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A Perfect Setting for a Perfect Day

Do masses of flowers play a big part in the wedding of your dreams? Kingsbrae Garden in St Andrews, New Brunswick has blooms galore, with backdrops of a genuine Dutch windmill (1/3 scale), grand old cedar hedges, rolling lawns, stately manor house and banks of flowers of all descriptions. There is a White Garden, styled after that of the famous Sissinghurst Castle in Kent, England; a two-acre Perennial Garden, which varies with the season but is always beautiful; a heavenly Rose Garden; a Heath & Heather display for the Gaelic spirit; and many more choices for memorable wedding photographs and experiences. The rhododendrons and azaleas, spring bulbs and magnolias will wrap your spring wedding in wonder. Summer offers an amazing wealth of floral bounty, and autumn brings its own beauty, with a rich, earthy palette.

If you are looking for a stylish venue for an intimate wedding, or a private estate for a larger affair, Kingsbrae Garden is the place to be. The Garden Café, situated in the classic Tudor manor house, looks out over generous, gently sloping lawns and twenty-seven magnificently landscaped acres. We can accommodate parties larger than forty with a tasteful tent in a range of sizes, elegantly outfitted. Catering for all weddings will be supplied by Rent-a-Chef, with whom we have worked successfully in the past. Together, we will help make your wedding day a time of special and treasured memories.

The wedding portraits on this page were taken by Mike Corbett of Corbett Studios.

The following sections will help you plan your day. here is what you need to know:

• Wedding Planning Details will help you with all the details about arrangements at the Garden
• Wedding Services gives a list of useful wedding services available in our area

You can click here to download a PDF file with a list of rates for groups of different sizes.

1. Weddings of up to 40 people can be accommodated in the Garden Café. Exclusive use of the Garden Café is $500 for the evening. Reception will end no later than 11:30 p.m., in order to have the Garden cleared by midnight.
2. All larger weddings or functions will require a tent, which will be set up on the lawn in front of the Café building. Kingsbrae Garden outdoor site charge is $1,000 for exclusive use of the premises after hours.
3. Tent size depends on number of guests, and varies in price from approximately $2,100 for 50 people to $3,500 for 250 people.
4. There is a Garden admission fee (all-day pass) of $7.00 per person. Wedding party and guests are welcome to come and go as they please throughout the day of the wedding and to return the following day. The second day’s admission is included at no charge, so that family and guests may enjoy the Garden at their leisure.
5. Golf cart and tour guide available for bridal couple for up to one and a half hours at no charge, facilitating the taking of photographs.
6. Our policy is to close the Café during weddings, and we require 3 hours prior to the function for site preparation. Our normal closing time is 6 pm; a wedding at 7:00 pm therefore incurs a two-hour charge, at $200/hour, for closing the Café. We will be happy to accommodate weddings as early as 4:00 p.m.; each additional hour of Café closing will be charged at the same rate. If it is necessary to close the Gift Shop, there is a charge of $100/hour.
7. Please enquire about any other services in the Garden, such as a setup for the ceremony, in the Rose Garden or Café Courtyard. Rehearsal fee $50/hr (two Kingsbrae Garden staff on site); no admission fee is assessed for rehearsals.
   Top-notch food and beverage service is additional (to be determined with The Chef Group/Rent-a-Chef caterers, of Fredericton/Saint John).
8. Wedding cake, cash bar and decorations are not included.
9. Kingsbrae Garden will be the sole supplier of alcohol for the function.
10. Applicable HST and gratuities will be assessed.
11. The hiring of a band or disc jockey is the responsibility of the bridal couple, as is decoration for the reception.
12. All decorations must be put up by the customer, taking care not to damage or mar tent or Café. Nothing is to be affixed to Café walls, floors or furniture. Decorations must be in place at least an hour before the reception is to begin, and are to be picked up before 10:00 am the following day.
13. We request that all wedding parties adhere to the Town bylaw restricting the creation of excessive noise or other disturbance to residents of the Town of St Andrews. The Town curfew of 11:30 pm applies.

While we do not offer accommodations at Kingsbrae Garden, there are numerous choices in St Andrews and area, from the many Bed & Breakfast establishments to the Fairmont Algonquin, a renowned resort hotel, which is just a few minutes' walk from the Garden. Kingsbrae Arms, a Relais et Châteaux property, is adjacent to Kingsbrae Garden. The Rossmount Inn is nearby, as are Inn on Frederick and Tara Manor Inn. Many of these offer honeymoon packages. See our accommodations list further below for further suggestions and details.

Transportation and Touring

H M S Transportation, St. Andrews (506) 529-3371

Photography

Image Express, St. George (506) 755-6653

Time Capsule Photographic Studio, Saint John (506) 642-1000

Corbett Studio, St. Stephen (506) 466-1661

William Hart, Rothesay (506) 847-2727

Florists

Garden by the Sea Fabulous Flowers, Soaps & Teas, St. Andrews (506) 529-8905

MacDonald Florist, St. Stephen (506) 466-3111

Mehan's Florist, St. Stephen (506) 466-1844

Deb's Flowers, St. George (506) 755-3024

DJs

R&D Sound, St. Stephen (506) 466-5464

Tempo-Lite, St. Stephen (506) 465-8008

Music

Art MacIntyre, St. Andrews - Piper (506) 529-4231

Periwinkle Productions: able to provide a variety of musical groups and soloists (506) 529-4585 steeljm@nbnet.nb.ca

Wedding Cakes

Sweet Harvest Market, St. Andrews (506) 529-6249

Hella Haun, St. Stephen (506) 466-6785

Superstore, St. Stephen (506) 465-1457

Churches of St Andrews

All Saints Anglican Church (Episcopal) (506) 529-8662 (Rectory 529-3843)

United Baptist Church (Baptist) (506) 529-3022

By the Sea Full Gospel Assembly (Pentecostal) (506) 529-4293

Greenock Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian) (506) 466-4410

Church of St Andrew (Roman Catholic) (506) 529-3254

Wesley United Church (union of Congregationalist, Methodist & Presbyterian) (506) 529-3527

Justices of the Peace

David Bartlett (St. Andrews) (506) 529-9000

Janet Steeves (Fredericton) (506) 847-9833

Accommodations in St. Andrews

The Fairmont Algonquin Phone: (506) 529-8823 Fax: (506) 529-7162 Toll-free: (800) 257-7544 Email: algonquinresort@fairmont.com

Kingsbrae Arms (Relais & Châteaux) Phone/Reservations: (506) 529-1897 Fax: (506) 529-1197 Email: reservations@kingsbrae.com

Rossmount Inn Phone: 506-529-3351 Fax: 506-529-1920 Email: rossmountinn@nb.aibn.com

Inn on Frederick Phone: 506-529-2603 Fax: 506-529-4460 Toll Free: 877-895-4400 Email: reservations@innonfrederick.ca

Tara Manor Inn Phone: 506-529-3304 Fax: 506-529-4755

St Andrews Motor Inn Phone: 506-529-4571 Fax: 506-529-4583 Email: standrewsmotorinn@nb.aibn.com

This is just a sampling of accommodations in the area. Many more are available, including B&Bs, motels and small inns.