Considering a backyard wedding?
Hosting a backyard wedding is such a sentimental and awesome way to celebrate your special day. If you’ve opted against the all-inclusive wedding venue, maybe you’ve seen the same wedding repeated. It might be time to consider hosting your wedding at home. While there is bound to be more work involved by planning the day yourself, we can assure you some of the best events our booths have attended have been right at home. Here are some things to consider when planning your backyard wedding.
Backyard Wedding Locations
While getting married in Nan’s backyard might be the dream, there’s realities to consider. If it’s too small and uneven there won’t be any room for a boogie. Consider the logistics and practicality of hosting a backyard wedding. We love the idea of getting married at a sentimental spot but there’s practicalities to consider. Don’t forget you will need to ensure there is enough space for guests, tables, chairs, dancing, food, gift and speeches. For one thing, is the surface event? Guests in formal footwear tripping over gravel will not make for a relaxing evening! Likewise if you’ll be on a grass surface. You need rain to keep it green but not too much rain so it’s a quagmire! Remember vendors will need a hard, flat and stable surface for equipment. Guests will need to be getting around the space easily – you wouldn’t want any accidents on the night!
Power Access
When planning your backyard wedding it’s important to remember you will need sufficient power. It’s important to make sure you have enough power for vendors so there will be no power source issues. Imagine the music cutting off right before the chorus of the first dance! Power surges and issues are one of the most common problems we encounter at backyard wedding events. Catering equipment will cause a huge surge in power which can cause other items to drop out. Likewise for DJ lighting when the dance floor starts to ramp up. Then there’s power management throughout the night. If the generator runs low on fuel, who will be attending to that? Power at a private event requires it’s own qualified and experienced staff member. They can manage loading and anticipate any problems.
Weather
Rain on your wedding day is good luck right? Luck aside, if the heavens decide to open on your wedding day with no protections this could lead to disaster! Make sure you have a backup in the case of bad weather such as a marquee. Think of the surface you’ll be on as well. If it’s wet on your day is there a back up flooring option to keep your dress clean and guests comfortable? No one wants to face the reality of a ‘Plan B’. Of course, you’re aiming for a perfect sunny day! However if the day arrives and it’s raining, you’ll still be married and it will still be wonderful! You just need to ensure some plans are in place to prevent stressful situations.
Dance Floor
It’s not a party without a dance floor! When planning your backyard wedding it’s important to allocate a spot for dancing! We all know once the speeches wrap up and the cake is cut, the rest of the night is for celebrating the night away. Make sure you have allocated enough space for guests to get down and boogie. Likewise there should also be break out space for older or non-dancing guests to be able to escape the music and chat. A hard dance floor surface will be much more enjoyable for guests dancing in heels. You don’t want people getting bogged in the grass during ‘Twist and Shout’!
