Thank you for considering Fourth Street Gardens as a location for your event. We are located near Boise Idaho in the Emmett Valley. We choose to share the beauty of our "garden rooms" with those who love nature and the outdoors and who will respect our property as if it were their own. If you choose to use our property, you will be expected to comply with the following rules and guidelines to ensure that we can continue to allow its use. These rules will be considered part of the contract, so please read carefully before deciding to commit to this contract. Failure to follow the rules and guidelines could result in the forfeiture of your damage deposit.

1) After much inquiry with other like businesses, Fourth Street Gardens has decided to take on a NO ALCOHOL policy. The only variation on this policy is for a champagne toast. This also means NO SPIKED PUNCH.

2) No event shall last later than 10:00 PM and cleanup should be completed by 11:30 PM.

3) Use of our facility is from 9:00am-11:30pm. Exceptions to this are for early weddings. If your wedding is a morning or 12:00pm wedding, you may arrive at 6:00am to decorate. If the wedding is at 1:00pm, you may come at 7:00am. 2:00pm weddings may arrive at 8:00am. All other weddings have a 9:00am arrival time.

4) We have close neighbors whom we like and respect, therefore all amplification of D.J. or bands will be limited to 65 decibels. It is your responsibility to make sure your D.J. is aware of this policy.

5) Two "ash cans" will be provided for your guests to use. If you anticipate a large smoking crowd, please provide more so that cigarette butts are not discarded all over the gardens. SMOKING IS NOT ALLOWED IN ANY OF THE RECEPTION HALL OR HOUSE.

6) Trash cans will be provided for your use. It is your responsibility to see that the property is left in the same condition as when you found it -trash free. Please make sure you have someone pick up any trash left on the grounds. Someone may come back before 9:00am the day after your event to make sure everything is picked up.

7) Guests are limited to the landscaped wedding grounds and reception hall and are not welcome to freely browse about the property or buildings at large or the house.

8) No previous day set up will be allowed with the exception of hall and only if it is avilable the day before. No clothing, wedding attire, etc may be left overnight.

9) Absolutely no one except the bridal party and the parents of the bridal party are allowed into the rooms provided for your use in the house. The house is not to be freely roamed by your guests or bridal party. No food or beverages, other than bottled water, are to be in the dressing rooms. No nail polish is to be used other than in the bathroom.

10) No one is allowed to trim or cut any of the landscaping or to move any of the landscaping statuary or other décor.

11) No rice, glitter or confetti of any kind may be used to decorate. Birdseed or bubbles may be used.

12) No fireworks, guns or loud noisemakers may be used with one exception: sparklers may be used at your own risk. Please consider that that sparks may damage wedding attire and hair spray is flammable. Spent sparklers must be picked up and disposed of.

13) The swimming pool is off limits and will be locked during your event.

14) A rehearsal may be scheduled for the night before. It will be limited to two hours and may only be scheduled around other bookings.

15) We have a commercial kitchen and are able to cater on site events. We will also allow outside catering, but the kitchen is not available for food preparation, only minimal setup (i.e. preparation of coffee, punch, etc.)

16) Directional signs will be in place to show people where to park and enter and exit the property.

This list of rules and guidelines may seem extensive, but this is our home, not public property. We spend many hours working on it to make it a pleasurable place of beauty for your event. We welcome all who can respect the guidelines. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. We would love to book your event. Rental Rates Weddings - $1250.00 + refundable $250.00 damage and cleaning fee. This includes use of changing rooms in the house for the bridal party, use of the garden rooms, and use of the Garden Conservatory. It also includes 250 white folding chairs and 50 patio chairs. A $500 non-refundable deposit is due at the time of reserving your date. The remaining $750 must be paid in full three (3) weeks prior to date of event. We also have nine (9) round tables with green market umbrellas, and a variety of round and rectangular tables for your use. To help you decorate for your wedding, we have an assortment of pillars, lighted ficus trees and rose topiaries in assorted colors.