The Garden was commercially successful in Australia and had minor success in New Zealand and the United States. In mid-August 1995, it debuted at number five on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart."Album Top 50 - 13 August 1995". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2 October 2008. The album dropped off the chart after five months spending a total of twenty-two weeks on the chart."The Garden - Australian chart run". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2 October 2008. The Australian Recording Industry Association awarded the album a double platinum certification for shipping 140,000 copies and became the twenty-seventh highest selling album in Australia for 1995."The Garden certification". ARIA. Retrieved 19 December 2006."ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Albums 1995". ARIA Charts. Retrieved 2 October 2008. At the 1996 ARIA Awards, the album was nominated for "Breakthrough Artist - Album" and "Highest Selling Album", but lost to Tu-Plang by Regurgitator and Don't Ask by Tina Arena respectively."1996: 10th Annual ARIA Awards". ARIA Awards. Retrieved 2 October 2008. In New Zealand, The Garden debuted at number thirty-four and spent two weeks on the chart."The Garden - New Zealand chart run". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 9 August 2007.
