My husband and I are so thankful to Heather and her team at Roger Williams Park Casino, who coordinated a magical wedding reception for us at the Casino last weekend. My husband and I loved the vintage, classic, historical ambience of the Casino building, and the surrounding park. It was a beautiful space in which to have our reception- and made for beautiful photographs! Our guests were stunned when they first saw the second floor reception area for dinner and dancing. Heather Manning was wonderful to work with. We very much appreciated and benefited from her wealth of experience planning events for the parks. She was knowledgeable, helpful, communicative, and gave great planning advice while also understanding and bringing to life our preferences. We are especially appreciative as she and her team were flexible and helpful with us related to scheduling our event during the pandemic.

We got married at the Botanical Center in June 2022 and it was absolutely perfect!! The layout flows very well - we had around 100 guests and fit comfortably in the Conservatory for the ceremony and cocktail hour and the Mediterranean Room for dinner and dancing, with the bar in the connecting hallway between the two. During the reception, our guests were able to enjoy both rooms, which was great for those with children or guests who just wanted to have a conversation away from the noise of dancing, since they could hang out in the Conservatory. I was worried about being hot in June but with the doors and windows open we were all quite comfortable. The natural beauty of the venue is stunning, and in the evening the lighting creates a lovely dreamy atmosphere. We were also able to do our first look in the Victorian Rose Garden and take pictures throughout the grounds of the Botanical Center, including the other two greenhouses. With so many gorgeous spaces to explore, your guests are sure to be wowed and your photos are sure to be incredible. Having an air-conditioned space to hide out in prior to the ceremony and to keep our personal belongings in was a big bonus.

Heather was extremely easy to work with in the lead-up to the wedding. Any time I had a question I got an email response back from her that day if not within the hour. Three days before the wedding one of my officiants tested positive for COVID, and Heather immediately jumped into problem-solving mode, bringing her personal wifi hotspot to the venue so that we could set up an iPad and Facetime for the ceremony. She also coordinated well with our other vendors. Overall, we had the wedding of our dreams at the Botanical Center and I highly recommend other couples take a look!

We held our wedding at the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center for our July 2021 wedding and it was awesome! Heather and her staff were accommodating and helped us with some manual labor even the day before and the day after our big event as we dropped off and picked up items for the wedding. The setting was gorgeous for all of our photos, and because of the natural beauty of the space, we didn’t need any decor. Although it was not air-conditioned our guests had a blast and loved partying alongside plants!