Highland Gardens — Attraction in American Fork

Two of my nieces have used this location for their wedding receptions, and I've got to say it is about the nicest place, and a great value, too. The flowers and plants alone are worth it, and they come with the venue! The best part is that they do not rush you in and out, but each couple reserves the facility for the entire day. One section is perfect for the luncheon, with the other just right for the main event. It is large enough for dancing, and you could even have a big band in there-no problem! What I particularly like is the woman who helped...whose name I've now spaced on...Vickie? Sorry! She was right on top of every need, and made everyone feel welcome, and as if she was there just for them, though she must do this nearly every day. The location is close to Cedar Hills, American Fork, Lehi, Highland and Alpine, and easy for anyone with GPS to find. A particularly nice touch is the sign out front where they include the names of the bride and groom. Reservations fill fast, so nearly every date is booked, but somebody manages to change that marquee each day to make it unique to the happy couple, and easy for guests to know they have found the right place. Every bride wants her day perfect, and this place makes sure of it, placing the very nice tables and chairs just so, and matching table linens. They have a wide variety of decorations to choose from, and simplify everything so guests have time to spend talking with family they haven't seen in ages. It's so nice to have it done for you. You book your own caterer, so you may choose exactly what you like, without the pressure of most places wanting to "upsale" with their own products. As a photographer myself, I always look for ambiance that will transfer over to my pictures, and this facility has so many good angles, you almost can't pick a bad place to shoot. Start adding up the cost of individual rentals of tables, chairs, tents, serving trays, decorations, and especially flowers, and you will see this is a great value for a nice, family-friendly location. Another great thing is the outdoors inside-with as much inclement weather as we experience here, you can never count on a clear day. This is the best of both worlds, with beautiful plants making it feel as if you're in a beautiful woodland forest, but no wind, snow or bugs! Check out Highland Gardens for your next large event. They keep their prices low by not advertising, which I think is terrific-I am happy to spread this great location by word-of-mouth and with more than a few of...

I always wish to give a business 5 stars, but also wish to help the community know what they're getting into, and for this reason, Highland Gardens gets three stars from me. The venue is beautiful and taken care of, which I definitely appreciated (but also wouldn't have chosen this as my wedding venue if it hadn't been taken care of, so that seems to be a must for their business). The wedding day was perfect here as well - they followed all of my instructions on table placement, and that was also nice to not have to worry about on the big day. However, the communication here was awful. From the very beginning I was texting random personal numbers, going back and forth on who I needed to email or call. My now husband and I scheduled an appointment to go see if we wanted this to be our venue months in advance. They said we were all ready to go, but when we arrived there was no one there to show us the place! We explored it ourselves and still decided upon it but I didn't realized the communication would be so awful up until the event. Emails took months to be answered, if ever. Every time we went in there was never a worker! So we just took over and decided to figure things out on our own. Many others came during this time "do you work here?" "Nope, never seen anyone who does." "I had an appointment and I can't seem to find them. This is so frustrating." So the experience we had was not specific to us. A month before the wedding I finally received a call about how urgent it was that I come in to figure things out for the wedding. I was frustrated that they made it seem it was my fault for not scheduling an appointment with them "in time" when I had been trying to contact them for months. Someone was there for that appointment, which is how all of the table placements and sign saying were done correctly, but it seems that up until a month before your wedding (or a few weeks) they completely neglect you.... sorry that I like to plan my wedding prior to a week before the big day? But, again a lovely place for the big day. Hope this...

What an amazing place for a Wedding Dinner and Reception! We are from Florida and our daughter got married in December....she wanted something that felt warm and inviting. When we visited Highland Gardens in the fall, it was beautiful, affordable, warm and inviting, available to us for the entire day of our event, and very functional--with two separate rooms, we were able to have the Wedding Dinner in the smaller room, and then move into the larger room for the Reception! We were concerned about guests driving in bad weather and this eliminated extra driving between locations. Shelly was amazing to work with! She listened to my daughter, took notes, and offered suggestions. She and her staff had everything set up perfectly when we arrived on the Wedding day. Having only been to the venue during the day, I was taken back by its beauty at night--the tulle and lighting overhead create a magical fairy-tale atmosphere! It was breathtaking! Other things we loved are the heated floors--brilliant!, the Bride's changing room was comfortable and beautiful (my daughter changed three times!), the double fireplace gave beauty and warmth, and the waterfall feature was a great backdrop for the dinner and pictures! Shelly's daughter and son-in-law were there during our event and were wonderful--they took down the dinner room quickly and quietly, adjusted some tables for us and helped us set up, checked in with us to make sure we were comfortable, helped us take down our things after the reception, and worked extremely well with the caterer. They were very sweet and helpful! The caterer loved the large kitchen with all of its amenities. We couldn't be happier with our entire experience...from the beginning planning stages all the way through the event-- everything was perfect! I will highly recommend Highland Gardens to my friends and family....I have one more daughter to get married--maybe she'll get...