Spring wedding season is almost upon us and if you’re looking to be inspired for your big day while staying on a budget and having an intimate, special experience, look no further than a spring backyard wedding!

Backyard weddings are amazing because they’re budget-friendly, special to the couple, easily customizable for your needs, and are a super convenient venue. Before you plan your wedding, be sure to read our latest post on how to plan a spring backyard wedding.

From all-out floral arches to DIY rustic centerpieces, we’ve rounded up our 25 favorite spring backyard wedding ideas to help you plan your perfect backyard wedding!

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1. Floral Backdrop Panels

Try this unique take on a wedding ceremony backdrop: floral panels! Hang them like curtains or attach them to wooden boards to create an enchanting garden effect. This is especially great if you don’t already have a backyard focal point for your ceremony space.

2. Outdoor Coffee Bar

Keep guests warm and energized with a coffee bar.

3. Outdoor Furnishings

Bring the indoors outside with this fun and fabulous idea! It makes for great photos and gives guests places to sit, socialize, and enjoy the cocktail hour or reception.

4. Octagon Floral Arch

Make your ceremony space pop with this unique, trendy and modern take on the ceremony arch!

5. Tree Trunk Photo Display

Show off polaroids of your family and friends at the reception or cocktail hour with this unique tree trunk photo display.

6. Lush Floral Aisle

Make your ceremony aisle pop with lush, colorful florals lining each side. We love this idea for spring and for a backyard wedding – it instantly elevates the space!

7. Golden Chairs + Greenery

This stunning combination makes for a super elegant backyard space for a wedding reception.

8. Simple & Chic Dinner in the Garden

Make your wedding reception feel like an intimate garden space with large tables covered in table cloths, elegant glassware, and bare wood chairs.

9. Spring Floral Bar

Play up the magic of spring time with florals everywhere – even on the bar!

10. Barrel Decor

Barrels are the ultimate rustic decor piece. Dress them up with lanterns or florals or leave them bare for a more casual look!

11. Glass Picture Frame Table Assignments

Help guests find their seats in the most aesthetically pleasing way! We love these glass frames that show guests where they’ll be sitting for the reception.

12. String Lights + Tent

Tenting your reception space makes it feel ultra-upscale while still being able to enjoy the outdoors. We love this string lights set up, they look like a starry night!

13. Dress Up the Chair Backs

An easy way to take your simple reception chairs from boring to fabulous is by dressing them up with fabric and florals!

14. Easy Rustic Centerpieces

These easy rustic centerpieces are super easy to put together and DIY for your special day. All you need is a bundle of florals, a table number, and cute lantern!

15. Flower Petals Aisle

We especially love the idea of sprinkling flower petals and placing lanterns down your aisle for a grass aisle space. It really makes it pop and looks super romantic!

16. Doorway to the Ceremony

We love this trendy idea for defining your ceremony space! It not only looks adorable, it makes for great pictures of the bride and groom saying their vows and walking back down the aisle together.

17. Picture Perfect Head Table + Dining Accent Chairs

Grab your upholstered dining room table chairs for the perfect head table look! Also they look way comfier than traditional wood or plastic chairs.

18. Barrel Dessert Bar

Make a gorgeous, rustic dessert or drink bar out of old barrels and a piece of wood on top. Just make sure it’s secure so a guest doesn’t bump into and send everything flying!

19. S’more Station

If you have a fire pit or want to invest in one, a s’more station is a great idea to keep guests entertained and fed during the reception or after-party.

20. DIY Wooden Backdrop

Create your own easy backdrop with wooden palettes that you can stain any color you’d like. Add some greenery or flowers and a sign and you have the perfect DIY ceremony or photo backdrop!

21. Self Serve Bar

For smaller get togethers, you may want to consider a self serve bar. Have a variety of glasses, liquors, mixers, and non-alcoholic beverage options for guests to choose from. You may even want a sign with the recipe for a signature drink – just make sure it’s simple enough for guests to make!

22. Light-Lined Pathway

Lead guests out back to your wedding space with strings of lights. They look super cute and are helpful for giving guests direction to where they’re supposed to be!

23. Backyard Dance Floor

Just because your wedding is in the backyard doesn’t mean you can’t have a great dance floor! Look for a rental nearby or if you have any handy relatives or friends, maybe they can make you one in lieu of a gift.

24. Cornhole Boards Guest Book

More and more couples are nixing the traditional guest book and are instead looking for more unique ways to include guests and their personal messages. We love this idea of signed cornhole boards, then you’ll think of your special day and guests every time you pull them out to use them!

25. Wedding Bounce House

Entertain the kids at your event with a bounce house that matches your wedding aesthetic. It can even be fun for the adults who are kids at heart (or enjoyed cocktail hour a little too much)!