For years, Clevelanders have turned to Cleveland Botanical Garden to host their most special celebrations – bridal and baby showers, anniversary dinners, graduation parties, family reunions, bar and bat mitzvahs, and more. Let our stunning gardens and reception halls with picturesque views serve as the backdrop that allows your special time to shine.
GEIS TERRACE
The Geis Terrace is a majestic, architectural space with an expansive reflecting pool and fountian at its center. Aquatic plants, including water lilies and lotuses, bloom in the pool during the warm months, while evening sunsets are nothing less than inspiring.
Availability
Evenings
Capacity
Ceremony:200
Cocktail: 530
Dinner: 400
CLARK HALL
The Garden’s largest indoor space features a magnificent two-story window giving a spectacular view of the nationally acclaimed Western Reserve Herb Society Herb Garden. With its year-round evergreen structure, this view offers floral fantasy in the summer, a symphony of snow in the winter and majestic sunsets throughout the year.
Clark Hall can be custom fit to act as a large lecture room, a spacious cocktail site or an elegant dinner setting. Includes retractable theater screen and projector.
Availability
Daytime and Evenings
Capacity
Theater: 280
Cocktail: 280
Dinner: 240
Clark Hall and Eppig Gallery
Theater: 280
Cocktail: 400
Dinner: 260
Clark Hall, Eppig Gallery & Conway Ellipse
Cocktail: 530
Dinner: 380
Clark Hall, Eppig Gallery, Conway Ellipse & Garden Café
Cocktail: 650
Dinner: 470
WOODLAND HALL
The Garden’s newest private event space offers stunning views of the world-class Japanese Garden and the tranquil reflecting pool in the Nona and Elizabeth Evans Restorative Garden. A plethora of natural daylight makes the space an ideal venue for daytime meetings or retreats, while stunning sunsets create a picturesque backdrop for dinner engagements and receptions. Includes a retractable theater screen and projector.
Availability
Daytime and Evenings
Capacity
Theater: 200
Cocktail: 200
Dinner: 210
Woodland Hall & Garden Room
Cocktail: 375
Dinner: 285
GARDEN ROOM
The Garden Room offers wide open views of the peaceful beauty of the Sunken Garden and the stunning sunsets on the Geis Terrace, making it a lovely, intimate space.
Availability
Daytime and Evenings
Capacity
Cocktail: 100
Dinner: 60
CONWAY ELLIPSE
This expansive, contemporary space features a two-story window offering a striking view of a Madagascar oasis, complete with palm trees and a rolling brook. This is the perfect space for a variety of functions, including speaking lectures, cocktail parites or business dinners.
Availability
Evenings
Capacity
Theater: 18
Cocktail: 200
Dinner: 90
Conway Ellipse & Eppig Gallery
Cocktail: 250
Dinner: 150
JAPANESE GARDEN OVERLOOK
The Overlook is a cozy hall that offers a bird’s eye view of the Island Bed and Japanese Gardens.
Availability
Evenings
Capacity
Ceremony: 120
Cocktail: 130
Dinner: 110
We have the experienced staff and resources to make your event simply magnificent. To schedule a tour of the Garden or to learn more about how the Garden can work with you to plan a flawless event, please contact Paula Coakley at 216.707.2833 or pcoakley@holdenfg.org.