Dara's Garden

I am so pleased that we chose Dara's Garden for our wedding and reception. Kate Rogers, our consultant, was a joy to work in the months leading up to our wedding. Throughout the entire process Kate was extremely helpful, always making sure that the wedding and reception was what we wanted while offering many fantastic ideas to choose from. I loved the organization and helpful advice that was offered during our entire planning process. The staff at Dara’s Garden took care of everything the day of our wedding! They were even so kind as to contact me days before our wedding when we had a bit of a weather scare to offer alternatives that still met our requests. At the last minute we did make a few changes that I could not have been happier with. I didn't have to worry about anything and was left to enjoy our beautiful wedding and reception worry and stress free. Not only is the venue absolutely beautiful with beautiful blooms and scenic views, but the location is convenient, accommodates large and small guest counts, offers plenty of parking, and is affordable. You can't go wrong when planning an event with Dara’s Garden

We recently had our wedding here, and we couldn't have been happier. Their on-site caterer is great: we had a southern-food themed buffet (deviled eggs, fried okra, etc), and everyone kept commenting on how much they loved the food! A couple of people even said it was the best food they had had at a wedding. We did a lot of research when we were choosing a venue, and we're so glad we chose Dara's! We knew we wanted to get married in a garden, but we wanted a backup in case of rain. We also wanted to be close enough to downtown Knoxville that we could provide shuttles for our guests to downtown hotels. We toured a bunch of venues in the Knoxville area before we settled on Dara's. The venue itself is just beautiful. We loved that Dara's was close to downtown Knoxville, was reasonably priced, had a great catering service, had beautiful gardens, plus an outdoor tent already installed on the property, in case of rain. In fact, the tent was so pretty we ended up using it for the reception even though it didn't rain. We loved all the little touches that Dara's did on our wedding day-- they really went above and beyond, on their own initiative. When I walked into the reception tent, I was surprised and touched: they had decorated it beautifully in our wedding colors, without any extra charge. I wasn't expecting that, and it was little touches like that that made working with Dara's fantastic. Thank you Dara and Kate!

Dara's Garden is a dream place for an outdoor wedding, located within minutes of downtown Knoxville, and moments from the airport, with lots of hotels close, it is a dream venue!! The staff is courteous and flexible, and the venue is stunning from every angle. There are at least six places on the grounds to have your ceremony, if not more, the set-up for out door receptions is stunning. We had our dream day here and it meant the world to us!

Dara's was so helpful in helping me plan our big day. They were very accomodating and flexible in making my dream day come true. I was very impressed with how they handled the rain situation with such ease. The only thing I was disappointed about was the contracted time--I felt that our reception was a little short because of the time limit, but otherwise, such a wonderful experience.

I absolutely loved having my wedding at Dara's Garden. The only thing I would change would be to have more options with vendors for wedding cakes that you could bring in. The food provided by Dara's Garden was delicious and many people said it was the best wedding that they have ever been to. Kate was very helpful with all the wedding planning and very good at providing different ideas.

Dara's offered everything need for our wedding and more for a reasonable price. Kate and the rest of the staff were incredibly helpful and knowledgeable and did everything to make the day perfect. the only issue we had was with security, in that they failed to show up causing our bar to be closed down, which was a huge issue. Other then that, everything went great! Couldn't have asked for better.

Dara was great to work with and really kept me from stressing about anything leading up to the wedding. The food provided by Rothchilds was wonderful.

Dara's Garden was a bit on the pricey side but they helped bring my vision into reality. They made sure to add special touches that I had missed in my own planning. I felt like I was their top priority throughout my whole planning process and they led me to my other wonderful vendors. They really took the time to get to know me and offered ample opportunity to try different things on for size. I couldn't have been more pleased.