Ashleigh Hayhoe

Review of UBC Botanical Gardens

I catered a wedding here. The grounds were lovely ...

I catered a wedding here. The grounds were lovely as was the volunteer assigned to facilitate us. There is no real kitchen in the upper garden building (what they call a kitchen is a sink and 3 foot counter) which made things challenging. The lower garden ( on the south side of the highway) has a full kitchen as i recall. If you are planning to have a wedding here you need to make sure the caterer can work with the facilities ( or lack thereof). Also the garbage, compost and recycling situation is a little...whats the word...excessive, restrictive, typical UBC exhaustive. Dont let that stop you, but just ask the questions. A good caterer should be able to work something out, as long as there are no "surprises". We made it happen! The table was set under a trellis walkway draped in vines, and it looked spectacular. One of the prettiest venues ive worked for sure.