Events & Catering FAQs

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​​Yes. At this time, venue tours are available Monday-Friday between 9am – 4pm. Saturday tours upon request are not guaranteed due to community and private events at the property.

Within five days of your signed venue contract, a 50% non-refundable deposit (a retainer for your date) and 100% of your refundable deposit is due. 30 days before your event date, the remaining 50% balance is due as well as your scheduled required venue review call with the Event Sales Director. Here we will review your catering and service needs. Catering and service contract and invoice are separate and are not issued until a venue contract and deposit are signed and paid.

14 days before your event date, your guest count, final diagram adjustments and full catering balance is due.

We accept credit/debit cards, cash and check payments.

Outside catering and bar service requires a full service clean up either through the catering company you work with, or you can book TERI Catering for bussing service and event clean up. The event space must be left as it was received, otherwise resulting in a 100% loss of your refundable deposit.

Venue bookings allow for one hour to set up and one hour to clean up. Additional time up to two hours for setup must be approved by the Event Sales Director.

We acknowledge San Diego County ordinance for outdoor events. All outdoor event venues close at 10:00 pm with guest departure beginning at 10:00 pm. Indoor event venues close at 11:00 pm with guest departure beginning at 11:00 pm.

Venue bookings:

• Onsite parking

o Overflow: 101 spaces (4 ADA)

o Vocational: 25 (2 ADA)

o Farm: 22 (3 ADA)

o North Lot: 145 (4 ADA)

• 6’ banquet and 60” round banquet tables up to 200 guests

• 200 White folding chairs

• 30”x30” and 30”x42” cocktail tables

• Moveable bar front

• Assorted wall dividers

• Podium

• Heaters

• Custom Event Signage (from parking lot to event space)

• In-House Table Linens up to 100 guests*

Mountain View Deck/Cornfeather Suite only:

• Market umbrella wine barrels*

• Lounge with firepit*

• 75” TV with OptiSign Technology*

• Sonos Sound System*

Wedding Package bookings:

• Onsite Parking (See above)

• Wedding Party Suite: Sunrise Suite

• Wedding Party Meeting Room: Founder’s Room

• 30 min couple’s horse photos

o With your contracted photographer

• 6’ banquet and 60” round banquet tables up to 200 guests

• 200 White folding chairs

• 30”x30” and 30”x42” cocktail tables

• Moveable bar front

• Assorted wall dividers

• Heaters

• Custom Event Signage (from parking lot to event space)

Mountain View Deck/Cornfeather Suite only:

• Market umbrella wine barrels

• 75” TV with OptiSign Technology*

• Sonos Sound System*

All venue-included inventory is available solely to the Renter only. TERI Campus of Life does not provide inventory for vendors hired by the Renter.

Absolutely! All vendors accessing the property, even for drop offs, must provide the Event Sales Team a copy of their business’s Certificate of Insurance, listing TERI Inc. and the Campus address as an additional insured. Check out our list of approved vendors HERE.

‘Potluck’ and ‘Make Your Own’ catering not approved. Party trays from local grocery stores are approved.

TERI Campus of Life is a full-service venue and requires all catering and bar service companies to remain onsite until the end of the event. If your professional and licensed caterer and bartending service is not booked for full service clean up and trash removal, you will be required to book TERI Catering for service, bartending and clean up.

Our chef loves to create custom menus and encourages you to consider it! Custom menus are to be requested by the Renter.

All dietary needs can be accommodated and must be communicated to the Event Sales Team prior to 14 days before the event date.

Yes. We always suggest looking into Bevmo Weddings and Events for delivery. All beverages must be removed by the Renter at the end of the event. Alcoholic beverages must be served by a licensed bar service company.

Mountain View Deck, Cornfeather Suite, Sunrise Suite, Garden Veranda, Common Grounds Café and Founder’s Room allows for beer and wine.

Brickyard Terrace, HEP Barn, The Bornemann, Old Oak Grove Deck, Courtyard at the Bornemann, Twin Oaks Commons and Veranda, Putting Green and Central Park allow for beer, wine and liquor.

Yes. All décor must be self-sufficient and cannot be attached to the venue’s structure. Tape, command strips, nails, tacks, glitter and confetti are not approved and will result in a loss of your refundable venue deposit. All décor must be removed after the event by the Renter or the event planner.

We do not allow this as we do not have an area to store Renter event items.

We are a non-smoking and vaping property.

Overnight parking is not permitted.

All venues, with the exception of Sunrise Suite, are ADA accessible.

All venues, with the exception of Sunrise Suite, are ADA accessible.We are pet friendly throughout our outdoor venues. Pets are not permitted inside Sunrise Suite, Cornfeather Suite, HEP Barn, The Bornemann Theatre and Twin Oaks Commons.

Yes, you can bring in an outside licensed tent rental in many of our event venue spaces with prior notice to our Event Sales Director for approval. Central Park and Brickyard Terrace do not allow for large stakes for tent anchoring. We recommend working with a rental company that can provide sandbags or weighted anchors to secure large tent structures.