Photo (above, from left to right) : Mobile bar: Baroue - Photographer: Tales By Light Photography / Wedding planner: Planned 4 You - Photographer: LUX Visual Storytellers / Catering: Declerck Catering - Photographer: Ennio Declerck
1. Only work with suppliers you 100% know you can trust, so you can be sure your wedding party in your own garden will be a success. Check whether they have been awarded a House of Weddings quality label.
2. Work with a wedding planner who can help you with all practical matters and who will also be your point of contact on the day of your wedding in your own garden. You want to enjoy your wedding day to the full and not have to keep answering questions from your guests ("Where is the toilet?"). Your planner will also have been problem-preventing from the very first briefings from your suppliers. The small problems that might still arise during your wedding in your own garden will be solved before you even know it.
Tip: close your door during your party and make sure no one needs to be inside. That way you will keep your interior clean and give thieves no chance.
3. When you hear the word 'garden party', you assume good weather, but.... we live in Belgium, so you should have a Plan B. Think of a tent to set up in your own garden during your wedding. Work with an approved tent builder who will come and have a look at your garden beforehand and take the correct measurements.
Tip 1: always book a walkway and wooden floor with your tent, because you don't want your guests' heels to sink into your grass or shoes and feet to get wet. Especially in the evening, when the dew is falling.....
Tip 2: Make sure your tent is well-sealed for cold, crosswinds and driving rain. So always book the (sometimes removable) walls with your tent.
Tip 3: reserve some heat sources, such as the well-known mushrooms or more styled gas heaters.
Tip 4: ask your tent builder if they can also provide a toilet van, and ensure perfect connection to your tent.
Tip 5: Your domestic electrical grid is not equipped to handle the heavy power your various vendors need. Ask your tent supplier or wedding planner that they provide the necessary power (and cables).
4. Set yourself up for (at least) a week of assembly and disassembly. First, the marquee builder comes to install the power group, toilet and tent, and then all the individual suppliers come to drop off their goods. Your wedding planner schedules all deliveries and collections in the correct chronological order.
Tip: check with your suppliers whether they only deliver or also actually set up. If assembly is your responsibility, you can call on people companies such as MaisonRouge, who will also send stagehands for the assembly and disassembly of your wedding.
5. Provide adequate parking near your garden, or ask a (Saturday-closed) business in your area if your guests can use their parking. Opt for shuttles if the distance between the car park and your garden is too far.
Tip: provide driving plates, shoe protectors and possibly personalised umbrellas if you provide parking in a meadow and expect rain.
Tip: make sure parking guests do not bother or harm your neighbours (or public traffic). A parking boy could possibly be useful.
6. A wedding in your garden offers many fine options in terms of catering. The choice is yours!
Tip: Make sure your drinks are sufficiently chilled. Have all soft drinks and wines delivered at least 2 days in advance and put them in a container frigo-box until the caterer makes them ready to serve.
7. If you ask a DJ to provide your wedding party with the appropriate tunes in your own garden, warn your nearby neighbours as far as decibels are concerned. Or invite them too, goodwill guaranteed!
8. If you have a wedding theme, immerse your garden in the same atmosphere. Incorporate your decorative elements (candles, flowers, your initials, etc.) in the trees and on the grass, and possibly even in or around the pond or swimming pool. Have your guests settle into low rattan chairs with a fleece blanket in your theme colour. Provide long garlands of atmospheric lanterns or lights in the trees, and a large firebowl as the ultimate source of cosiness and eye-catcher.
9. Invite your guests to follow a certain dress code - very nice to immediately instil a sense of togetherness. For example, ask everyone to come in white and provide each guest with fancy sunglasses or a white straw hat... Fun guaranteed!
10. Are you also inviting children? Then arrange some appropriate entertainment during your wedding party in your own garden. Invite a supervisor, for example. We bet the parents will be very grateful.
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