Best Outdoor Wedding Venues + Locations in Melbourne
With the COVID-19 gathering restrictions easing, and couples once again searching for the perfect wedding venue, I have created a list of some of the best outdoor wedding venues + locations in Melbourne, plus a few of my favourites a little further out from Melbourne!
There are so many stunning gardens and estates to choose from, so I have made the search a little easier by listing a HUGE selection of some of the best outside wedding locations (in alphabetical order), AS WELL AS some amazing wedding venues that have beautiful outdoor wedding spaces too!
If you are looking for a garden wedding option in one of Melbourne’s beautiful public garden spaces, please visit my Public Garden Wedding Locations page, which also features some great rotundas + undercover options for wet weather contingencies 🙂
Please remember that although many outdoor wedding venues + locations in Melbourne are public spaces, you will still need to obtain a permit from local council in order to marry there. Private venues will of course welcome all enquiries for weddings that take place on their premises independently.
And, as always with outdoor wedding venues + locations in Melbourne, be sure to consider all possible weather predictions, providing shelter for both a 40ºC day, or a surprise downpour!
Your guests (and celebrant!) will appreciate it immensely.
To view the best outdoor wedding venues + locations in Melbourne and surrounds, you can either scroll ahead and view locations in alphabetical order, or visit locations by area using the following links.
By Melbourne Celebrant Meriki Comito
Feature Image: Lost In Love Photography
Best outdoor wedding venues + locations in Melbourne;
CBD + Inner Suburbs | Northern Suburbs
Southern Suburbs | Eastern Suburbs
Western Suburbs | Bayside | Bellarine Peninsula
Daylesford | Yarra Valley | Public Garden Wedding Locations
Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford
Alexandra Gardens, Kew
Alowyn Gardens, Yarra Glen
Avalon Castle, Cockatoo
Balgownie Estate, Yarra Glen
Ballara Receptions, Eltham
Bramleigh Estate, Warrandyte
Brighton Savoy, Brighton
Butler Lane, Richmond
Campbell Point House, Leopold
Camp David Farm, Spring Hill
Canterbury Gardens, Canterbury
Carlton Gardens, Carlton
Carousel, Albert Park
Catani Gardens, St Kilda
Circa, The Prince Deck, St Kilda
Como House, South Yarra
Convent Gallery, Daylesford
Coombe Yarra Valley, Coldstream
Cranbourne Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne
Crown Aviary, Melbourne
Dalywaters Rose Farm
Dandenong Ranges Botanical Gardens, Olinda
Darling Gardens, Clifton Hill
Edinburgh Gardens, Fitzroy
Emu Bottom Homestead
Euroa Butter Factory, Euroa
Farm Vigano, South Morang
Fenix Events, Richmond
Fitzroy Gardens, East Melbourne
Flagstaff Gardens, West Melbourne
Flemington Racecourse, Flemington
Flowerdale Estate, Strath Creek
Footscray Park, Maribyrnong
Forest Edge, Gembrook
Gardens House, Melbourne
Glen Erin, Lancefield
Goona Warra Vineyard, Sunbury
Greenfields, Albert Park
Grollo Equiset Garden at the National Gallery of Victoria
Gum Gully Farm, Silvan
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen
Hyatt Place, Essendon Fields
Immerse in the Yarra Valley, Dixons Creek
Jack Rabbit, Bellarine
JFK Memorial in the Treasury Gardens, East Melbourne
Lake House, Daylesford
Leonda by the Yarra, Hawthorn
Lindenderry Estate, Red Hill
Luminare, South Melbourne
Luna Park, St Kilda
Lyrebird Falls, Kallista
Mandala Wines, Dixons Creek
Marybrooke Manor, Sherbrooke
Meadowbank Receptions, Campbellfield
Melbourne Botanical Gardens
Melbourne Museum, Carlton
Melbourne Zoo, Parkville
Montsalvat, Eltham
Overnewton Castle, Keilor
Park Hyatt, Melbourne
Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden, Melbourne
Poets Lane, Sherbrooke
Port Melbourne Yacht Club
Port Phillip Estate, Red Hill South
Portsea Hotel, Portsea
Quat Quatta, Ripponlea
Queen Victoria Gardens, Melbourne
RACV Healesville
Red Hill Estate, Red Hill
Redwood Forest, East Warburton
Rippon Lea Estate, Elsternwick
Riva, St Kilda
Riverstone Estate, Coldstream
Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron, St Kilda
Sandringham Gardens, Sandringham
Sandringham Yacht Club, Sandringham
Sault, Daylesford
Scienceworks, Spotswood
Secret Garden at Sky High, Mount Dandenong
State Rose Garden, Werribee
St Kilda Botanical Gardens, St Kilda
St Kilda Pier, St Kilda | Little Blue Restaurant
Stones of the Yarra Valley, Coldstream
Studley Park Boathouse, Fairfield
St Vincents Garden, Albert Park
Summerfields Estate, Bittern
Tanglewood Estate, Dromana
Tatra, Mount Dandenong
Terindah Estate, Bellarine
The Farm Yarra Valley, Warrandyte
The Gables, Malvern
Vines of the Yarra Valley, Coldstream
Vue on Halcyon, Chirnside Park
Werribee Mansion, Werribee
Williamstown Botanical Gardens, Williamstown
Windmill Gardens, Bonnie Brook
Witchmount Estate, Bonnie Brook
Yarra Ranges Estate, Monbulk
Yarra Valley Estate, Dixons Creek
Yering Station, Yering
Zonzo Estate, Yarra Glen
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Do I need a Wedding Video?
In the beginning
Discussing wedding suppliers with my couples is always an exciting time for me. I get to find out who I’ll be working with in the coming months, and can assist couples by recommending all the fabulous industry legends I have come to know and highly respect. And I base my recommendations on the excellent quality and standards I have experienced first hand.
(My Recommended Suppliers Directory is here if you’d like to check them out!)
Decision time
Most couples I meet with have already locked in, or are about to lock in a photographer for their wedding, but I have to admit that I am surprised by just how many are still tossing up whether they need a wedding video as well.
My short answer is if you’re already thinking about it, then yes. I really think you do.
What will a video add to my day?
A professional wedding video will capture the fun banter during all the preparations in the morning. It will capture the emotion in your voice as you recite your vows, and the crazy loud reaction from your guests when you share your first kiss as a husband and wife. It will help you to recall the sensation of your first dance together, the playful nature of any young children who attended, and the sentiments of all the speeches made by yourselves, your family and your friends.
My husband would most likely argue that the haphazard, grainy capture on my brother law’s handicam proved sufficient enough, and in the end, saved us a few dollars and enabled us to get, who was at the time, an amazing photographer, but I can say now with absolute certainty, that if I could do it all again, I would most definitely employ one of the fabulous wedding videographers that exist now.
Wedding Video by Humdrum Films
Gone are the days of long winded and boring wedding video’s that feature the romantic strains of Madonna, Whitney Houston and Foreigner, and in their place, are the incredibly fun, candid and cleverly edited captures that flood our social media today!
Why is video important?
Before becoming a Marriage Celebrant, I had always entertained the idea that photos were for ever and that video’s were an expensive form of light entertainment that couples would drag out every anniversary and laugh at, but my mind has changed dramtically, and chatting to my lovely hairdresser, Leanne, recently, she mentioned that as there were many guests at her wedding who have since passed away, her wedding video has become an incredibly valuable source of comfort, as she can listen to their voices and experience the hugs, dances and words she shared with all her loved ones past, again and again, any time she wants.
Wedding Video by Film My Wedding
A recent bride of mine also mentioned that regardless of how hard she and her husband tried to “live in the moment”, the whole wedding ceremony was such an out of body experience.
“At one point, I remember wondering why I was standing up there, and why all my family and friends were staring at me – and I recall you talking and seeing your lips moving but I don’t remember hearing anything you said! It was such a bizarre but equally incredible experience!”
So I’m guessing they’re going to be very grateful indeed to have a beautiful professional wedding video to refer to any time they like!
Who do you recommend?
The following are some amazingly talented teams & individuals who, whilst blending into the surrounds like a video ninja, will have the best quality equipment (as well as know how to use it!) and will totally nail the ability to capture the best and most important moments of your day perfectly.
Wedding Video by Nathan Kaso Weddings
Their experience in the industry means they not only understand and embrace the pressure of only having that “one chance” to capture it all, they know exactly how to read a ceremony, position themselves to best capture all the main moments AND how to document your day in a way that allows to re-live it over and over again – both from your perspective and that of your family and friends. They will also be totally fun and awesome and not boring at all 🙂
Humdrum Films
Video Boutique
Burgess Video
Film My Wedding
Lunar Red
Directors Edge