Welcome to our charming city garden, an ideal space for your special event in the heart of San Jose, Willow Glen neighborhood. Our unique venue is a plant nursery & gift shop which combines lush flowers, plants and lots of open space--over 3,770 square feet.
We received the award for 🏆 'Best Venue for a Baby Shower, 2026' from Peerspace! 🎉We are one of the top 10 venues selected from all of the impressive venues offered on Peerspace which includes 23 cities across the USA, Canada, the UK, Australia and France.
🌸 INCLUDED WITH YOUR RENTAL:🌸
🌸 SEATING & TABLES🌸
- Tables and chairs for 36 guests (six, 6-ft rectangular dining tables) including fabric table cloths in your choice of color: White, Ivory, Sage Green, Black, Light Pink or Light Blue.
- Wooden lounge loveseat and two arm chairs with white cushions, and matching coffee table
- Sturdy wood and metal table with two shelves for food/drinks: 50”x25” (on wheels)
- Teak Wood potting shed table for food/drinks/decor: 35.5”x17.5”
- Wood table for food/drinks/decor: 44”x30” (on wheels)
- (2) Adirondack chairs
🌸 AMENITIES🌸
- White garden canopy with lights
- (4) 9-ft Patio umbrellas with bases (movable)
- Gender-neutral restroom inside gift shop, ADA Compliant
- Prep kitchen with lots of countertop space
- Wooden archway (movable)
- Vintage Garden Gazebo
- Speakers to play music from your phone/playlist
- Ice water in a glass dispenser with paper cups for you and your guests provided at no charge
- Wrought iron white bench with floral motif
We have additional chairs, tables and more for rent. Please ⬇︎scroll down⬇︎to see the additional Add-ons available.
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You can choose between two 🪟'Booking Window' times for your event. Book your event anytime within these 'Booking Windows' (This allows us to fully clean and sanitize the space prior to your event). First, decide what time of day you want your event: Mid-day or Evening.
🪟MID-DAY EVENT
Monday-Thursday between 9:00am-2:00pm
Friday & Saturday between 9:00am-3:00pm
Sunday between 10:00am-3:00pm
🪟EVENING EVENT
Monday-Thursday between 3:00pm-9:00pm
Friday & Saturday between 4:00pm-10:00pm
Sunday between 4:00pm-9:00pm
🌿 EVENT SPACE INCLUDED WITH YOUR RENTAL:
🌿1. WHITE GARDEN CANOPY (Outdoor Dining Banquet Space)
Capacity: 30 dining | 40 standing
Our crisp White Garden Canopy is surrounded by flowers and plants and has a stone fountain overflowing with flowers. This stylish and elegant setting is ideal for dinner parties, outdoor receptions or group activities.
🌿2. ENCHANTED GARDEN (Outdoor Social Gathering/Dining Banquet Space)
Capacity: 48 theatre-style seating | 50 dining | 75 standing
The Enchanted Garden, immediately adjacent to the Garden Canopy, is a large, open space under a canopy of mature trees and vibrant plants. Designed for social gatherings and parties, this airy garden creates a delightful atmosphere for your celebration with cozy lounge seating, standing cocktail tables and banquet seating.
🌿3. GARDEN PROMENADE (Outdoor galley, walk-in entry space)
Capacity: 30 theatre-style seating | 24 dining | 40 standing
To enter the White Garden Canopy and Enchanted Garden areas, your guests walk through this beautiful, plant-lined promenade. This entry aisle is bordered with rustic wooden fencing and a custom-made archway illuminated with charming bistro lights to provide a stunning entrance for your guests.
🌿4. Front Courtyard, Street Entrance
The Front Courtyard has golden crushed granite and raised planting beds filled with California Native plants and flowers. This area and the adjoining front driveway is ideal for an outdoor grill or food truck.
5. Indoor Plant Shop and Meeting Rooms (**Additional charge)
Capacity: 30 seated | 35 standing
A flexible indoor space of two adjoining rooms may be custom-fitted for your event. The Plant Shop and Meeting Rooms are ideal for corporate meetings, creative workshops, small classes and bridal or baby showers. **This indoor space is available for an additional fee, please contact the host for details.
Items to Note:
✅We are a zero-waste facility and 🚫DO NOT 🚫allow single-use plastic plates, cups or flatware. Guests can use either compostable plates, cups, flatware or china place settings with silverware flatware and glassware, both are available in our Add-on section for a very reasonable fee. To support this effort, we also offer complimentary chilled water in a dispenser and biodegradable cups for you and your guests at no charge. If guests do bring in single-use plastics, there will be a $150. charge to cover the cost of a team member to sort and clean the plasticware after the event. Thank you for your support of this effort! The city of San Jose has strict recycling policies which we must follow.
✅All leftover food must be removed from the venue by either the food vendor or guest including single use serving containers, to avoid disposal service fees.
✅Open flame candles are not permitted.
✅Sterno Canned Heat tins (which are used to keep food warm) may ONLY be set up and lit by a La Herbalista team member and used with our provided chaffing dishes due to their considerable fire hazard. Outside chaffing dishes are not permitted.
Ideal for:
✨Baby Showers
🤗 Gender Reveals
🎉Bachelorette & Bridal Showers
🎂Graduations, Anniversaries & Birthdays
🌻Celebration of Life
🌸 Engagement Parties, Rehearsal Dinners, Intimate Weddings & Wedding Receptions
💫 Off-site Corporate events & Team Building
🪴 Workshops & Classes
🚀 Product Launches
💥 Pop-Ups
📸 Photo shoots & Video shoots