The Gardens of Sunshine Hollow offers you the choices to have the perfect reception to match your dreams. Situated amongst beautiful flowers, trees, and landscaping by the lake you may choose to:

• take advantage of our Wedding and Reception Package Special,
• have your reception catered by Sunshine Hollow, or
• hold your reception in The Gardens with an outside caterer.

Why have your reception at The Gardens of Sunshine Hollow?

• A setting surrounded by thousands of flowers.
• Choose between (1) a full home cooked buffet meal or (2) a meal of hot and cold hors d'oeuvres, fresh fruit, veggie trays, cheese balls, or dip (see details below).
• Enjoy your meal in our large open air pavilion.
• Reception guests may visit The Gardens for free!
• Enjoy the convenience of having your wedding at The Gardens and staying onsite for a catered reception.

Full Buffet Meals

For the reception where the food will be considered a meal by the attendees, we suggest one of our delicious buffets. You have many choices of delicious homemade entrees, side dishes and desserts. Items are prepared fresh and served hot from our adjoining Bakery kitchen. We have a wide range of foods available and we suggest adding an extra entree or dessert to make your meal even more enjoyable for those attending. With a fifty guest minimum our full buffet is only $16.95 per person. This includes more than just the meal (see Services). For menus available, see our buffet page for details.

Hors d'oeuvres Reception

We can provide various kinds of hors d’oeuvres. Some examples would be finger sandwiches and petite quiches, warm Italian meat balls in sauce, mini egg rolls vegetable and fruit trays depending on your wishes. Some of these types of foods are priced per piece and some per person. The wedding reception party can decide which items and how much of each item to offer their guests. You may pick items totaling $16.95 or add more items at an additional cost. See our Hors d'oeuvres selection page for details.

We make wedding punch in two different ways. Traditional Ginger Ale - Sherbet or our specialty Fruited Ice Tea made with orange and lemon juice and decorated with slices of the same. We will also serve the Wedding Punch and furnish the cups if we furnish the punch.

• We can host a maximum of 200 guests (50 guest minimum)..
• Call 1-800-669-2005 or 745-4289 in the 423 area code to schedule.

We will provide the following services for your reception at The Gardens:

• Receptions receive a two and one half hour time slot in the pavilion. You may schedule additional time at $20 for every fifteen minutes.
• Sunshine Hollow will set up enough tables and white guest chairs (8 per table) for your party.
• Your choice of white of ivy table clothes is included.
• Serving modules are included.
• White table drapes and lace toppers are provided with serving modules.
• One 4'x4' punch serving table with white tablecloth & lace topper if punch is being served.
• One covered table with two chairs for guest registration book if desired.
• One Wedding Gift table with white table cloth and lace topper if desired.
• One 4'x4' Wedding Cake table with white tablecloth & lace topper if cake is being served.
• Sunshine Hollow will help with parking and direction of participants to site.

• Sunshine Hollow provides dozens of hanging baskets and ferns already in place. If you want additional decorations, back drops, table flower arrangements & display stands the reception party will provide these. The reception party will remove same immediately after reception.
• Reception Party will provide any persons necessary to seat and handle guests such as ushers and greeters; also any persons to serve the wedding cake, musicians, photographers, etc necessary for the reception.

 Be sure to read the following terms and conditions:

• Minimum of 50 guests required.
• Reception party must specify number of guests one week prior to event. Additional guests above that number will be charged the amount specified in the Reception Agreement.
• Please add sales tax to all prices.
• Advanced deposit for receptions is 25% and is due one week before the reception. The deposit is non-refundable.  
• Full payment due the day before the reception (less deposit).
• Prices are subject to change without notice unless a contract is signed and a deposit is paid.
• Sunshine Hollow reserves the right to approve use of favors, fireworks and items tossed at the bride and groom as well as the consumption of alcoholic beverages at the reception. Anyone who is obviously intoxicated will be asked to leave the premises.