Private clubs, a zoo hilltop, a native plant garden, and a museum roof: the venues that trade ocean frontage for gardens, long views, and rooms with some history in the walls. Capacity here spans 80 guests to 500.
Read the caps and the requirements first. The Botanic Garden stops at 80 guests to protect its collection, Rockwood Woman's Club requires a coordinator, and the Santa Barbara Club pairs a $5,500 rental with a $25,000 food and beverage minimum. Clubs mostly keep catering in-house; the gardens and the museum roof let you bring your own.
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Ty Warner rebuilt the 1918 clubhouse; the Great Lawn runs Santa Ynez to Pacific panoramas, seats up to 300, and weekend all space rental is $20,000 before minimums of $20,000 to $40,000.
Oak shaded grounds, a glass walled dining room, and a baby grand inside this turn of the century private club; 200 seated outdoors, $5,500 rental, $25,000 food and beverage minimum.
Vows happen on a stone walled terrace under an oak, at a century old Spanish Colonial clubhouse on two fountained acres near the Mission; 200 seated, $7,000 to $8,000 for eight hours, catering yours.
Palm Garden ceremonies and Hilltop lawn receptions overlooking both ocean and mountains for up to 250 seated; Hilltop site fees run $6,500 to $8,500, and animal encounters are an optional add on.
Seventy eight acres of California natives, a redwood grove, the Pritzlaff decks, and the historic Blaksley Library; weddings are capped at 80 guests to protect the collection, pricing by inquiry.
Rooftop vows beside the train station with mountain and red tile views; 200 on the roof or 500 with the full museum, $6,000 to $10,000, caterer and alcohol yours to bring.
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