A Dream Garden Wedding to Remember for Ever

Garden Wedding - planning

There are many things to consider when planning a garden wedding, not the least of which is whose garden? You can have a Garden Wedding in your own backyard, or hire one of the many garden settings available for weddings. Some even provide catering facilities, and all you have to handle are the decorations.

There are certain aspects of a Garden Wedding that are common to both a hired a garden and your own, so let’s have a look at these first. Your very first consideration has to be the toilet facilities. Are they up to the job or will you need to hire one or two portables? That’s the first thing you should check out, since even your own home might struggle to cope with over a hundred people at the one time!

Garden Wedding - informal

If you have the room it might be wise to hire at least one portable to supplement what you have. However, you might also take the sensible view that backyard weddings are best suited to a smaller guest lists, and if you want to invite more then you would be better off booking a special Garden Wedding reception. There are many locations that offer the advantages of a garden wedding.

Apart from that, you might not want to have all your guests wandering in and out of your house. Is there to be seating or is the whole event going to be informal. It is an important decision since it affects the dress code apart from any other arrangements you will have to make. You can’t expect people to sit on the grass in their best wedding clothes, so either make it informal, and state so on the invitations, or provide seating. The best dress code for a Garden Wedding is semi-formal or informal. A garden is not suited to a fully formal wedding.

Garden Wedding - themed

In addition to just having a garden ceremony and reception, your whole Garden Wedding can be arranged around a garden theme. Your invitations can have dried flowers attached, or at least printed garden flowers such as roses. Your bouquets can also be made from typical garden flowers rather than something exotic, and contain trailing ivy and gypsophilia. Potted plants on the tables instead of the more traditional centerpieces would be appropriate, and the cake could stand on a bed of moss, grass and ivy.

In fact the cake could be decorated in a Garden Wedding theme, each tier themed on a different plant. There are wedding confectioners that can do this kind of thing for you. A lot will depend on your garden setting, and you should make sure that you see this as it will look when you get married. This will likely involve booking about a year in advance, since if you are to be married in the summer, you will want to see the garden venue in the summer. It is unlikely that you will be able to book your in the same summer as your wedding.

Garden Wedding - catering

Many Garden Wedding venues also offer catering, which takes a lot off your hands. It is much less of a worry for you if all you have to do is choose a menu. Some country venues can also provide accommodation that you or close relatives can book for the night, thus providing you with somewhere to prepare and change in. Other things you must consider, and check out when you visit the location, is car access for your arrival, and parking facilities for the guests.

Is the venue all in the open, or is there a covered area in case of bad weather? It might be worth while considering a large tent or marquee, or even hiring a local hall. If you are close to a town or village, there might be a hall available for hire that can be used for changing in, and for use in case of rain. A lot depends on the area you are being married in; is it prone to rain or not. It is better to plan ahead that be sorry if the unlikely occurs on your big Garden Wedding day.

Garden Wedding - restrictions

Many garden venues do not allow confetti, so rice, rose petals and blown bubbles will be the order of day. You must let your guests know of that in advance. There are also things like licenses to check out: do you need a special license for parking or outdoor music. Also make sure that the venue provides power or a generator. If your Garden Wedding is at your home you might need generator for the music. A band is always better outside than a disco, but the disco will do if that is what you want. However, be sure top invite the neighbors!

Other minor things you mike want to think about are coat checks, a bird batch or fountain that guests can throw pennies into, potpourri favor bags, and you intend to have dancing outdoors you might want to consider removable wooden flooring. Check whether extra insurance is needed. Local noise might also be an issue, especially if your garden is next to a main thoroughfare with a lot of traffic noise. You can hire wedding planners with special experience in organizing a Garden Wedding, and that might be an idea for you if you don’t have the time to do it all yourself.

Garden Wedding - memories

You and your guests will remember your Garden Wedding for ever, and if the main points above have been attended to, it should go like a dream. The professionals that you will have to hire for the catering, entertainment and photography will have done it all before and will be able to give you tips to help you organize a perfect wedding.










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