Ethereal Gardens by Trademark Venues

Name: Ethereal Gardens by Trademark Venues
Address: 8561 W Lilac Rd, Escondido, CA, 92026, US
Price range: Starts at $15,950
Rating: 4.2

Select services venue

The venue will provide the space, plus a few extras.

Full wedding (ceremony and reception) pricing

Starting at $15,950

Guest capacity

Up to 500 seated guests

About this venue

Set on 40 acres of edible gardens, surrounded by old growth orchards and 100 acres of organic herb and vegetable farms… An “out of the box” venue that is completely private and not just another golf course, winery, banquet hall or hotel. Here we are open to creative ideas and outside vendors such as florists, photographers, photo booths, food trucks and so much more.

Seated guest capacity

Venue type

Farms, Barns, Ranches
Lodges, Retreats
Parks, Gardens

Venue setting

Covered Outdoor
Indoor
Outdoor

8561 W Lilac Rd, Escondido, CA 92026

Our event spaces

Ethereal Open Air Pavillion

Set foot on the lush green grass that gives the pavilion canopy a natural ambience. Gentle breezes waft through chefs herb gardens of mint, basil, thyme & rosemary even the scent of edible French lavender. Imagine, elegant settings of table scapes on the grass in the shade of the peaked canopy all sides lifted wide open to a vanishing grass edge into the meadow below. Your guests are sure to be amazed as they have only seen this setting in celebrity magazines – now they are experiencing it.

Ethereal Open Air Pavillion

Available services that can be provided by Ethereal Gardens by Trademark Venues

Services & amenities

Bar services
Catering services
Clean up
Dance floor
Dressing room / Bridal Suite
Event coordinator
Event rentals
Event staff
Lighting/Sound
Pet friendly
Set up
Wedding cake services
Wheelchair accessible

Reviews

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Rating: 4.2

4.2 out of 5

6 reviews

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Sara D.
Rating: 2
•Nov 19, 2024
Beautiful but NOT worth the stress
Our experience working with Ethereal Gardens for our wedding was incredibly frustrating from start to finish. Although the venue itself is beautiful, the communication with the staff was extremely slow and things were miscommunicated. We often struggled to get in touch with anyone. On the day of the wedding, the coordinator was incredibly hard to reach, which caused a lot of unnecessary stress. Additionally, we felt the venue was overpriced for what we were actually able to use - they have very strict restrictions on things like food options, getting ready suites, alcohol, and DJ selection. The food itself was also subpar, despite the high cost. The boys could not use their suite until 1 hour before the ceremony so they ended up waiting around the property for hours instead of getting ready and chilling. While they did manage to put together the decor we provided, overall the value and quality of service did not meet our expectations for such an important day. They get 3 stars because the venue itself is gorgeous and they did give us one big accommodation which we were thankful for. However, we would not recommend Ethereal Gardens to other couples looking for a wedding venue unless they only care about the appearance and cost is not an issue.
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Kaitlin
Rating: 4
•Apr 30, 2024
Perfect wedding venue!
We recently had our wedding at ethereal gardens and I cannot recommend this venue enough. It is a beautiful venue and has a variety of options for your ceremony and reception. Bernadette was our coordinator and she helped us every step of the way and made sure everything ran smoothly on the day of. It truly was a dream!
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Molly Neumeister T.
Rating: 5
•Jan 28, 2024
HIGHLY recommend :)
Wow wow wow! We truly can’t say enough amazing things about our experience getting married at Ethereal Gardens. From start to finish, my husband and I felt so taken care of. We worked with Bernadette as our wedding planner and she couldn’t have been more of a joy to work with. She was so detailed oriented and attentive, which made the planning process feel easy and fun, and she truly brought our dream wedding to life. On our wedding day there was a mixup in days with our donut vendor (so they didn’t show up) and literally within a matter of an hour Bernadette and her team found a new vendor, placed a new order, and even took the liberty to go pick up and deliver the 100 donuts.. they made sure my husband and I knew any hiccups or stresses were taken care of by them so we could just enjoy our day day. They also let us bring our dog which was an amazing perk! The venue is stunning and the Ethereal Gardens team will do everything in their power to make sure your day is a DREAM - highly recommend! Thank you so so much Bernadette & team, we’re forever grateful! :)
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Toni H.
Rating: 5
•Jan 26, 2024
Magical
I had the BEST day here. Obviously getting married was already exciting, but Morgan, Ireland, Mike, and all the team were phenomenal. Clearly they are practiced in what they do and are an extremely well oiled machine. I wish I could get married here a million times!
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Cala B.
Rating: 4
•Dec 11, 2023
Great venue but room for improvement
Ethereal gardens is a gorgeous venue and my wedding was stunning. That said, there are several things that Ethereal Gardens/Trademark Venues needs to improve on. 1- The contract includes additional costs (service fees, bar, additional guests, decor, etc) It becomes overwhelming and confusing to understand exactly how much your final cost will be. It needs to be better organized. 2- The invoice is the only location where you can see your cost breakdown, and they do not date any changes to the invoice. So one day your total cost is X, the next day it’s Y, and you have no idea what was added to the invoice. There is no record of changes. This is not a best practice for running a business and caused us extra stress. 3- The contract states that you cannot have a coordinator or a wedding planner because Trademark IS the wedding planner. This was frustrating because I did everything that a wedding planner should have done (creating the floor plan and seating chart, coordinating meetings, timeline, selecting/communicating with vendors…). Would have been nice to be able to have a planner to do those things like we were promised. 4- My planner tried to start my ceremony early, almost 20 minutes early! Even though most of my family wasn’t there yet! Luckily I said no and it went on as planned but that shouldn’t have even been suggested. 5- The security guards were VERY rude to guests who showed up late. 6- The venue set up my guest book upside down so the signatures are at the back of the book, welcome table was messy, and my gorgeous seating chart was set against an ugly brown wall so all photos of it are ruined. 7- Two full rows at the front during the ceremony were empty because people didn’t know they could sit there. This ruined certain photos because it’s very empty looking. 8- Getting-ready rooms are available at 11:30am (bride) and 2:30pm (groom) regardless of when your wedding starts. The venue does not accommodate based on your specific wedding timeline- unless you pay 1500 which only gets you an extra hour in the rooms. Wish we would have known that up front. Caused more stress and confusion. 9- A security guard snapped his fingers at one of my guests to tell them to leave when he was just waiting for his girlfriend to get out of the bathroom. And the staff started taking tables apart as our wedding was still going on! This led to one of our guests losing a jacket that was on the back of a chair someone took away. Summary: Wedding was beautiful, food was great, venue was gorgeous. However Ethereal Garden’s processes are messy and very greedy/money focused, and some their staff is rude and made guests uncomfortable.