Cloudehill Gardens

Details checked November 2026

Seated: 55 seated
Price: Venue hire from $1,000
Ceremony: Ceremony on site
Getting there: 45 min from Melbourne

Cloudehill is a five-acre cool climate display garden in Olinda in the Dandenong Ranges, with an on-site restaurant, nursery and garden shop. It offers weekday twilight ceremonies held in the gardens after public hours, and couples can follow them with a small reception at the adjoining Seasons Restaurant.

Good to know

Exclusive use: one wedding at a time
Included: garden preparation, 50 wedding chairs, signing table and chairs, power
Licensed restaurant and cafe, trading until 1am
Licensed for up to 70 people

From cloudehill.com.au. Licence details from the Liquor Control Victoria register (CC BY 4.0); the venue sets its own wedding finish time. Check the details with the venue when you enquire.

How it compares in Dandenong Ranges

Size

One of the more intimate Dandenong Ranges venues: 100% of the 4 others that publish a capacity seat more.

Price

Below the middle starting price of $4,300 venue hire across 36 Victoria venues that publish one.

Where it is

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When to go

Spring blooms and autumn colour are the highlights. The hills are cooler and wetter than the city, so plan for rain and mist at any time of year.

From Melbourne: 45 min
Within 20 km: 53 venues
In Dandenong Ranges: 16 venues

Close by

Olinda Tea House & Restaurant1 km away

Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden1 km away

Planning a wedding in Dandenong Ranges

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