The Bustan
Gavriel's open-air venue: a pool with a bar in it, a lawn, fruit trees and a dance floor under the open sky. You start while it is still light, and finish at night.
In the open air
The Bustan is Gavriel's open-air venue: 2,800 sq m of greenery, fruit trees and a pool, with nothing overhead but sky.
It is made for those who want the whole event outdoors. There are seating areas and garden furniture, a bar in the middle of the pool and a dance floor under the open sky.
An evening in the Bustan
In the Bustan, the light is part of the setting. You arrive while it is still day, under a blue sky and beside clear water. Towards sunset everything turns to gold; then the lights come on, and the garden becomes a dance floor. One place, three moods in a single evening.
Day, sunset, night
The photographs follow the light: from daylight, through golden hour, to after dark.
Inspiration
Each concept has its own name and its own album. They are here as inspiration, not as a ready-made package.
Venue: Bustan
A classic wedding in daylight: a white-draped chuppah set on the water among the trees, and long tables on the lawn with sand-coloured tablecloths. Runners of green leaves, small vases and touches of pink give it the look of a garden in bloom.
Venue: Bustan
A pool party in yellow and white: striped awnings, cabanas with yellow curtains, deckchairs and pool floats on the water. All of it photographed in full sun against a wall of greenery. Summery, joyful and elegant, in the spirit of a holiday on the Riviera.
Venue: Bustan
A pared-back design in daylight: clear chairs set in an arc around the water, a line of candles in glass along its edge and a chuppah beneath a green arch with white flowers. At the welcome reception, tall cocktail tables dressed in sage and blush, with small white posies. Few elements, each in its place.
Venue: Bustan
The pool wrapped in green: decorated green panels, cabanas with botanical-print curtains, rattan chairs and fringed white parasols. A cocktail bar and a fruit table complete the picture. A resort mood in shades of green and white.
Venue: Bustan
Tables set among the trees as evening falls, beneath strings of lights and a wooden pergola hung with beaded chandeliers. Flowers in pale pink, cream and white, pale tablecloths and clear chairs. Soft boho in pastel shades, in the heart of the garden.
Venue: Bustan
White, yellow and green beneath the wooden pergola in the garden: bouquets with lemons, green glass goblets and white candles in glass cylinders. White tablecloths, clear chairs and woven lanterns overhead. A fresh wedding in citrus colours.
Venues: Hangar · Shulhan · Bustan
Mirrored spheres on the water, tablecloths in green velvet and in linen, and woven chairs among the greenery. The aisle to the chuppah is paved with mirrors and lined with white flowers; the pergola is wrapped in greenery. Also in the gallery: tables in blue and white beneath oversized lampshades.
Venues: Hangar · Shulhan · Bustan
A concept that spans the whole complex: a welcome reception in daylight with tall cocktail tables dressed in sage, a candlelit chuppah on the water beneath a green arch, and dinner in black and white under crystal chandeliers and hanging wreaths of gypsophila. Refined classicism, in the form of a ball.
Venue: Bustan
Seating areas tucked into the garden around the pool: woven chairs, log tables, sofas in pale fabric, terracotta pots and palms. A bar under a canvas tent by the water, and arches wrapped in greenery. A natural, tropical mood, inspired by Thailand.
Real events
Events held here, in photographs from the evening itself.
A henna in the Bustan, outdoors among the trees: scalloped arches, tiered stone-effect pillars ringed with candles, and brass lanterns, in shades of sand and terracotta.
A day-long bar mitzvah across all three venues: a Torah reading before a carved wooden backdrop, and a party in a blue space beneath glowing cloud sculptures.
The Stories
Dor and Mor held their chuppah in the Bustan and sat down to dinner at the Shulhan. Here is how they tell it.
Dor was called up for reserve duty in the middle of the preparations, and Mor made quite a few decisions on her own. A chuppah at the Bustan, the meal at the Shulhan and one conclusion: it all works out in the end.
Hosting outdoors
Hosting outdoors has a pace of its own: you wander, taste, and go back for what you liked. The Bustan has its own reception menu, which includes Chicken Thigh Yakitori, a HandRoll Station and a Jerusalem Station.
The kitchen is led by Chef David (Dudu) Elmakayes.
The Gavriel Experience
The Bustan can be the whole event, from the chuppah to the end of the party. It can also be the opening: a reception and a chuppah under the open sky, then on to one of the other venues. At Gavriel you can choose one venue, two, or the whole complex, and we plan the route together.
Questions and answers
Events at Gavriel start at 250 guests, and that applies to the Bustan too.
Yes. The Bustan can host an entire event, and it can also be combined with the Hangar or the Shulhan. The options are set out in The Gavriel Experience.
Send a date check request: the date, the number of guests and the type of event, then your contact details. We check and get back to you.
The next step
Write to us with the date and the number of guests, and we will get back to you.
