Hold your wedding or event in one of VanDusen's elegant indoor facilities

Make your event memorable by renting our beautiful indoor spaces. Ample free parking, wheelchair accessibility, and direct access to this unique garden setting make this an ideal location. 

We have two indoor facilities available for rent.

We are currently accepting 2024 and 2025 booking requests. Reach out to our team for availability. Booking requests for 2026 will be accepted starting in early 2025. 

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  Visitor Centre

  The architecturally stunning and award-winning Visitor Centre – one of the world's most environmentally advanced buildings – offers picturesque views of Livingstone Lake and Woodland Garden.

  The Visitor Centre includes the BMO Great Hall and Peggy Gunn Woodland Hall A and B. These rooms can be rented as one large space or separated into various combinations depending on the needs and size of your event.

  All rates subject to GST. Rates are subject to change. Proof of non-profit status is required.

  See brochure for details.

  BMO Great Hall

  Capacity:

  • 60 seated
  • 80 lecture style
  • 40 workshop

  Time of rental	Standard rate	Non-profit rate
  8am to 4pm	$1,060	$740
  5pm to midnight	$1,305	$915
  8am to midnight	$2,130	$1,490

  Peggy Gunn Woodland Hall A and B (2 rooms combined)

  Capacity:

  • 60 seated
  • 80 lecture style
  • 40 workshop

  Time of rental	Standard rate	Non-profit rate
  8am to 4pm	$1,060	$740
  5pm to midnight	$1,305	$915
  8am to midnight	$2,130	$1,490

  Peggy Gunn Woodland Hall B (1 separate room)

  Capacity:

  • 30 seated
  • 40 lecture style
  • 20 workshop

  Time of rental	Standard rate	Non-profit rate
  8am to 4pm	$530	$370
  5pm to midnight	$775	$545
  8am to midnight	$1,175	$825

  BMO Great Hall and Peggy Gunn Woodland Hall A (2 rooms combined)

  Capacity:

  • 90 seated
  • 120 lecture style
  • 60 workshop

  Time of rental	Standard rate	Non-profit rate
  8am to 4pm	$1,590	$1,115
  5pm to midnight	$1,835	$1,285
  8am to midnight	$3,085	$2,160

  BMO Great Hall and Peggy Gunn Woodland Hall A and B (3 rooms combined)

  Capacity:

  • 120 seated
  • 180 lecture style
  • 75 workshop

  Time of rental	Standard rate	Non-profit rate
  8am to 4pm	$2,120	$1,485
  5pm to midnight	$2,365	$1,655
  8am to midnight	$4,035	$2,825

  Information icon On weekends (Saturday and Sunday) only from April to October, if you would like to rent the Visitor Centre Halls, you must book all three rooms combined (BMO Great Hall, Peggy Gunn Woodland Hall A and B).

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  Floral Hall and Cedar Room

  The Floral Hall is a charming, post-modern style room, and is located in one of the original buildings on site. The Cedar Room is a smaller classroom sized space, and is situated across the hall from the Floral Hall. 

  All rates subject to GST. Rates are subject to change. Proof of non-profit status is required for the non-profit rate.

  Floral Hall

  Capacity:

  • 120 seated
  • 135 lecture style
  • 70 workshop

  Time of rental	Standard rate	Non-profit rate
  8am to 4pm	$955	$670
  5pm to midnight	$1,205	$845
  8am to midnight	$1,945	$1,360

  Cedar Room

  Capacity:

  • 20 seated
  • 50 lecture style
  • 20 workshop

  Time of rental	Standard rate	Non-profit rate
  8am to 4pm	$310	$215
  5pm to midnight	$555	$390
  8am to midnight	$780	$545

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  Garden access and indoor and outdoor booking combo

  Garden access

  If you are booking an indoor only event and wish to have garden access for your guests, a discounted admission package is available. You are welcome to take wedding photos in the garden, with the addition of the admission package.

  The discounted admission packages cover all of your guest's garden entry on the day of your event (during garden hours).

  A guest list is required for all events.

  Visitor Centre Halls (BMO Great Hall or Woodland Hall A and B) – entry available through rental hall doors.

  Floral Hall and Cedar Room - entry through the Visitor Centre.

  Refer to the rental brochure PDF file (2.7 MB) for garden admission packages available for each room rental.

  Indoor and outdoor booking combination

  For all outdoor ceremony events that wish to add an indoor hall option for their reception, we offer special discounted rates. For Heron Lake or Great Lawn events, we offer 40% off of the indoor hall rental portion when booking for a full day. 

  This is a great option to ensure you have rain back-up during your ceremony, and ample time for reception set-up as well. For Heron Lake or Great Lawn events that book an indoor hall for a partial day booking (8am to 4pm, or 5pm to midnight only), we offer a 25% discount on the hall fee.

  For Meadow Pond events we offer a 10% discount on the hall rental.

  On weekends (Saturday and Sunday) only from April to October, if you would like to rent the Visitor Centre Halls, you must book all three rooms combined (BMO Great Hall, Peggy Gunn Woodland Hall A and B).

Additional guidelines and details

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  Indoor rental details

  Booking confirmation - A minimum of one month advance booking is required. A reservation fee of $200 or $500 (if serving alcohol) is required to confirm a booking. This amount is non-refundable in the event of a cancellation. Full payment is due 2 months in advance of the scheduled booking and no refunds are provided for events cancelled within 60 days of the scheduled booking

  Site amenities - Our unique garden setting is wheelchair accessible and has ample free parking. We also have a lovely Garden Shop and The Garden Café by Truffles Fine Foods is located on-site. Shaughnessy Restaurant is also a short walk away at the north west side of the parking lot.

  Catering - When renting the Visitor Centre Halls only, a 12% catering fee applies on food and beverage costs. If using Truffles Fine Foods who are located on site, the 12% does not apply. There are no catering fees for Floral Hall or Cedar Room.

  Liability insurance - All events require liability insurance with the “City of Vancouver and its Board of Parks and Recreation” named as additional insured. If alcohol is being served at your event, $5 million in liability coverage is required. If you will not be serving alcohol, $2 million in liability coverage is required.

  Liquor service - A special occasion licence is required for any event serving alcohol.

  Setup, takedown, and garbage - Renters are responsible for setup and takedown within their booking timeframe. Garbage and recycling should be properly sorted into 4-stream waste bins located on site. Any additional garbage should be bagged and left next to the bins at the end of the event.

  Music - An Entandem fee is required if live or pre-recorded music is played. This is a music royalty tariff for all rentals with music; pricing to be determined dependent on rental group size, type of music, activity; with/without dancing.

  WiFi - Our indoor halls have free WiFi accessibility, however it is not strong enough for video conferencing style events. It can be accessed on the VanWiFi or COV-Public networks and no password is required.

  Included items upon request for indoor rentals:

  • 2.5 feet by 6 feet tables
  • Sound system (Visitor Centre and Floral Hall only)
  • Black chairs
  • Podium
  • LCD projector (available for rent)
  • TV (available for rent - Visitor Centre only)
  • Coffee and hot water urns
  • Microphone (Visitor Centre and Floral Hall only)
  • Kitchenette area (Floral Hall only)

  Wedding rehearsals - For booked events that would like to arrange a rehearsal, further discussion is required with the VanDusen rental department. A 30 to 45 minute rehearsal may be booked depending on availability. Rehearsal requests outside of office hours (Monday to Friday, 9am to 3:30pm) cannot be accommodated at this time.

  Drones - Drone photography and videography is not permitted on site. Ensure your photographers are aware prior to your event.

  Smoking - No smoking or vaping permitted on premises.

  Animals - Pets are not permitted. Working guide and service dogs are welcome.