Victorian Garden Wedding: A Romantic Theme for Your Spring Ceremony

As the days begin to peek through with more warming sunshine and the greening grasses become dotted with florals, thoughts of love are on everyone's minds. Spring is traditionally a celebration of new life, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that it remains one of the most popular seasons for weddings and the binding of two lives into a single new one. The Victorian Garden theme appeals to couples who are looking to display their romantic nature, to offer up a ton of elegance in a comfortable environment. Their very nature lends easily to wedding ceremonies that lead directly into the reception, and many couples will opt to have the entire celebration at a family member's home. Not only is it beautiful, it becomes a touching, bonding experience that brings entire families together.

Want to add some true authenticity to your Victorian wedding? Have the celebrations in the morning - before 1880, couples were required by law to hold their nuptuals before noon.

Victorian Garden Wedding Gear for the Ladies

Everything about the Victorian wedding is lush with elegance. Your wedding colors should be soft; cream, blue and yellow or a terracotta-type tan, ecru, and pastel greens. Simple black and white will always work in a pinch, but accent these with pastels in one or two shades of pink, blue, yellow, or green.

For a mental image, think of those beautiful pictures that are all black and white, often showing a little boy pecking a little girl on the cheek, with flowers behind his back. The clothing is very formal, lots of lace, top hats and gloves. The only real color you see in the image, though, is a bright burst of florals in pastel shades.

Part of this is our own perception of the past. Because we know history from images and drawings, most of our ideas of the past are tinted in sepia and monochrome black and white. But hey - it works ... the beauty of your wedding wear works to set the garden around you into beautiful focus.