Haiku AVL is Asheville’s hidden garden wedding and event venue, tucked behind the gate in historic Biltmore Village. With lush gardens, koi ponds, intimate gathering spaces, and both indoor and outdoor options, Haiku offers a relaxed and beautiful setting for weddings of up to 150 guests.
Couples can choose from full weddings, micro-weddings, elopements, and reception celebrations, with planning and coordination support available to make the day feel easy from beginning to end.
Facilities and Capacity
Haiku offers several ceremony and reception settings throughout its private landscaped grounds, including the Zen Garden, covered Chapel, koi ponds, cascading deck, and indoor gathering spaces.
The venue can accommodate celebrations of up to 150 guests and includes a private dressing suite, catering kitchen access, flexible indoor-outdoor layouts, and options for changing weather.
Services Offered
Haiku offers wedding packages designed to simplify the planning process, with options that may include coordination, officiating, photography, décor, flowers, tables, seating, linens, and other wedding-day essentials.
Additional rentals and services are available to help couples personalize the space, including lighting, audio equipment, furniture, ceremony décor, and reception details.
Haiku welcomes:
Full weddings and receptions
Micro-weddings and elopements
Rehearsal dinners and welcome gatherings
Engagement parties and showers
Outside licensed and insured vendors
Wedding weekend celebrations
The property also offers parking, Wi-Fi, accessible areas, setup and cleanup support, and private spaces for getting ready.
Bar Service
Haiku offers in-house bar service with professional bartenders and a selection of liquor, beer, wine, bubbles, THC and non-alcoholic options. Bar packages can be customized to fit the size and style of the celebration, with glassware and bar essentials available through the venue.
What Couples Love About Haiku
Locals often describe Haiku as a hidden garden in the middle of Asheville — a place many have driven past for years without realizing what was waiting behind the gate.
The gardens, koi ponds, covered Chapel, intimate atmosphere, and attentive team allow couples to create a wedding that feels personal and relaxed while remaining close to hotels, restaurants, and everything Asheville has to offer.
Asian-owned
Woman-owned
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Haiku is a breathtaking, intimate garden venue with enchanting features like a koi pond, pagoda, fire pits, and a speakeasy. The team provides effortless planning and top-tier, responsive service, handling details and vendor coordination—even through postponements. Guests loved the serene, whimsical atmosphere and highly recommend the venue.
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Haiku is a breathtaking, intimate garden venue with enchanting features like a koi pond, pagoda, fire pits, and a speakeasy. The team provides effortless planning and top-tier, responsive service, handling details and vendor coordination—even through postponements. Guests loved the serene, whimsical atmosphere and highly recommend the venue.
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Katherine Sent on 06/28/2026
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
The Ultimate Wedding Coordination Team
I could not have chosen a more perfect venue than Haiku for my wedding. From the very first inquiry until the final moment of our wedding night, every detail was handled with such care and professionalism. I felt incredibly held and supported throughout the entire planning process; the team went above and beyond to ensure I was prepared, comfortable, and stress-free.
A special thank you to our coordinator, Kimberly, who was truly incredible. She was kind, accommodating, and a brilliant problem-solver. She seamlessly liaised with all of our vendors and coordinated our wedding party, allowing me to fully enjoy my day instead of worrying about the mechanics.
The venue itself is breathtaking—an enchanted zen garden with a speakeasy, a koi pond, beautiful pathways, and a gorgeous pagoda. The indoor-outdoor flow and fire pits created a magical atmosphere that our guests absolutely loved. The level of service, from the staff to the bartenders, was top-tier. I am deeply grateful to the entire team at Haiku for curating such a beautiful, seamless, and memorable experience.
M Stewart Sent on 06/13/2026
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
A Perfect Day
We loved our experience with Kisha and Jennifer! Their thorough questionnaire made the entire process from booking to the actual wedding date flow seamlessly. We booked our elopement online after doing the virtual tour and the venue was even better in person. Their team and the talented vendors they work with made our day feel so intimate and intentional. Would highly recommend!
Connie Sent on 11/01/2025
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
Haiku is perfection!
If you're looking for a breathtaking wedding venue with minimal decision-making, Haiku is for you. My partner and I didn't want a wedding venue that felt too "stuffy" – we wanted to be surrounded by greenery, we wanted the wedding to feel intimate, and we wanted to work with good, kindhearted people. Haiku is all of those things!
After our venue tour, I knew Haiku was where we wanted to get married. The space is such a unique and beautiful gem in Asheville, and they make the wedding planning process as easy as possible! Because the space is already so lovely, we barely had to get any additional decor to make it look beautiful.
And the people who work at Haiku are amazing! Jennifer was awesome during our venue tour, and she is a visionary when it comes to bringing a wedding to life! The day before the wedding, we had a set of drapes missing from the arbor decor we brought, but the Haiku team took full creative control and the end result was beautiful! Our day-of-coordinator, Kisha, was also amazing! She was responsive, positive, and our BIGGEST hype woman! There was no problem too big or too small for her to handle. Her main priority was making sure we had an amazing, stress-free wedding day – and we did because of her & the rest of the Haiku team!
Photos by Carolyn & Jake at Wilder Weddings Collective
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David Sent on 10/22/2025
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
A hidden gem that offers lush and truly special surroundings
We cannot rave enough about this incredible venue, the amazingly professional, friendly and super-competent staff, and the romanticism of the property that has amazing outdoor room vignettes and very flexible inside spaces. Jennifer and her staff supported us from the beginning through the end (and this was a wedding that actually was postponed for a year due to the ravages of Hurricane Helene. The guests were blown away by the beauty and serenity of the place, and it was the perfect backdrop for the perfect wedding for our son and his bride. Multiple guests said that this was the most special wedding that they had ever attended, and the venue was a large piece of that wonderful comment. We recommend this place with our strongest positive voices. You will not be disappointed by the special nature of this setting. A dream come true!
Chelsea Sent on 11/26/2023
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
Do you wanna show up to your wedding and worry about nothing? Book Haiku!
Words can't describe how dreamy our wedding reception here was. The venue is already incredibly decorated for the whimsical garden party of your dreams but staff was incredibly helpful in arranging personal decorations beforehand. Guests could not get over how gorgeous the entire space was and had so much fun roasting s'mores at the fire pit, admiring the fish in the koi pond, and having drinks in the vintage RV. Haiku staff took care of EVERYTHING and I showed up and literally took a huge sigh of relief knowing all of my guests were beyond happy and everything looked amazing! Before I could think, Haiku's coordinator, Kisha, was at my side - asking what I needed and if she could get me a glass of wine... absolutely amazing!! I can't say enough good things about this venue.
Stacey Sent on 05/07/2023
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
Exceeding all Expectations
Haiku I Do is a perfect place to have an amazing wedding or event. The venue staff go out of their way to meet your every need, and are on top of everything. I worked mostly with Kisha and I’m pretty sure she is family now, lol! She worked with me for about a year. Always answering my many questions, calming my anxieties. The wedding turned out even better than I had envisioned it. The space is stunning. There are multiple, beautiful options for ceremony and reception (or other events). They have great packages depending on your needs. It’s difficult to articulate how great everything turned out. I thought I was going to be an anxious mess, but the moment I arrived I was calm and able to take in the special occasion and that is due to the venue staff taking care of everything.
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Sarah Sent on 06/15/2022
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
Easy and Stress-Free
Planning a wedding during a pandemic was no easy task. And the stress surrounding wedding planning was too much. When we were invited to attend an opening event for the new space at Haiku I Do and saw how lovely it was, we begin asking questions. In less than a week, we were able to arrange to have our wedding ceremony take place in a gorgeous space and had the killer assistance of the staff to make everything run smoothly. We cannot thank the staff enough for taking away the stress around hosting the wedding at home.
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Kate Sent on 05/03/2022
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
Our Perfect No-Stress Destination Wedding!
I can't speak highly enough about the Haiku I Do team - especially Amy! Their coordination and ideas created the most special, fun, and easy wedding experience for us and our guests. My husband and I are from out of town so we were looking for something "out-of-the-box" and Haiku's packages fit the bill, but felt anything but! The attention to detail and their eye for beautiful setting made everything feel so special and just for us. Their main location is a beautiful venue in itself, but we opted to get married at their Sky Mountain location - literally breathtaking views! It was the perfect space for 30 people. Darr was our officiant and he did a beautiful job as well. We have been saying ever since, we would LOVE to get married over and over again if we could! We all had so much fun!
Not to mention every vendor we booked throughout our planning told us "Oh! We love Haiku!" so we knew we made the right choice!
Stephanie Sent on 04/27/2022
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
Dreaming of a small wedding? This is your team
Haiku I Do delivered a flawless day for my daughter and her husband. The team was professional, enthusiastic and managed to pull off everything the couple hoped for. The coordination of all the vendors and day of activities made for a wonderful day for our family! A special thanks to Amy who was our 'on the ground contact' that week - she was wonderful!
Kimberly Sent on 10/12/2021
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
Destination Wedding
Haiku I Do made planning a destination wedding easy. They responded quickly to emails. They provided an extensive list of quality vendors, several of whom I used for our small intimate wedding. The flowers and cake were fabulous. Our wedding went as planned and as hoped.
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Haiku AVL includes the following items and services for wedding events in its starting site fee:
Bridal Suite
Chairs
China
Clean Up
Event Planning
Flatware
Glassware
Lighting/Sound
Linens
Parking
Set Up
Tables
The bar service starting price at Haiku AVL includes:
Bartender(s)
Champagne Toast
House Beer
House Wine
Open Bar
Signature Drink
Specialty Beer
The space offered by Haiku AVL for wedding events is known for:
Banquet Hall
Garden
Haiku AVL offers the following indoor/outdoor options for weddings:
Indoor
Covered Outdoor
Uncovered Outdoor
Haiku AVL offers the following types of wedding events:
Ceremony
Reception
Bridal Shower
Engagement Party
Elopements
Rehearsal Dinner
Haiku AVL offers the following services for wedding events:
Bar Services
Clean Up
Event Planner
Event Rentals
Get Ready Rooms
Liability Insurance
Outside Vendors
Wifi
Haiku AVL offers the following furniture and decor items for weddings:
Aisle Runners
Altar/Arch
Audio Equipment
Centerpieces
Chairs
Dance Floor
Decor
Furniture
Lighting
Photo booth
Tables
Tents
Haiku AVL is recommended by 98% of couples who have used their services. Their overall rating is 4.9 out of 5 with the following breakdown: 5 in value, 4.9 in quality of service, 4.9 in average response time, 4.9 in flexibility and 4.9 in professionalism.
