found. The gardens staff had tried everything they could before hand to track him down and were unable. Ashley, the lady coordinating our wedding, stayed very calm and was great at calming me down and staying in control. She was going to have us married one way or another. As a bride, this amount of stress was more than I could handle and she took all the responsibility. In the end, our officiant arrived an hour late and we did get married. We are very pleased with the gardens for helping our wedding happen! In addition, the site is just absolutely gorgeous!

Mary Rose at the botantical gardens will bend over backwards to make the event perfect. I can not thank her and the gardens enough. I would reccomend them to anyone. I cant wait to see all the wonderful pictures

I only had my ceremony at the Gardens. It was exactly what I wanted. Very simple but beautiful. My family thought we paid top dollar for the service when in reality it was the most affordable place we found.

The venue and staff exceded our expectations for the event. Customer service was always propmt, accomodating, and very professional. Thank you.

I had a great experience working with Mary Rose at the Botanical Gardens for my wedding ceremony. The venue provided beautiful possible ceremony locations both indoors and outdoors (we went with indoors at the last minute due to wind and cold weather). The ceremony rehearsal was thorough and run efficiently by Mary, with run-thrus both inside and out. I did not need to provide any decorations because the venue itself is already decorated with so many beautiful plants and flowers. Mary was kind enough to provide me with a list of possible officiants upon my request and her number one recommended officiant, Reverend Denise Metzger, turned out to be the perfect choice for us. I can not say enough to convey the truly wonderful experience that was provided for us by the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens and Mary Rose!

The gardens was great for my wedding ceremony! I had a wonderful day, and I would recommend it to anyone!

We had our wedding ceremony at the Buffalo Botanical Gardens. Amazing location and Mary (the events coordinator) is fantastic. I would highly recommend the Botanical Gardens.

I found the wedding coordinator Mary Rose to be exceptionally helpful in making our day special. She always responded to my emails in a timely manner and her suggestions were great. Mary and her assistant Ashley were so friendly the day of our event and even assisted us in taking photographs which we really appreciated and with there help we now have some beautiful memories of our special day that we had at the Botanical Gardens.

Being an out of town bride who was originally from the area, the Botanical Gardens made everything spectacular. Nothing was overlooked and the dedication and attention to detail shined through. All the guests RAVED of what an awesome job they did!

We had a great wedding there! I couldnt have asked for anything better!! It was beautiful and simple and you made it so easy for the ceremony to go!! I cannot thank you both enough!! And when our origional officiant couldnt do our ceremony the information to get David was great!! And when david couldnt make the rehersal Mary helped us and did the whole rehersal for us herself.

Thanks,
Tracy & Pat Dobies

Everything was wonderful! It would have been helpful to have a staff person from the Garden on site during our event, as I had a couple of needs (nothing critical), but I could not reach anyone.

However, I would use and recommend the site for any future corporate events.

I wish there was a way to give more stars to this place and to Mary Rode- the wedding guru who held my hand, was so supportive, and did the greatest job I have ever seen. The place was a steal, she was amazing, and they did everything in their power to make my day quite literally the best day and the best wedding ever. The place is already beautiful, but Mary helped me see my vision and ran around placing decorations and doing things most wedding organizers won't. She never judged me on my non traditional taste or ideas, instead she did everything in her power to work with me and to make it amazing. She is the BEST and the gardens was AMAZING!!! THANK YOU! My only regret is I only get to do this once!

This is our second year hosting a client appreciation evening at the Botanical Gardens. The first year was so wonderful, we came back for a second year and will again in the future. Not only the beauty of the Gardens, but Mary Rose is so helpful, efficient and truly wonderful to work with. thank you for a wonderful evening.

You all made our special day fabulous and the best day of our lives!!! I especially loved when we played our music from a car!!! :) It was the perfect touch for our wedding! We loved every minute at the Botanical Gardens and you all were great :)

The event was handled so well and went so smoothly. Couldn't be happier with the whole experience!

Our wedding at the Buffalo Botanical Gardens exceeded our expectations. From the beautiful surroundings, to the attentive staff. Everything was perfect! The venue is very reasonable (cost wise) and you get A LOT for your money. Mary Rose, the wedding coordinator at the Botanical went above and beyond to help make everything run smoothly and to give advice for little details. She is like having your own personal wedding helper! She had answers to any of my questions and solutions to any of my problems. The gardens were gorgeous and the tables and linens, etc were setup like a dream. I would highly recommend this location for a wedding and/or reception.

It was an absolute pleasure having both my son's baptisms at the Botanical Gardens. Mary is fantastic and I would absolutely return for another family event.

My ceremony was beyond beautiful! Mary Rose and her associates could not have been more helpful and wonderful!

The Botanical Gardens was a great place for the wedding ceremony. All the guests really enjoyed it. We are still receiving complements. Mary was great to work with and was on top of everything. It was perfect in every way possible!

I could not have asked for a more perfect wedding! The staff here was very helpful and accomodating and I highly reccomend their services.

Everything about both our wedding ceremony and reception at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardes was amazing. From the gorgeous flowers to the wonderful food we couldn't have hoped for a better day. Everyone at the Botanical Gardens made things easy for us on our big day and went above and beyond to make every detail special. The cost for what we got was incredibly reasonable and there's no price to be put on the outstanding service we recieved from the staff at the Botanical Gardens from the time we booked our wedding until the last guest left. Our wedding turned out better than we had ever imagined it would and if we could do our wedding over again, we wouldn't change a thing!

Mary Rose, the event coordinator, was extremely helpful, she made sure everything was in order. The venue is great and I couldnt have imagined how beautiful it looked for my big day.

It is a wondeful tour.I love this experience very much.

The wedding at the botanicals was perfect for the February time frame. We had only our ceremony there and our reception at a restaurant. The coordination of the wedding was handled very well and professionally. The cost was high for only having a 1/2 hour ceremony and an hour rehearsal there. In addition the "window" in which we had to use the gardens was small in comparison to what we paid to rent the facility. I would definitely recommend the botanicals for anyone having a winter wedding in Buffalo and Mary Rose, the coordinator, was fantastic.

The venue itself it just lovely! The improvements that have been made recently to restore, preserve and improve this jewel are wonderful. The event coordinator, Mary, is an absolute doll! I've never seen such devotion to ensuring that her clients have a perfect, flawless event.

We have performed countless weddings and ceremony’s at the Botanical Gardens. This is a great place for weddings and it’s a well run organization. Mary Rose is absolutely great to work with, she is very organized, professional and ensures that the event runs smoothly.