Elopements at the Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens are truly beautiful! With a fantastic variety of lush greenery, a lake backdrop and some off the beaten track hidden gem elopement locations, you have a choice of breathtaking spots for your elopement.
As highly experienced Celebrants for weddings at Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens, we find these are the best locations for Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens elopements.
The Tree BY THE LAKE
This beautiful tree sits where the land juts out into the lagoon. Surrounded by the lake, the tree makes a great backdrop for elopement weddings.
How it works
With elopements having a small number of people present, you have the freedom and flexibility to pick a spot you like, and we can simply meet there and get you married! In the unlikely event your favourite spot isn’t available, we’ll set up instead at a nearby equally beautiful spot for your ceremony to take place. This way there’s no admin and no park booking fee payable to reserve a spot.
Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens also have ceremony lawns that can be booked for weddings and elopements (fee payable). These lawns are designed to accommodate weddings with more guests, though eloping couples sometimes choose to book Palm Tree Lawn through the council.
Alternatively, on the same piece of land, the backdrop can be the Lovers Jetty area.
View more of this elopement at the ‘tree by the lake’ on the blog here.
Elopements at tree by the lake are best suited to weekday elopements or early morning ceremonies at the weekend, when the area is usually available.
You can even book wedding chairs and your elopement ceremony decor package through us as pictured. View more of this stunning micro wedding on our blog.
Intimate elopement wedding decor by With Love – Brisbane Wedding Decorators.
If you’re ready to start planning your own botanic gardens elopement, get in touch to check availability and let’s create your perfect day-your way.
You can see how other couples have celebrated their special day with us at this same location by viewing these blog posts here:
View ‘Tree over lagoon’ elopement stories here
Lake Backdrop (by the bamboo)
We are particularly fond of this beautiful lake backdrop area, which offers a stunning backdrop of the lake off a quieter pathway, offering more privacy than other areas.
This secluded lake backdrop area offers ample photo opportunities and is well suited to elopements with a few more guests in attendance.
To see more, you can view love stories featuring elopements at Lake Backdrop (by the bamboo) on our blog here.
If you’re ready to start planning your own botanic gardens elopement, get in touch to check availability and let’s create your perfect day-your way.
You can see how other couples have celebrated their special day with us at this same location by viewing these blog posts here:
View more weddings at lake bamboo backdrop
Lovers Jetty
For small intimate elopements at the gorgeous Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens, Lovers Jetty is a picturesque spot on the lake. Perfect for intimate elopements with just 2 witnesses present, or a small number of guests.
Images by Your Story Wedding
As part of our professional service, we like to make sure your Photographer gets shots of you both during the ceremony, without us being in shot, so we step off to the side resulting in images like this.
“Thank you so much for making our wedding such a smooth and easy process. My small anxiety was quickly gone as soon as I met all of you at the jetty, and we both had a wonderful time. The weather too could not have been better. Thank you again from us for making our special day both a breeze and a joy!” S+W
This couple enjoyed a relaxed, stress-free intimate elopement and we love these photos of them beaming with happiness.
To keep their ceremony as small, intimate and private as possible some couples opt to have a Photographer as one of their witnesses, and sometimes one of us Celebrants can be the second witness, while the other delivers the ceremony. This format works well for short and simple legals only weddings.
Note that the willow trees here are seasonal, blooming in the warmer months.
View an intimate elopement featured on Polka Dot Wedding.
Rainforest Bridge backdrop
This secret little spot is best suited to very small elopement and legals only weddings, with a very small number of guests attending.
This private little elopement spot is located within the Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens.
The Native Plants Garden
The Native plants Garden is located well and truly off the beaten track at a quiet secluded area of the Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens in the native plants for Brisbane gardens area.
This hidden gem can be reached by vehicle during weekdays, or via a 15-20 undulating trek from the main car park at the weekend and on public holidays. This private lawn is surrounded by native Australian plants and trees and even has an undercover area, with picnic tables and benches. Ideal for a cool drinks station, and perfect for shade on hot days and providing some for small ceremonies in the unlikely event of rain.
Images kindly provided by Two Wild Hearts. To see more view the full blog post of this wedding with Celebrant Jamie Eastgate here.
Areas that can be booked through the council for your elopement to take place:
Palm Tree Lawn
The gorgeous Palm Tree Lawn is a popular choice for weddings of all sizes offering a beautiful area with privacy. This lawn will need to be booked through Brisbane City Council, and a fee is payable to them to secure this lawn for exclusive use.
You can view more of this Sweet and Stylish Elopement at Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens here.
Bush Chapel
Another true hidden gem of an elopement location at Mt Coot-tha is the somewhat secret Mt Coot-tha Bush Chapel. This is a designated site that can be booked through the council.
Accessible via a short uphill walk, the outdoor Mt Coot-tha Bush Chapel is surrounded by magnificent old trees providing shade and the ultimate in privacy. The area has built in log seating and is perfect for weddings and elopements with a small number of guests. This site can be booked through Brisbane City Council.
The following images show how the Bush Chapel wedding site looks with simple styling by With Love – Brisbane Wedding Decorators.
Images by Still Wild Love
Images via Brisbane Wedding Decorators Mt Coot-tha weddings
The following image shows how the Bush Chapel site looks on arrival without styling, with built in wooden log pew seating.
If you’re feeling spoilt for choice and still undecided on your Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens eloping location, you can view our blogged Mt Coot-tha Botanical elopements here.
Please note: Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha respectfully advise that weddings are not permitted in the Japanese Gardens.
We would love to hear from so we can start planning your Mt Coot-tha elopement. Contact us for more information.