Zainab Abdullahi
Director
Granddaughter of the founder. Knows every rose by name.
The Glasshouse Our story
A garden that grew into a venue
The Glasshouse began as a family garden in Nassarawa GRA. In 2014 we built a glass hall among the palms for a daughter's wedding, and the neighbours asked if they could use it too.
- Opened2014
- Weddings1,400 plus
- Team46 people
History
How it began
Hajiya Rakiya Abdullahi planted the first roses in 1991. Twenty years later, her daughter wanted to marry at home, among them. The family built a glass hall so the wedding could go ahead in the rains.
Word travelled. By 2016, the garden hosted a wedding most weekends, and the family hired its first events manager. Today the team of forty-six still includes three of Hajiya Rakiya's grandchildren.
Timeline
Milestones
- 1991The first rose beds are planted.
- 2014The Glass Hall is built for a family wedding.
- 2017The Rose Lawn opens with its arch.
- 2021Solar power and the Palm Courtyard.
- 2025The online date checker and layout planner.
Team
The people
Musa Danjuma
Events manager
Has run over 600 weddings here.
Esther Bala
Head of catering
Cooks for fifty or seven hundred.
Ibrahim Sani
Head gardener
Twenty years in this garden.
Values
What we care about
The garden first
We water with recycled water and grow our own roses and palms.
Families
We plan around your traditions, not ours.
Never dark
Solar and gas power, switched over in under a second.
Quiet neighbours
Music ends at 23:00, and we tell the street before big days.