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You might have heard about the Squamish Gondola being closed because the line was severed by vandals. Our heart goes out to those in Squamish and the many employees who lost their jobs!
The photo above is a throwback to when we took our High Tea To Go up the Squamish gondola to enjoy tea with a view. You can still enjoy a fun day out with family and friends with our Treats by the Dozen and High Tea To Go.
“Tea is how I love people.” – Summer Kinard
The Secret Garden is happy to offer a completely Gluten Free High Tea at our Vancouver teahouse! We do our best to accommodate dietery needs, and many of our customers love our gluten free offerings, including our famous three-tiered tower of treats. We also recently launched a Vegan High Tea which guests are raving about!
Our High Tea menu changes every two months to feature seasonal delicacies and new sweets. We like to keep things fresh and interesting, so you’ll never experience the same menu twice! However, High Tea always features a decadent selection of sweets, mouthwatering savouries, a fluffy fruit scone, and petit cheddar cheese scone.
Click here to see the current menu, and reserve your table today!
On the sweets tier, our current High Tea features Dark Chocolate Coconut Mousse Cake, an Orange Raspberry Macaroon, and English Breakfast Chocolate Chai Meringue.
The middle tier features a Cheddar Cheese and Chive Scone, and a Petit Cranberry Scone with Raspberry Jam and Devonshire Cream.
The bottom tier of savouries currently feature Walnut & Dill Chicken Salad on Petit Cheddar Cornbread Muffins, Secret Garden Egg Salad on Rosemary Crackers, and Lemon Mint Cucumber Sandwiches on Housemade Buttermilk Biscuits.
Everything is served on a three tiered tray, and comes with a pot of Secret Garden Tea (your choice of flavors). It’s the ultimate tea experience!
**Please note that our gluten free items are not prepared in a gluten-free environment.
See the current Gluten Free High Tea Menu
We also sell a variety of freshly made gluten free pastries, available daily in-store. Our Gluten Free pastries and sandwiches are also available to order by the dozen for business events, at-home tea parties, showers and other catering events and occasions.
Order Gluten Free Treats By the Dozen
The Secret Garden is all about fostering connection and community. Come and connect with other women through our new Women’s Brunch on Wednesday, July 24th!
Sip tea, enjoy a delicious meal, and connect with other women. Seating is limited, so reserve your seat today!
If you stop by to enjoy our High Tea, consider pairing your meal with luscious French Earl Grey. It’s classic Earl Grey layered with fragrant rose blossoms, creating a sweet and aromatic infusion.
Or savour your tea with our Blueberry Earl Grey Buttercream Cakes, filled with French Earl Grey-infused buttercream!
Black teas like Creamy Earl Grey and jasmine-infused Buckingham Palace are popular options for High Tea, but French Earl Grey is a delightful alternative with a sweet flavor profile. It will have you saying, “C’est délicieux!”
Click here to buy French Earl Grey Online
Meet Emma, one of our wonderful servers and team leads! Emma is from the UK, and studying to be a nurse here in Canada. One of her favourite Secret Garden teas is Nan’s Irish Breakfast.
If you’re interested in joining the Secret Garden team, click here to apply.
The Secret Garden is excited to host a very special pop-up High Tea event in the lavender fields of Chilliwack!
When: Thursday, July 11th, 2019, 6-9pm
Where: Greendale Lavender Company in Chilliwack
Enjoy the fragrant lavender field in full bloom while you watch the sunset over the mountains and savour our premier High Tea service: three tiers of gourmet sweets, savouries, sparkling wine – and of course, tea!
Tickets are limited, so reserve your spot today!
Shirley Smith and Kathy Wyder
Shirley Smith is a long-time friend of the Secret Garden. She is very skilled at sewing, fixing pillows at our old shop and making a green stuffed kitty cat that kids have enjoyed at the Garden for over 20 years!
You can still admire Shirley’s work at our store. Her kitty tea cozy and three plush cats watch over our shop every day!
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Long-time customer Wendy Jarvis and her quilting group, at the old Secret Garden shop
Wendy Jarvis has been coming to The Secret Garden for close to twenty years. She first stumbled upon our place when out for a walk in Kerrisdale with her mother-in-law who was visiting from Toronto and they stopped in for soup and she said she remembers the lovely lunch and connection they had that day.
Over the years, The Garden became her quiet place, where she sought solitude and a few moments away from the busy life of raising her five kids and all the “bungee drives” as she called them – driving the kids to and from school and all of their various extracurriculars.
“It was kind of like a little refuge I found. I considered Secret Garden kind of like my little away time,” she said. She would come and read the paper, write letters or just sit with a cup of tea.
During a home renovation, The Garden became her office and she was here every day for a week. Now, she comes in for a pot of tea and an omelette or scone to reward herself for getting a bunch of errands done.
It’s also a regular gathering spot for her quilting group and they just celebrated one of the members’ 80th birthday here at The Garden.
“For me tea is a ritual,” she says, “the tea cozy, the china, the sugar bowl.”
Wendy says she’s met some great friends through The Garden over the years, other “frequent flyers” as she calls them, and we know we look forward to seeing her every time she comes in as well!
Do you have a Secret Garden story you’d like to share? We’d love to hear from you!
“The people who give you their food give you their heart.” – Cesar Chavez
We put our heart into everything we offer to guests here at the Garden. Pictured above is Paula, our newest kitchen staff. Her favourite Secret Garden treat is our mini lemon tart!
If you’re interested in joining the Secret Garden team, click here to learn more.