Terrain at Styer's takes weddings, rehearsal dinners, showers, off-site meetings, team retreats and company celebrations for up to 110 seated or 130 standing guests. The venue sits alongside the Terrain garden store and cafe in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, about 40 minutes outside Philadelphia.
Seminars and company events
The venue sells corporate events alongside weddings: off-site meetings, team retreats, product launches, holiday parties and retirement celebrations. The indoor Hot House and the Garden Shed give a group covered rooms surrounded by planting, and the grounds offer a change of scene from a city conference room. All food and drink come from the in-house team, and the spaces are climate-controlled, so events run all year.
Weddings and receptions
On wedding days the couple has the venue to themselves, from the ceremony to the reception. The ceremony is held in a private garden around a wooden Wedding Temple that is almost a hundred years old, with seats for up to 110 guests. In cooler months or in bad weather, the Hot House serves as the indoor alternative, with a living wall as backdrop. The reception moves to the Garden Shed for dinner and dancing. The couple has the Mushroom House, a restored historic building, as a private suite, with access two hours before the ceremony. A rehearsal ceremony can take place the day before.
Rehearsal dinners for 40 guests or more are held from Monday to Thursday evenings, and showers take place mainly on Sundays from January through March, for three hours.
Rooms and capacities
The Ceremony Garden seats up to 110 guests around the Wedding Temple. The Hot House is a refurbished indoor space used for ceremonies or receptions under cover. The Garden Shed is a rustic room for dining and dancing. For rehearsal dinners, the venue states 110 seated or 130 standing. Outdoors there are open lawns, tall sycamore trees and a firepit, on more than five acres of seasonal planting.
Catering
Catering is in-house only, and outside food or alcohol cannot be brought in. The kitchen writes seasonal menus, and the team provides professional waitstaff, mobile bars, custom menu cards and Terrain's bread pots. Dietary needs and food allergies are handled on request.
History and setting
The property is the former J. Franklin Styer nursery, a Philadelphia-area landmark for more than 100 years, now home to a Terrain store and cafe. Terrain also runs event venues in Devon and Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and in Wayland, Massachusetts, so planners comparing several garden settings in the region can deal with a single team.
Getting there
Glen Mills lies southwest of Philadelphia, about 40 minutes by road from the city. Philadelphia International Airport is the nearest major airport. Parking is plentiful on site, and the venue and its restrooms are wheelchair accessible.
