Planning a Spring Wedding
Spring is known for being the season of promise and new beginnings. What better time is there to exchange your vows and begin your new life together as a married couple than during this romantic time of the year?
Along with its symbolism, the spring season also offers couples plenty of flexibility for their wedding day. Usually, the weather is mild, allowing you to host your ceremony and reception at an indoor or outdoor wedding venue. You can also choose any wedding theme, style and color scheme and successfully pull it off.
Keep in mind that this is one of the most popular times to host a wedding, so start planning ahead to ensure your preferred venue and vendors are not booked. Since the weather can sometimes be unpredictable in the spring, be sure to have a backup plan, such as a covered tent, in case there are unexpected rain showers.
If you are starting to plan for your wedding and reception, Weddings at Baywood can help. We put together a few wedding ideas for spring to inspire you and help you prepare for your big day.
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Choosing the Best Flowers for a Spring Wedding
If you are planning a spring wedding, you have endless flower choices to choose from. Depending on the blooms you select, you can easily create floral arrangement styles ranging from modern to romantic and traditional with your choice of seasonal flowers.
Design a lush backdrop for your aisle, altar and table arrangements with fresh greenery such as eucalyptus and ferns. For a touch of color, you can add plenty of peonies, lilies, daffodils, tulips or hyacinths into your arrangements.
If you'd like to have more of a boho feel, you can incorporate some fresh succulents into your bouquet or add bunches of lilacs and sweet peas for a more feminine, rustic feel. Of course, you can never go wrong with roses or some baby's breath on your wedding day.
No matter your personal style or favorite flowers, though, choosing seasonal blooms is a budget-friendly way to express yourself and highlight the beauty of springtime.
Spring Wedding Menu
Celebrate the overall fresh, light feel of the season by creating a wedding menu filled with seasonal fruits and vegetables. For your drinks, you can go with a lemonade or sparkling iced tea bar. You can also add a refreshing touch to your alcoholic beverages by incorporating fruit or citrus flavors. Don't forget to garnish each drink with mint sprigs, berries or edible flowers for the perfect finishing touch.
Design a menu that highlights the flavors of the season with mixed green salads, hors d'oeuvres and artisan cheeses. For the main course, you can incorporate lighter dishes such as herb-roasted salmon, grilled asparagus and buttered red bliss potatoes.
Your wedding cake, along with any other desserts you serve, can also feature spring touches. Choose bright flavors such as vanilla, raspberry or citrus for the cake or icing. Naked cakes are also a popular choice and can be garnished with luscious berries or flowers, depending on your style. For a less traditional feel, you can have a sorbet bar with various garnishes available for your guests to choose from.
What to Wear at a Spring Wedding
Regardless of whether you are hosting an indoor or outdoor wedding in the spring, you have many different looks to choose from. With the mild weather, you can wear a sleeveless wedding dress or one that even has lacy long sleeves. Similarly, bridesmaid dresses can feature hemlines as short or as long as you'd like.
Depending on how casual or dressy you want your wedding to be, groomsmen can either wear traditional suits or lighter fabrics such as seersucker or khaki. They can even skip the jacket for a more laid-back look.
Overall, pastel hues, floral prints and light, breathable fabrics are popular choices for both wedding parties and can help tie your springtime wedding look together.
Spring-Inspired Party Favors
As your big day comes to a close, don't forget to delight your guests with spring-inspired party favors. How about treating everyone to potted succulents or flowers? You can also pass out wildflower seed packets or heart-shaped birdseed cakes that your guests can hang in their gardens. Soy wax candles or handmade soaps in floral or breezy cotton scents will also be appreciated.
If you'd prefer an edible spring-inspired party favor, you can go with local honey, fresh berry jams or mason jars filled with iced tea or lemonade ingredients. Another edible option could be mini woven picnic baskets filled with rustic berry tarts.
Start Planning Your Spring Wedding With Weddings at Baywood
At Weddings at Baywood, our spring wedding venue is the perfect option no matter your style, wedding size or budget. Our premier venue features a range of spaces, both indoors and outdoors, for you to host the wedding of your dreams.
Indoors, you can have your ceremony or reception in our classically styled ballroom or intimate library. Outdoors, you have the option of using our ceremony garden with landscaped greens or our romantic paver patio. We also have a large veranda and tented reception space available. With our springtime wedding venue's wide variety of seasonal blooms, you'll have plenty of gorgeous backdrops for wedding day pictures.
Because we are an all-inclusive venue, our team can help you plan and prepare every detail of your April or May wedding. We offer in-house catering, tastings and floral services, so you don't have to worry about anything.
If you have any questions about our elegant spaces and planning services, or if you are ready to begin planning your ceremony and reception at Weddings at Baywood, fill out and submit our contact form and we'll be in touch soon.