Thank you for your interest.

At this time have no up-charges for professional photography.  We do have 2 time slots, EARLY and LATE and our Late session was added specifically for Photographers.

Our fee is per normal-sized passenger vehicle regardless of the number of occupants. And, while the gardens encompass 35 acres with lots of room, our parking is limited and therefore, restrictive.

We’re currently having difficulty with professional shoots due to miss-scheduling, multiple cases of rescheduling, and failure to pay for all parking spaces involved in photoshoots. This is usually caused by a lack of communication between photographer and client, or visa versa, with one or the other unaware of the need for payment. And it causes our online booking system to remove parking spaces that are actually available for self-guided garden tour guests.

Please visit: www.sycamorehillgardens.com/events/

Here’s an example of our online parking space reservations calendar:

Please book a parking space for your car/s and please be sure your client also books a parking space. If it works for you and your client/s we encourage you to carpool, perhaps from Marcellus Park. We also suggest you tell them they are very welcome to fill up their car and bring family and friends along to ramble the grounds, get lost in the acre hedge maze, feed the Koi, stroll the formal garden, picnic, bring along the beverages of their choice and enjoy exploring Sycamore Hill Gardens!

We adjust our hours as the hours of daylight decrease specifically to give photographers enough time during the remains of the day, so when scheduling please note that arrival and departure times may have changed. Please google the gardens and visit our website photo gallery and take a look at our online garden map before you book. The biggest problem you’ll face here is too many options for you and your clients.

We trust this is helpful.

Best, or trying to be,

Karen/Owner, Sycamore Hill Gardens

P.S. If you are trying to do a scheduled rotation of clients in and out of the gardens and have a long client list, i.e., for Christmas cards, etc. please contact karen@sycamorehillgardens.com. Thank you!