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The Gardens

Nettlestead, Kent5.0 · 58 reviewsWebsite

Welcome to The Gardens, an enchanting rustic country garden wedding and events venue in Kent where celebrations take place surrounded by blooms and birdsong. A setting that’s as unique as your love story. Your magical ceremony awaits Choose from four magical wedding ceremony areas at The Gardens, each seating up to 100 of your loved ones. The perfect ceremony, all year round. The Nook, The Gazebo,

Venue type
Unusual weddings
Capacity
50–200 guests (200 seated)
Ceremony licence
Celebration only

About The Gardens

Welcome to The Gardens, an enchanting rustic country garden wedding and events venue in Kent where celebrations take place surrounded by blooms and birdsong. A setting that’s as unique as your love story. Your magical ceremony awaits Choose from four magical wedding ceremony areas at The Gardens, each seating up to 100 of your loved ones. The perfect ceremony, all year round. The Nook, The Gazebo, The Orchard, The Barn. The Retreat is a spacious and comfortable dressing room for your wedding day morning. After your wedding ceremony, catch up with your guests in a relaxed and informal setting. Enjoy cocktails and garden games, explore the twelve acres of beautiful gardens, and make the most of the endless photo opportunities. Enjoy a delicious meal or relaxed BBQ with your family and friends in the magical tipis. Dance the night away at your evening reception with up to 200 guests, enjoy delicious cocktails, and create unforgettable memories. Bespoke quote tailored to your dream day Wedding packages at The Gardens start from £9,330. Prices vary depending on the month, day of the week, and year you decide to hold your wedding. All packages include exclusive use of the venue, in-house catering, use of our spacious dressing room and the support of our experienced team. Packages are available throughout the seasons. Contact us to find out more.

Facilities, accommodation and access

  • DJ facilities
  • Live band facilities
  • Changing room for wedding guests
  • Exclusive use
  • Evening reception facilities
  • Alcohol licence
  • In-house catering
  • Car parking
  • Seated meal facilities
  • Dance floor
  • Buffet meal facilities
  • Horse baraat permitted

The venue in photographs

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Finding us

The Gardens, Nettlestead, Kent, ME18 6EX, England

Reviews

5.0 average from 58 reviews

Imported

The gardens is a fantastic venue! We had an autumn wedding here, and it looked stunning! The food was amazing and we had so many compliments from our guests. The bar was well priced and well run. The whole experience from our initial look around through to the actual day was second to none. Very…

Phil · 2026-01-09

Imported

The Garands and glow events staff are amazing! The most professional yet personal team who helped plan our special day making it run so smoothly. The venue is amazing and all the guests have said how lovely and beautiful it was.

Emily · 2025-10-17

Imported

The gardens were professional in every way and the entire process and wedding day ran so smoothly - literally no complaints whatsoever! The venue is stunning and the food is incredible, the guests loved exploring the gardens and could not praise the venue and food enough! Highly recommend t

Summer · 2026-01-30

Imported

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ We had our wedding at The Gardens, Yalding in February 2026 and honestly, it was everything we dreamed of and more. From the moment we first visited, we just knew it felt special — and on the day itself it was simply magical. The setting is absolutely beautiful and created the most…

Nicola · 2026-03-17

Imported

The gardens, yalding was our absolute dream location for our happily ever after party. The team worked so hard to create us a bespoke package as we weren’t needing to have a ceremony - just a celebration. The venue is absolutely beautiful. The gardens are perfect and the inside is beautiful and…

Rachel · 2026-04-26

Imported

We had the most incredible experience at The Gardens, Yalding. The team were so helpful throughout the entire planning process and always responded quickly to any questions we had. A special shout‑out to Beth, who supported us from the moment we booked right through to the wedding day — her…

Alice · 2026-05-04

Imported

We had the absolute best Saturday wedding in May at the Gardens. The venue was stunning and being able to have the various elements of the day in different places was perfect. Having the dressing room on site was a lovely way to start the day and the ceremony in the orchards was gorgeous and…

Hatty · 2026-06-13

Imported

Absolutely beautiful venue, staff were so attentive and supportive with every detail. From the moment we stepped into the venue we knew this was the one for us. On the day, we had no worries at all, the staff helped with every query and every possible detail we could think of. They were absolutely…

Chitchalena · 2026-06-15

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