We got married at the Woodland Park Rose Garden back in June and the team went above and beyond to make our wedding day perfect. Unfortunately, we had pouring rain which comes with its own set of complications, but the events team was amazing, they helped us navigate the weather and make sure guests were comfortable. The bar we set up in advance of the ceremony was such a nice touch that our guests loved and the staff we're fantastic. Pre wedding the team was super responsive to all emails and were very helpful on the venue walk thru. Can't recommend this place and team enough.

We had a beautiful wedding, followed up by a meet and greet with a lovely porcupine. It made our day extra special. We had a great experience. Great customer service. I would highly recommend this vendor team.

We had a great experience with Woodland Park Zoo and Levy Catering. We rented the Northwest Trail with our ceremony on the Elk Overlook and reception in the former Taiga Shelter (with the otters and bear). Planning was easy, the food was terrific, and we got lucky - the elk, bear, otters and mountain goats all made appearances!

I am beyond pleased with how my wedding turned out at Woodland Park Zoo. They did a phenomenal job at hosting the event, planning the various details including from the initial planning meeting to the final event. The signs helped direct guests during the event. Everyone was very easy to work with and yet very detailed oriented. Our wedding happened to be on prom night and a bus load of people were trying to take photos at the Rose Garden during the ceremony, in which the Zoo did not let this issue interrupt our ceremony. My guests all enjoyed themselves and I received multiple comments my wedding was one of the best weddings they have been to and I truly have to thank Woodland Park Zoo. I highly recommend having your event at Woodland Park Zoo, including for a wedding as you will not be disappointed. Their exclusive caterer also did an amazing job. I cannot say enough positive things about Woodland Park Zoo.

I have nothing but good things to say about Woodland Park Zoo. My sales manager, Erin Schmidlii, is absolutely wonderful. I think she is leaving very shortly, which is sad, but the entire staff is great also. They do not try and make you purchase unnecessary things. They works with you to make it exactly how you want it. I had a budget to stick to, and yes it is a little pricey, but she helped me stay within my budget and actually brought the price of food DOWN so that we actually saved more money that we thought we would! The food is incredible and it is very "green," such as grass fed beef and seafood off the seafood watch card. So yes it may be a little pricey, but it is worth it. And before weddings, they have a night where their caterer (who is also fabulous), makes all of their food and you get to sample all of it. They also set up tables with different decorations and layouts so you can see what your reception setup will look like. I HIGHLY recommend having your reception here (I had mine in the Rain Forest Food Pavillion). And even your ceremony or both would be great to have here!

We decided to have our wedding in the Taiga exhibit. The zoo's staff were very friendly and helpful - they had people other than the catering staff there on the wedding day, helping make sure everything went smoothly. Before the wedding, they stayed in contact to make sure everything was set. A rehearsal hour the week Thursday before the wedding was included without paying extra, and they had people there then, too, to answer questions and help us finalize details. It was an excellent experience. The site was only $800, and the catering was about $3000 (which overall, for comparable food and service was very, very low cost.)

I was married at the zoo last month, and I have to say it was a great experience.

The ceremony was in the Northern Trail section - the elk were out for the vows, and the bear/otters making an appearance in the Taiga shelter for the reception. I got many many many comments about what a unique/cool/beautiful venue I had chose all throughout the night and next few days. There was more of a forest than a zoo feel to that particular area. It was a bit lucky on my part, as we had originally booked the rainforest café and rose garden, but changed our minds when we decided to cut the size of our wedding in half.

To that end-the zoo was very flexible in working with us so we could transfer over to the new space, which was much appreciated. They also managed a last minute change to the décor with no issues, and were able to provide some additional hanging lanterns. Lastly, I was originally quoted a bit different price when I first signed the contract, and when I received the final invoice and saw it was different as they'd raised their prices, I was given the prior price promised at the outset.

Everyone I worked with was very responsive and flexible. The space was prepared with plenty of time for the wedding, despite the short turnaround between closing and guests arriving, and everything was able to proceed in as timely a manner as can be expected for an event with alcohol.

Lastly I did appreciate that as someone who lives around here, the very reasonable rental cost goes to a non-profit in the neighborhood.

Bramble and Wood and the entire team at Woodland Park Zoo were such a joy to work with! After our former venue closed suddenly four months before our date, we selected the Woodland Park Rose Garden to hold our wedding and can't believe that wasn't the plan from the start! They were so patient and thoughtful as we had many questions planning sight-unseen from across the country, and our wedding at the Rose Garden turned out even more beautiful than we'd imagined. All of our guests raved about the garden's beauty, and we especially love that it's a public park that we can go back and visit again and again to reminisce on our wedding day!

my husband and i got married late aug 2011. We chose the woodland park zoo for our reception site since it was a non-profit organization, and we liked that the cost of the reception venue would be funneled back into the community we lived in. plus, it was a no-brainer when we found out we were able to rent out the carousel too!!! We had our sit down dinner reception in the rainforest pavillion (food court), but we rented out the carousel for cocktails and throughout the evening. the carousel has a kids room which was big enough to serve as the "kids area" after dinner. the food court has pull-out curtains that disguise the "food court" look. the only issue, like most of seattle, is the lack of air conditioning on a super hot summer day (our day was fine, and the weather cooled off by dinnertime). overall, i think the zoo is great because there are so many different areas to hold an indoor or outdoor reception. we rented pedicabs also to help all of our guests in stilettos..

We had our July 2011 ceremony in the Rose Garden and our reception at the Rainforest Pavilion. We were incredibly pleased with the helpful, friendly, competent staff from the Zoo and associated catering company (Lancer). The garden was such a perfect setting for our ceremony and we hardly needed any additional flowers because we were surrounded by rose blooms and evergreens. The garden technically remains open to the public but the few people who wandered around beforehand were very respectful and staff kindly requested for people to come back or keep their distance during the ceremony. The Rainforest Pavilion may not look like much during the day, but the staff do a wonderful job of transforming it by night. We loved the open feel of the pavilion (lots of windows) and the size was perfect (we had about 115 guests). The food was really good (did not have the vaguely bland buffet taste wedding food sometimes does) and the bartenders generous. This is not a cheap venue, but it is very affordable compared to most other venues especially given the quality of food, drink, and service. They even let us bring in our own wine (a sentimental family favorite) for a flat corkage fee.

Overall - we were perfectly happy with our choice.