Avalon Keep Botanical Gardens

Avalon Keep Botanical Gardens Hosted by Melinda and Michael Cate
Inquiry tours by appointment. The venue provides tables, chairs, linens and has table decor available.

Call 479-437-4902

Facilities include eight outdoor ceremony sites plus an all season climate controlled event center and ballroom with banquet seating for up to 225. Other options include a covered stone portico for intimate events and a 40x60 or 40x80 white reception tent that seats up to 200 comfortably with center dance floor. Clients may rent any portion of the venue for a half day, full day

or full weekend. Exclusive full venue weekend packages are also offered. Additional services include officiant, photography, direction, catering, lights and sound. These can be bundled with venue or you are free to bring in your favorite service providers. Avalon Hall is a Scottish Manor inspired facility featuring a large banquet room, private dressing suite for bridal party or hosts and modern restrooms. The hall also offers service facilities for caterers and families. Panoramic views spread in all directions from the hall and its extensive lawns, adjacent gardens, and walled terrace. The newest addition for 2023 is a massive stone moon gate that provides a portal from the east terrace into a sunken rose garden. Popular ceremony sites include: Monet's Bridge, Wisteria Arch, The Stone Portico, Lakeside Pergola, West Lawn, Serenity Circle, Unity Tree, and Willow Glen.

10/05/2025

Oh my! Avalon Keep! 479-437-4902. Friend engaged and prefer an elegant venue?  Please share this preview.
10/05/2025

Oh my! Avalon Keep! 479-437-4902. Friend engaged and prefer an elegant venue? Please share this preview.

Seating for 150  in the main ballroom and 64 on the terrace plus 120 under the adjacent patio.
10/05/2025

Seating for 150 in the main ballroom and 64 on the terrace plus 120 under the adjacent patio.

The main entrance.
10/05/2025

The main entrance.

The Ballroom at Avalon Hall.
10/05/2025

The Ballroom at Avalon Hall.

Your very own sweetheart table in beautiful Avalon Hall
10/05/2025

Your very own sweetheart table in beautiful Avalon Hall

Dining on the private terrace at Avalon Hall.
10/05/2025

Dining on the private terrace at Avalon Hall.

Table decor goes in and everything is all set for an elegant stress-free wedding celebration. Beautiful Avalon Hall loca...
10/04/2025

Table decor goes in and everything is all set for an elegant stress-free wedding celebration.
Beautiful Avalon Hall located halfway between Ft Smith and Texarkana at Mena Arkansas.

Avalon Keep Botanical Gardens provodes professional family portrait and reunion packages from $450 up.  Call 479-437-490...
07/05/2025

Avalon Keep Botanical Gardens provodes professional family portrait and reunion packages from $450 up. Call 479-437-4902 for available dates.

04/05/2025

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4671 Highway 8 West
Mena, AR
71953

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Hosted by Melinda and Michael Cate Inquiry tours by appointment. Call 479-437-4902

Inspired by great gardens in Europe and the United States, Avalon Keep Botanical Gardens was designed by a professional photographer and lifelong gardener. The venue is located on a homestead just 5 miles west of Mena, Arkansas.

The waterfront pergola is one of the most popular ceremony sites but there are numerous other locations on this woodland estate. For private elopement or small ceremonies, the west portico offers an all season enclosure for events with up to 60 guests. The portico can also be transformed into a private chapel complete with stained glass window. For larger events with up to 200 guests, the gardens offers a white wedding tent with easy access to the main lawn and conveniently located near parking.

Numerous other amenities are available including garden chairs, reception tables, linens, chandeliers and potted flowers, ferns, arches, entry doors, columns and more.