The Garden Room: Community Meeting Room for Parties, Classes & Creative Activities

Our Garden Room is a flexible, multi-use space that's particularly good for kids or creative activities. It has felted walls, easy clean floors and opens out to our communal courtyard and playground area. The space is perfect for kids birthday parties, classes, art lessons, meetings, community groups, fitness, dance and drama, rehearsals, training and much more. Please note that the room capacity is up to 75 people sitting on a theatre style setting and placing any other furniture or the need to move around the room will reduce this capacity. The room hire includes:

-6 trestle tables (H:1.8m x W:750cm and 70 chairs (included on the booking)

-Free Wi-Fi

-Fixed whiteboard

-Access to secure playground (non exclusive)

-Kitchenette

-Heatpump and fan

-Children's chairs and tables (for hire)

-Children's toilet

Dimensions 11m x 7m

Pricing

Weekday: $40

Weekend: $61 - this rate will be automatically charged if you book on a weekend.

Public Holiday: $61 - this rate will be applied after your booking is confirmed.

Please be aware that when making a booking your times are all inclusive, meaning that you need to book times from when you enter the room to when you leave the room.

Additional charges

For all bookings that are after 10pm on a weeknight or 9pm on a weekend, an additional Night Service fee of $26 per hour applies.

For all bookings that are on a public holiday, an additional Custodial Service fee of $26 per hour applies.

A $150 bond will be applied to all bookings. It is automatically held and returned within 4 working days of your event. See more details in the SpaceProtect Section below for how this works.

Noise

We ask all our hirers to be mindful when entering and living the premises or gathering in the communal areas, although there could be some incidental noise. If this is an issue during your time at the centre please do not hesitate to address this with the custodian. Alternatively, please contact us and we will work with you to best enable the success of your booking.

Food and Drink

You're welcome to bring your own food and drink or use external caterers for your event. The kitchenette is accessible through a door and serving hatch to the room space. The kitchenette includes a fridge, microwave, small dishwasher, hot water boiler and sink. You will need to bring your own crockery, cutlery, glassware etc. You may serve alcohol.

Presenting

We have a projector and large 2m wide mobile screen that can be hired additionally for presentations. Please add this at checkout. The AV connectors are HDMI and VGA.

Decorations

You can put up decorations for your party. The felted walls are ideal for velcro and pins. Please do not use pins or tape in the walls. All decorations must be removed at the end of your booking.

Cleaning

You are expected to leave the room as you found it. Cleaning equipment is provided. If you cannot commit to cleaning the space, please purchase the cleaning option at checkout.

Location

Grey Lynn Community Centre is located on Richmond road in a cluster of neighbourhood shops and eateries. We're lucky to be surrounded by some of Auckland's best cafes and there are plenty of options nearby for your lunch and coffee break or after event drinks.

Access

The Garden Room has wheelchair access and there is a disabled toilet on the ground floor. There will always be a staff member present to let you in for your booking. There are 2 disabled car parking spaces. There is baby changing and a small private breastfeeding area.