An outdoor wedding is indescribable: a rocky seaside coast, a lovely botanical garden, your own backyard. As beautiful as these settings are, there’s a lot of effort and coordination involved in preparing an outdoor party. From lighting to cuisine, here’s how to host a perfect tented event. Our outdoor wedding reception venues Utah checklist will guarantee you don’t miss a thing.
Make Camp
Chances are you’ll need an overhead cover for your outdoor wedding. Tents may be set up anyplace. Place one in a park or outside a home or estate, if desired. Formal or informal, tents come in many sizes, styles, and materials. Work with a local rental firm to determine what design meets your idea (and venue’s space limits). Choose a tent that can stand on concrete, grass, sand, etc.
Consider the Extras and Rent Them
Tents are a blank canvas, so you’ll need to add some finishing touches to your outdoor wedding. You may hire textured drapes and tiebacks, eccentric chandeliers, and colorful sofas. Decide what’s most essential, then work out how to accommodate it in your budget.
Convert the Venue into a Lovely Setting
Make a rustic area in the woods, a little garden, or a vast lawn more welcoming with lounge chairs and cushions. If you don’t have space for sofas and comfortable seats, use 4-person outdoor wedding reception in utah tables instead of 8- or 10-person tables to create an intimate appearance and feel.
Have fun decorating. Use cloth to soften the tent’s area or create “rooms.” Hang pomanders from the frame’s cross parts and add additional decorations to greet visitors and decorate your wedding. Bringing more inside your tent will make it warmer and cozier. Colorful linens, uplighting, and quirky knick knacks create a unique ambiance.
Set the tone with precise lighting
To establish the ambiance (and help visitors see each other), use paper lanterns, pinspot lights, sparkling lights, or chandeliers. Light bathroom pathways for easier access. Think luminaries and up-lights down the walks and mason jars or tea lights on tree limbs.
Something unexpected? You’ll need an electrician before lighting your tent. Not only can they ensure you pass all inspection standards, but they can also suggest if you need an additional generator and how to protect your lighting fixtures. Everyone wants a bright wedding celebration.
Take Advantage of the Natural Environment
You choose an outdoor wedding reception because you’re inspired by the venue’s natural characteristics. You may be setting up in a garden or other green spot. Bring nature inside. Add outdoor chairs and use foliage as a picture background. Hang tree branches or wildflower cuttings as table decorations.
Avoid Unwanted Guests
The last thing you want is for visitors to sit on an anthill or spend the night swatting mosquitoes. See if you can hire an exterminator to spray or clear the venue. Add citronella candles or tiki lanterns to your outdoor wedding agenda to deter pests.
Prepare yourself
If you can’t alter the weather, prepare for it. Think about how the weather will affect your outdoor weddings in Utah setting. As indicated above, tents may assist screen your visitors from the rain, but you may also wish to offer umbrellas for movement. If it’s cold, put up heat fans and provide them blankets. But if the heat is a concern, hire industrial fans and throw out paper hand fans as party gifts.
Make the menu unique and on-theme
An outdoor wedding menu may be unique. You may have a New England clambake, a Southern barbeque, or a Hawaiian pig roast under a tent. These ideas wouldn’t work for a ballroom event. No matter what’s on the menu, keep plenty of cool water and nonalcoholic beverages on available, particularly in hot, humid weather. Lemonade and iced tea are excellent drinks.
Let the setting guide music choices
On the beach, steel drums are perfect. A folk or bluegrass band is perfect for a garden party. Make sure the band or DJ has adequate electricity for their equipment. So you don’t lose power in the midst of the party, you may need an additional generator. They’ll tell you what they need to set up at your location. Where will the band, DJ, and dance floor be? Make sure it’s not in the way from the kitchen to the tables.
