4 Reasons Garden Weddings are the Perfect Choice

South Africa is famous for its incredible climate, particularly in the Highveld, Gauteng and Free State areas. Summers are hot and sunny with perhaps an afternoon thunderstorm if you’re lucky and winters are warm, beautifully sunny and cool in the evenings. Both seasons can be ideal for a garden wedding, or a wedding hosted partly outside.

Garden Weddings

1. The South African Highveld has little to no wind
Wind is often quite a significant deterrent when it comes to garden weddings, particularly on the coast or in the Cape winelands area. Gauteng and the Free State however experience very little wind, especially during crisp winter days.

2. Garden Weddings make way for exquisite photographs
The striking colours of garden weddings as well as the beautiful natural lighting often creates the backdrop for exquisite wedding photos. Natural lighting can often be very hard to achieve at an indoor wedding and photographers usually love ushering their bride and groom out into the open.

3. Garden Weddings are always unique
As the abundant fauna and flora changes every season, it is almost impossible to recreate the exact same wedding backdrop each time. You may have your wedding during the first flush of roses as a backdrop or during autumn when the landscape is a beautiful mix of golds, reds and oranges. Mother Nature is ever changing and garden weddings really highlights this diversity.

4. There are a number of lovely venues for garden weddings
In the Highveld area some of the best venues for garden weddings are on the banks of the Vaal River, such as The Nutcracker Country Retreat or in Muldersdrift such as Toadbury Hall. These wedding venues offer options for both garden weddings as well as an indoor option should the weather not cooperate on the day. With the superb climate in this area it is no wonder that many wedding venues have a large amount of requests for garden weddings.

Have a read through our articles, reasons to hire a weekend wedding venue, how to choose the perfect wedding venue as well as weekend wedding venues in the jo’burg area, for more useful wedding venue information.

The Nutcracker Country Wedding Venue is an exquisite tranquil weekend wedding venue situated on the banks of the Vaal River, 90 minutes from Johannesburg.  Offering all that is needed for the perfect wedding, The Nutcracker is for the exclusive use of the bride and groom and their guests for the entire weekend. Contact The Nutcracker today for rates and availability.