Photography at Chanticleer
Photography Guidelines and Tripod Use
We encourage our guests to take casual photographs and videos of their visit for their own personal use. However, personal photographs and videos may not be used for commercial purposes.
We ask garden photographers to sign a Photography Guidelines and Tripod Use form indicating that any photographs or video/film footage taken at Chanticleer will not be used for promoting commercial products or services. This form can be accessed below or given to you upon arrival at the Entrance Desk.
Photography Guidelines and Tripod Use Permission Form
Please note:
- All photography is at the discretion of Chanticleer.
- Photography sessions must not interfere with the enjoyment of Chanticleer’s other guests
- Wedding/Family/Engagement/Portrait photography is not permitted in the garden
- The use of props or signs is not permitted
- Portfolio photography for aspiring photographers and models is not permitted
- Changing clothing and photography in bathing suits or lingerie is not permitted
- Commercial filming and photography require advanced written permission from the Executive Director
- Chanticleer will not sign releases giving blanket permission for stock agencies to use photos taken at Chanticleer
- During your visit you may be filmed, videotaped and/or photographed by a Garden employee or contract photographer. Your attendance serves as permission for the use of your image by the Garden and its constituents.
- Drone use is strictly prohibited in the garden.
-Should your photos be used in any publication, please credit Chanticleer as the location. Any use, reuse, or reproduction by any means for commercial use without the express written consent of the Chanticleer is strictly prohibited.
Opening Times
Wednesday - Sunday
10am - 5pm
Parking reservations required until 3pm Wednesdays-Sundays.
Reservations required Fridays until 6:30pm.
Starting July 5, reservations will not be required on Wednesdays & Thursdays.
Friday Evenings
Open until 8pm through Labor Day, parking reservations are required until 6:30pm.
Due to limited parking, we cannot accommodate groups on Friday evenings.
Picnicking is permitted only in the picnic areas, except on Friday evenings from 4-8pm, guests may picnic anywhere in the garden.
We ask guests to carry out what they bring in.
2023 Season Pass
Chanticleer’s 2023 Season Pass is available for purchase.
Purchase a 2023 Season Pass, good through November 5, 2023.
Early Saturdays in 2023
We open at 8:00am on July 1, September 2, and October 7.
Regular admission fees apply and parking reservations are required.
House and Garden Tours
Held every Friday and Saturday at 11am.
Learn more and register here.
Garden Highlights Tour
Held every Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm.
Learn more and register here.
News & Events
Once Upon a Garden:
Storytime at Chanticleer
Story Times will be held at 9:30am on June 17, July 22, and August 26. Registration is required.
Chanticleer Gardeners Share Summer Workshop: Planting Succession, Staking, and Flower Arranging
June 26 & 27, 9am-4pm
Register here.
Wildside, a film screening/h4>
Join Annie Guilfoyle for the first screening in the U.S. at the Radnor Memorial Library.
Wednesday, July 12, 6:30pm
Register here.
Woody Plant Conference
Join the 2023 Woody Plant Conference virtually or in-person at the
Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College.
Friday, July 14, 2023.
Register now.
Perennial Plant Conference
Join the 2023 Perennial Plant Conference virtually or in-person at the
Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College.
Friday, October 20, 2023.
Register now.
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