Inspiring Backyard Wedding Ideas

Great theme ideas for backyard weddings

Looking for backyard wedding ideas to plan your backyard wedding reception or ceremony? Check out these great themes and ideas for backyard weddings.

If you're feeling overwhelemed with planning a backyard wedding, these ideas will help you plan a backyard wedding reception and ceremony that is to die for!

If you're not sure what advice to listen to, how to plan or how to settle on one theme, just take a deep breath and let the ideas on this page inspire you and help you choose a theme or put the final touches on your already-perfect theme.

Themes for backyard weddings

Keep it simple and use nature as your backdrop. These are some nature-based themes are great starting points for backyard wedding ideas.

Tea party

Just fill second-hand teapots of various sizes and colors and with simple wildflower arrangements, give your guests tea wedding favors and opt for a sweet and dainty color combo for your wedding colors.

Backyard barbecue

Not only is this a fun and inexpensive, but it's something all of your friend and family will love and look forward to. You can have a caterer barbecue your food or you can hire one of those trendy new companies that provide barbecue-only service.

Not only do these both offer an inexpensive food option, but your guests will think it's the best wedding ever.

Decorate with simple flowers or tikki torches and give your guests an edible and practical favor like personalized BBQ sauce wedding favors.

Nature gone wild

This theme is pretty simple, but it could be on the pricey side unless you're smart about the plants you have in your garden. Huge leafy centerprices are a great touch for this type of theme.

Patio lanterns for backyard wedding decorations

Everything from the decorations surrounding your dance floor to the dining area can be adorned in patio lanterns. Even your centerpiece can be a pretty patio lantern. There are so many inexpensive paper lanterns for wedding decor that you shouldn't have a problem finding something you to give your wedding the pizzazz you want.

Summer garden

This is as simple as it gets! Pick a color you love, plant tons of flowers in your garden and away you go. For table decorations, you can get either clear flower vases or vases in the color of your theme. You can also get watering cans as your centerpiece.

Great favors for your summer garden theme include plantable seeds or a simple potted plant.

Simple Martha Stewart wedding ideas
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Pick a spring color

You don't have to have a specific theme. For instance, chocolate favor boxes in your theme color, personalized for that extra special touch, with matching flowers, programs and table decor add drama and a cohesive flow to a wedding.

These pages might help you out a bit more:

wedding color ideas

summer wedding colors