We Value Your Appreciation of the Gardens and
Your Desire to Photograph your Special Event here.
~ We encourage our Visitors to take casual photographs and videos of their visit.
~ For commercial use, all photographs taked at Birdsong Pleasure Garden must be labeled, credited and referred to in any and all credits of the
photographer.
~ Large scale commercial filming and photography will require advanced written permission.
Please request a photographer's permission form, that must be filled out,
prior to ANY professional filming or photography date.
The permission form will be kept on file.
The following Guidelines & Requests need to be followed while
photographing in the Garden:
- Portrait, Family, Wedding, Engagement, and other photography is treated similarly to a Garden Tour - participants are charged per person for 1 hour. A further donation is needed if more
than 1 hour.
- Participants may schedule a Guided Garden Tour, by scheduling another date and time.
- Birdsong Pleasure Garden will not sign general releases giving blanket permission for stock agencies to use photos taken at Birdsong Pleasure Garden.
- Should your photos be used in any publication, credit must be given to Birdsong Pleasure Garden as the location.
- Use of identifiable images of the private home at Birdsong Pleasure Garden is strictly prohibited.
- Tripods or other photography support are set-up on lawns or on hardscapes, not in the Garden beds.
- Large heavy photography equipment, that would damage the lawn, is prohibited.
- All Visitor behavior (anything borken, loud noises, stealing, trash, dog poop) is the responsibility of the photographer, the photographer's help, the filming crew, or dog owner.
- Follow the requests of all Birdsong Pleasure Garden workers, and respect other Visitors to the Garden.
- You may bring your own flowers.
- Do not pick any of the plants, flowers, trees, or shrubs.
- Do not step on the plant, or in the flower beds to "get the shot".
- No Smoking or vaping.
- No Spraying of insecticides on any of the "critters" that live here.
- No killing, stepping on, squishing, or hurting any of the insects, butterflies, birds, snakes, or "critters" that live here.
*** The Photographer is responsible for their guests in the Garden. ***