Garden Party Wedding Ideas

You’ll love these garden party wedding ideas for an elegant, floral themed celebration! This gorgeous wedding at Virginia Cliffe Inn was full of details for a garden party wedding. These ideas are simple, but they add touches of elegance to create a garden party vibe for your wedding that your guests will adore!

An outdoor ceremony on the lawn

There is something so sweet about having a ceremony on the lawn in front of a historic home. It feels old fashioned and intimate, and gives the ultimate garden party vibe.

Mismatched floral bridesmaid’s dresses

Mismatching dresses are one of my favorite wedding trends and I hope they stick around for a long time! A mix of floral print and solid colors in different shades of pink made these dresses perfect for the garden party vibe.

Loose, organic bouquets

Smaller bouquets are coming back in style and I’m loving them! They allow the dress to have its moment while still adding that element of beauty, texture, and color. A bouquet that is loose and organic instead of structured gives you the feeling that it was just picked from a European garden.

Ivy covered arches and rose gardens

If you’re looking for a garden party theme for your wedding, start by choosing a venue that has mature gardens with details like arches, fountains, and roses. Historic estates or inns are great places to start looking.

Floral cocktails

Is there anything more beautiful? Wow your guests with these gorgeous drinks at cocktail hour.

Flower box welcome sign

This is a fun way to dress up your welcome sign and add to the floral theme!

The Story

This late-summer wedding ceremony was held outdoors in front of the Historic Virginia Cliffe Inn. The bride, Emily, chose perfectly mismatching dresses for her bridesmaids in printed floral and solid shades of pink. Guests sipped floral cocktails before the reception, which was held in a tent in the back garden. Roses in bloom, ivy covered arches, and swans in the small pond outside of the white tent gave an air of elegance to the reception.

Beautiful loose bouquets and boutonnieres by Fleuressence Floral Design and perfect floral cocktails by Richmond’s boutique catering company, Cater2Events brought unique detail to the design.

A garden party wedding that was beautiful in every way. View Jake and Emily’s full wedding day here.

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Jess

Jessica Lapp is an engagement and wedding photographer serving Charlottesville Virginia and surrounding areas including DC, Northern Virginia, and Richmond. Elegant wedding photography on film and digital, for couples who want to remember the most beautiful day of their lives in a classic, documentary style.

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