Why Venue Owners Are Adding Orangeries, Conservatories, and Garden Marquees to Their Property

A wedding venue, hotel, resort, or event property can only host as many events as its space allows. Once the calendar fills up, the options are usually to turn business away, break ground on a costly permanent addition, or find a structure that gives them new square footage without the construction timeline. That is why more venue owners are purchasing orangeries, conservatories, and Garden Marquees from Liri Tent US outright, adding a signature structure to their property.

What Orangeries and Conservatories Bring to a Venue

Orangeries and conservatories are glass-walled or clear PVC vinyl, light-filled structures inspired by traditional greenhouse architecture. For a venue, that translates into a striking, photograph-ready space that reads as far more permanent and elegant than a standard event tent, while still going up faster and at a lower cost than traditional construction.

Liri’s Orangery designs are available in two main framing options, and the right one depends on how a venue plans to use the space:

• Aluminum orangeries are lighter, more cost-effective per square foot, and are able to be relocated to different sites. You also have the choice to use any kind of PVC vinyl rather than glass walls.

• Steel orangeries are the more common choice for permanent installations. Powder-coated for long-term durability, they are frequently selected by wedding and corporate event venues that want a structure to serve as a fixed, signature space for many seasons.

Both options support glass or ABS hard walls, glass doors, flooring systems, and climate control, so you’re not choosing between elegance and practicality. Instead, you are choosing the framing material that fits how permanent you want the structure to be.

Introducing the Garden Marquee

Alongside the Orangery line, Liri Tent US is expanding its venue offerings with the Garden Marquee, a structure built around a distinct retro-garden aesthetic. Curved aluminum garden brackets, ornamental lace-style detailing, and expansive glass walls and doors give the Garden Marquee a look closer to a European garden pavilion than a standard event structure, while still delivering the clear-span interior venues need to host real events.

The Garden Marquee is available in 12m, 15m, 20m, 25m, and 30m (40 to 98 ft) clear-span widths with an eave height of 3.3m (about 11 ft) and a ridge height that climbs from roughly 6.0m to 11.7m (20 to 38 ft) depending on the width chosen, giving venues real vertical volume for draping, lighting, and tall florals. Length can be extended in 5m (16 ft) bay increments to match the needed square footage. The frame uses high-strength 6061/T6 aluminum alloy, topped with a multitude of PVC vinyl color choices or clear fabric. You can add glass grid curtain walls, glass retro doors, and clear PVC sidewalls depending on the look you want.

A Garden Marquee gives a property a distinctive backdrop for weddings, garden parties, and product showcases, the kind of space that shows well in photos and becomes a reason couples and planners choose well in photos and becomes a reason couples and planners choose this type of tent structure. 

Built to Last

Liri Tent US structures are engineered to NFPA and Fire Marshal compliance standards, backed by U.S. structural evaluation and flame retardant certification, and manufactured with long-term use in mind.

Choosing the Right Structure for Your Needs

Every event’s needs are different, so the right structure depends on a few questions:

• Is this a permanent installation, or should it be flexible enough to reconfigure and move to multiple locations? Steel orangeries are designed to be permanent, while aluminum is a great addition to a rental inventory where mobility is critical. 

• What aesthetic fits your needs? Steel orangeries favor a more classic look, while aluminum orangeries and the Garden Marquee offer more flexibility. 

• How large does the space need to be? Clear-span widths across the line range from roughly 12m to 40m (40 to 131 ft), with length adjustable in 5m (16 ft) bays to match the footprint available.

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