Elevate your private event with the magic of Pittsburgh Botanic Garden! With beautiful indoor and outdoor spaces, the Garden is the perfect place to create memorable experiences for you and your guests. Contact the Events team to begin planning your wedding, shower, corporate retreat, graduation party, retirement celebration, mitzvah, reunion or more!
Davidson Events Center
This recently renovated 1870’s barn with a modern, rustic charm is the perfect place to host your event! Davidson Events Center includes Peirce Celebration Garden, with a stone wall and abundant romantic plantings, a wall of windows overlooking the woodlands, and rustic chandeliers for a romantic ambience. A large adjoining plaza adds ample room for seating, mingling and dancing.
Welcome Center
Bob & Joan Peirce Event Room is the perfect space to celebrate! The Event Room features floor-to-ceiling windows and doors leading to the Peirce Courtyard Garden with beautiful stonework and pops of seasonal floral blooms.
Serene Ceremonies
Make your ceremony or event unique and celebrate nestled in the peaceful settings of the woodland gardens, Lotus Pond, or Margaret Lawrence Simon Dogwood Meadow. Both spaces are a short walk from the Welcome Center and feature beautiful, seasonal blooms. The dogwood meadow also includes a large wooden gazebo.
Weddings
Celebrate your special day in style at Pittsburgh Botanic Garden! Peirce Celebration Garden and Davidson Events Center combine to create a stunning venue for you and your guests. Groups large and small will be delighted with the amenities, and our exceptional team of vendors and day-of assistants will make your day a memory you will cherish for a lifetime.
Read about pricing, amenities, capacity and more below!
Showers
Pittsburgh Botanic Garden has several options to make your shower a day to remember. Make your celebration special in either the Davidson Events Center, Bob & Joan Peirce Events Room, or Canopy Café & Zappala Woodland Room. Each space offers abundant window views of gardens and woodlands, seasonal florals and greenery.
Amenities:
- Rental of Davidson Events Center (off-peak only, November – March) from 11am – 3pm on a Sunday.
- Welcome Center Peirce Room & Courtyard from 12pm – 3pm on a Sunday.
- Setup 1 hour prior to event start time; teardown of personal items must be complete by end of rental time.
Catering:
- All catering must be reserved from an approved vendor.
- Each approved vendor can provide unique menus and a variety of options for service to suit your preference.
- Contact caterers directly to customize your menu and discuss pricing options.
Corporate Rentals
Located just 10 miles from Downtown Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh International Airport, the Garden is a unique and versatile space for your next corporate meeting, holiday party, or retreat. Take a break from the office and spend time in this relaxing garden atmosphere.
Amenities:
- Climate-controlled Event Center.
- Stone fireplace for evening events; firewood and maintenance included.
- Provide your own alcohol for evening events.
- Day-of Venue Manager and on-site security for evening events, if serving alcohol.
- A 20% discount is available for 501(c)3 organizations.
Audio/video and presentation equipment is available for additional cost. Evening events may add on the use of outdoor fireplace.
Capacities:
Davidson Events Center
130 Seated theatre-style
100 Seated at tables
220 Seated under rented tent
Welcome Center
40 Bob & Joan Peirce Event Rooms
40 Canopy Café
150 Full Welcome Center
Special Celebrations
Pittsburgh Botanic Garden offers a unique setting for virtually any event you can imagine! Book your anniversary party, mitzvah, birthday, reunion, graduation party and so much more. Choose from the Davidson Events Center, the Garden’s beautiful renovated barn from the 1870’s, and the Welcome Center which offers various spaces with a mid-century modern feel with woodland views. Contact the Garden’s Events Department to plan your celebration today!
Amenities:
- Climate-controlled Event Center.
- Access to 65-acres of display gardens and woodlands.
- Provide your own alcohol (Must provide proof of Special Event Insurance)
- Stone fireplace with complimentary firewood and maintenance, for evening events.
- On-site security for evening events serving alcohol.
- Day-of Venue Manager.
Capacities:
Davidson Events Center
130 Seated theatre-style
100 Seated at tables
220 Seated under rented tent
Welcome Center
40 Bob & Joan Peirce Event Rooms
40 Canopy Café
150 Full Welcome Center
Approved Vendors
Approved Caterers
All in Good Taste Productions
big Burrito Full Service Catering
Black Radish Kitchen
DiAnoia’s Eatery
Elegant Edge Catering
Hazelnut Catering
Rania’s Catering
Tallulah’s Catering
All Equipment Rentals
Please use Ambassador Tent Rental for all equipment rentals, including: tents, tables, linens, seating, utensils, etc.
Ambassador Tent Rental
Photography Policy
Photo & Video Sessions
Pittsburgh Botanic Garden is the perfect backdrop for photo sessions of all kinds – senior photos, engagements, family memories, wedding photos and more! If you are planning a private or commercial photo session and/or plan to use a professional photographer, this session will be considered a formal photo session. Please contact events@pittsburghbotanicgarden.org or call (412)444-4464 to schedule formal photo sessions.
Formal Photo Session Fee: $100
Includes up to 8 individuals, including photographer(s), for up to 2 hours of photography time. Additional guests will incur a $6/person fee.
Personal Use Photography
During your visit, you are encouraged to take photos of your experience at the Garden and the interesting sights you see, for personal use only. Be sure to tag us on social media so we can see your photos!
General Photography Guidelines
Absolutely no glitter, birdseed, sparklers, balloons, or other items that may be harmful to the Garden or environment may be used. Please confirm any props with the Events Department prior to the session.
Only dogs (on leash at all times) and registered service animals are permitted in the Garden.
Smoking, vaping, and alcoholic beverages of all kinds are not permitted on Garden property.
Drones are prohibited in all instances, unless approved in advance by the Events Department with proper insurance.
Please do not disturb other visitors or event attendees.
Public garden areas will not be closed to visitors during photo sessions.
Contact the Garden
Use the form below, email events@pittsburghbotanicgarden.org, or call (412)444-4464 ext. 234, 244, or 246 to plan your next event!
General Inquiries
events@pittsburghbotanicgarden.org
(412) 444-4464
Noel Nicoletta
Events Manager
(412)444-4464 ext. 234
Jocelyn Solomon
Events Coordinator
(412)444-4464 ext. 246
