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Consider Basic Needs When Deciding How To Decorate A Garden For A Wedding

You have decided on a garden wedding, an elegant and unusual setting for weddings. You think it is romantic, close to nature, provides cool breezes, provides a great relaxed vibe and above all it is cheap as you can use your own garden. But then you are faced with the question - How to decorate a garden for a wedding?

How to decorate a garden for a wedding that is already surrounded by lush greens and flowers? The first step would be to analyze the layout of the garden. Where and how many guests can be entertained? Where do you want the ceremony and where do you want to lay the buffet table?

Addressing a few basic needs for your special day would provide you with answers to how to decorate a garden for a wedding. There are many websites providing information on how to decorate a garden for a wedding. Consider purchasing a book which is a self-help book on how to decorate a garden for a wedding.

Get flowers, flowers and more flowers. Plant them in your garden in advance, buy various pots of flowers. Put flowers as your center piece. Decorate with cut flowers. Make garlands for the bride and groom. Choose anything from hydrangea, lilacs, roses, peonies, tulips, daffodils and forsythia to freesia, pansies or poppies. Or go wild – get some wild flowers.

Dress the champagne too. Add color to any white wine or champagne by dropping fresh strawberries and raspberries in the bottom of the glass.

Get the lawn mowed. There is nothing better than the smell of a fresh cut lawn. Decorate the garden with ceramic or terracotta pots. You may want to line the walk path with the pots of flowers for the bride to walk down.


Garden weddings are beautiful evening affairs. How to decorate a garden for a wedding, better than lighting for the occasion? Think candles, twinkling lights, paper lanterns. Consider various shapes like flowers, pots, or butterflies that are available. Candle-filled jars cast a nice glow hanging from trees and fences and sitting along walkways. Consider different shapes and kinds of garden luminaries

Hang various musical chimes from different trees in the garden. It would provide wonderful music following in the background. You may want to consider hanging one of the musical chimes in the arbor/archway if you are using one.

When dwelling on the question of how to decorate a garden for a wedding, think arbors, archways and picket fence. You can decorate the arbor/archway in the choice of flowers or ivies or light. Think about a garden pavilion for the ceremony or your guest setting. Think about installing a white picket fence.

For the centerpieces, think differently. Consider daisy tin votives pails, or watering pails with your choice of flowers in it. Experiment! Don’t restrict yourself to only the traditional roses. Walk through your garden – pluck some home grown flowers or consider wild flowers from your neighboring woods. White picket containers filled with fresh grasses are unusual, fragrant and fun centerpieces. Maybe add some mini gardening tools for a laugh.

Get imaginative with your place cards. Think of using topiary, butterfly or colorful flowers in terracotta pots. Consider different forms of terracotta, ceramic or wire.
For the favor to the guest – think out the box. Make the favor box out of pots or water pails. Consider giving small plants or seeds. Or if your want a new twist on the traditional sweets/chocolates, consider giving garden tools or flowers or bug shaped chocolates.

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