Top 5 Southern Highlands Wedding Venues
Southern Highlands Wedding Venues
Planning a wedding in New South Wales? Don’t miss this list of the top five Southern Highlands estate wedding venues for a perfect garden wedding.
Known for it’s grand Victorian estates, stunning English-style gardens, manicured hedges and picturesque country vistas, The Southern Highlands is highly sought after as a destination wedding location for stylish couples from Sydney and beyond. Located just 1.5 hours drive from Sydney, this idyllic region is home to some of the most sunning wedding venues in the country. With an abundance of wedding venues, each with a unique style, there’s a venue to suit every celebration.
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Bendooley Estate
Frequently booked out both mid-week and weekends year round, there’s a reason The Book Barn and Homestead at Bendooley Estate is so highly in demand - stunning cold climate gardens complete with towering fir trees for your ceremony, a rose garden, an ivy covered homestead, a grand driveway, a lake and an abundance of grassy fields perfect for those dreamy golden hour portraits are just the beginning at this incredible wedding venue. The beautiful country garden setting is complemented by the cosy barn-turned-library Book Barn for your reception where guests can dine by open fires and peruse book-lined walls.
Highlight seasons: Summer, Winter
Bowral
Milton Park
The stunning gardens of Milton Park in Bowral are truly the standout feature of this beautiful Southern Highlands venue. Each spring Milton Park bursts into life with hundred year old weeping beech and elm trees, and a show-stopping bluebell carpeted woodland garden. The Tulip Lawn at Milton Park is the perfect romantic garden backdrop for your wedding ceremony and cocktail hour. Boston ivy-clad outbuildings, sandstone urns and a gravel driveway make for elegant English garden inspired wedding ceremony and portrait locations.
Highlight seasons: Spring, Autumn
Bowral
Hopewood House
The hidden jewel of The Southern Highlands, Hopewood House in Bowral is a breathtaking Victorian mansion that provides a stunning backdrop for an elegant garden wedding. This exclusive venue is set within manicured gardens offering an abundance of outdoor garden ceremony locations. Tie the knot on the French inspired wedding lawn or on the sculpture lawn underneath the towering oak trees and enjoy cocktail hour and canapés on the verandahs of the grand residence overlooking the romantic gardens and grand driveway. The Pavilion, adorned with stunning chandeliers and a grand fireplace, is truly one-of-a-kind reception space that exudes old world elegance. The light-filled Conservatory makes for a beautiful wet-weather ceremony location which transforms into a bar and dancefloor as the party continues into the evening. With classic architecture and established gardens there’s no shortage of garden portrait locations and the ethereal atmosphere makes Hopewood House the perfect venue for an unforgettable celebration.
Highlight seasons: Spring, Autumn
Sutton Forest
Somerley House
Somerley House is the quintessential country wedding venue. A historic house perched up-top a hill with picturesque views across gently undulating farmland and surrounded and wild, rambling gardens, Somerley House has a charming, relaxed atmosphere for a modern country wedding. Say your vows on the Circular Lawn in front of the iconic blue Victorian estate house or nestled within the Woodlands Garden. The charming white-washed Ivy Ballroom at Somerley House is the perfect blank canvas for styling and lends itself marvellously to a stunning suspended floral installation or a romantic floral arch for a wet weather ceremony alternative. Guests can enjoy aperol spritzes and canapés in the Pool Garden before transitioning to the Pavilion Marquee which transforms the Circular Lawn into a striking reception space overlooking the homestead and gardens. For stunning portraits, the homestead provides a classic architectural backdrop and magic golden hour moments can be captured exploring the sweeping tree-lined entrance drive.
Highlight seasons: Summer, Winter
Bowral
Retford Park
Nestled on the edge of the countryside in Bowral, this unique National Trust estate combines natural beauty and vintage charm to make for a stunning wedding ceremony backdrop. Mature trees, manicured gardens and sprawling parklands surround the iconic salmon-toned Italianate villa which serves as the centrepiece of the estate. Tranquility and serenity await you at Retford Park, where the air is filled with the enchanting fragrance of blooming flowers and the ever-present symphony of chirping birds adds a romantic touch to the surroundings as you say your vows or pop the champagne to ring in the celebration. Best suited to intimate ceremonies in the gardens, the verandahs and porte cochère can be used as a wet-weather backup and the gardens offer endless opportunity to erect a marquee.
Highlight seasons: Spring, Summer
If you’re planning a wedding in The Southern Highlands, please don’t hesitate to get in touch to discuss your vision and allow me to help you create a stunning celebration and capture natural, timeless images that will ensure your wedding memories are remembered for years to come! For packages and pricing, get in touch here.