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The Secret Garden Marquee Wedding Venue

Exclusively yours for a weekend to remember!

Vale of Glamorgan, COWBRIDGE

£1,500 - £14,000

150 guests

7 reviews

Exclusive private garden marquee wedding venue

Available as a weekend venue (3 day)

Stunning colourful grounds for photographs

Choose your marquee type

Great for festival weddings

Onsite guest accommodation

Prices & Key Facts

Prices

Price Band: ££ - £££

Typical Price: £11,500

Price Range: £1,500 - £14,000

Our rates are venue hire. Catering, Marquee and venue decoration is additional. Prices herewith are the cost for approx 80 guests, hire of garden, and using your own catering company, at average rates.

Hire Price Range: £3,000 - £5,000

Per Person Price Range: £50 - £100

Capacity

Guests for a ceremony: 150

Guest Capacity (min/max): 6 / 150

Guests for sit down meal: 80 - 150

Accommodation

Accommodation Rooms: 7

Accommodation Capacity: 15

About The Secret Garden

The Rustic, Relaxed & Romantic Secret Garden is a wonderful marquee wedding venue. This unique and exclusive setting is nestled in the beautiful countryside of the Vale of Glamorgan, ideally situated between Newport and Swansea. With a Civil Ceremony License we can offer Weddings and Receptions for up to 150 guests. Our venue is yours for 2.5 days to set up, our rates are venue hire with accommodation included for 15 guests. Catering is additional, from a list of recommended suppliers.

What's better than having a whole wedding weekend? At The Secret Garden wedding venue, you can enjoy just that. Allowing you to have all of Friday to sort out any finishing touches to your marquee. Giving you and your partner the relaxation and peace of mind that everything has been handled.

The team at The Secret Garden in the Vale of Glamorgan are dedicated to making sure your dreams become a reality. Including providing all beverages, bar equipment and glasses. There are also two preferred caterers who are flexible and will work with you to create the menu you always wanted.

Included with the venue is The Loft and Shepherd’s hut accommodations. Being able to sleep 5, this allows you to spend the weekend at the venue and really immerse yourself in your wedding preparations. There are also 2 further accommodations for guests, should you so wish.

Located just off the M4, The Secret garden is perfectly located for guests from the Vale of Glamorgan. But also those traveling from Cardiff and even from Swansea, due to its location.

The Details

Type of Ceremony

Civil ceremony licensed

Humanist / Celebrant weddings

Outdoor Ceremonies

Receptions Only

Venue Setting

Countryside

Additional Facilities

Outdoor ceremonies

Honeymoon suite

Guest rooms

Orangery Or Marquee

Dance floor

Live music permitted

Discos permitted

One wedding per day

Licensed bar

Wedding packages

Bespoke weddings

Dog friendly

Venue Type

Exclusive use

Land For Hire

Intimate Venue

Elopements

Dry Hire Available

Outdoor / Garden

Weekend Hire

Suitable for Asian Weddings

Catering Options

Outside Caterers Permitted

Pre-approved Caterers Only

BBQ / Hog Roasts

Caribbean

Kosher

Greek

Vegan

Asian

Contact & Location

The Secret Garden

Duffryn Mawr Farm, Clawddcoch, COWBRIDGE, CF71 7UP, Vale of Glamorgan, United Kingdom

FAQs

Yes, the venue and accommodaiton are yours for 2.5 days. You can arrive from 12 noon the day before your wedding/reception, enjoy the full day and then casually pack away with departure by 12 noon the following day. (Some accommodation may not be available until 4pm and may need to be vacated by 10am depending on holiday guests checking out/in.

Yes we are and we offer our beautiful lawn or our rustic stable yard.

Yes, we have a beautiful lawned area that you can hire and weather dependent you can enjoy it in the sunshine.

We provide all beverages and equipment, however, we do give couples the opportunity to choose what is offered to their guests.

Yes, you can, although we would require their insurance and hygiene certificates. However we do have our preferred suppliers who have worked with us so know their way around the venue.

The whole venue is yours from 12 noon the day before. The accommodation will be available to you from 4pm.

We are licenced to midnight so alcohol sales and music must be stopped and guests are requested to have transport arranged.

We have had a number of live bands and there have been no restrictions.

Unfortunately we don't allow fireworks or chinese lanterns due to our rural location and surrounding livestock and wildlife.

We only allow dried petals or bio-degradable confetti

We do allow candles as long as they are in suitable containers and we hold no responsibility for damage caused by candles to anyone or anything.

Our super cute and cosy Shepherd Hut is where the Bride and Groom tend to like to stay or you might choose The Loft as your bridal suite.

Yes we have a variety of accommodation to sleep up to 15 in 6 bedrooms.

Yes, there are a few B&B's and hotels close by. Clawdd Coch Guest House, Warren Mill Guest House, Miskin Manor Hotel, Vale Resort, LLanerch Vineyard

Our Sustainability Commitments

We strive to be as environmentally friendly as possible. The garden is watered predominantly with collected rainwater and fed with our own ponies well rotted manure. We ensure that the catering companies work alongside us to use only bio degradable products for serving their guests. We don't accept fireworks or chinese lanterns to ensure safety of wildlife and neighbouring livestock and only accept bio degradable confetti.

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