A Romantic Garden wedding Garden weddings can be totally adoring and a lot of fun. Many couples opt to have a garden wedding instead of an indoor wedding purely because of the scenery. There is nothing more Romantic than taking your vows surrounded by lush gardens and greenery. Garden Weddings in Victoria They don't call Victoria the garden state for nothing! Victoria is Jam packed with gorgeous gardens to hold your garden wedding ceremony. Garden Wedding Locations and Permits In order to hold a garden wedding ceremony in Victoria you need to get permission from the relevant authorities. If its a public park, garden or reserve the best place to start is to ring the local council, In most cases they can help you, if they cant, they will be able to tell you who controls permits for that area. There are also lots of private gardens, winery's and reception centres that have beautiful gardens and are more than happy to let you hold your wedding ceremony in them for a fee. There are hundreds of options for a beautiful garden wedding location, you just have to find the right one for you! Garden Wedding Starting Times Any time of the day is beautiful for a garden wedding. Its best to visit your wedding location a couple of weeks before your wedding date. Make sure you go at the same time as your ceremony will be, that way you can see where the sun is and where the shade is and decide on the right location according to the position of the sun. Weather for Garden weddings While we all dream of our garden wedding being in the glorious sunshine at 24 degrees with not a breath of wind, unfortunately it doesn’t always work that way. So have a back up plan in case of bad weather, whether it’s an alternate spot, a venue close by or even your reception centre. It’s a good idea to outline your back up plan to your guests, so they know the drill if the weather turns nasty. In the case that this does happen we will do our best to setup your decorations at your plan B location. Not that our weather can ever be predicted !! here is a useful link about Victoria's climate that may help you plan your garden wedding. Victorian climate data on line: http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/#climatemaps For more garden wedding ideas Click here |