www.Lowes.com offers some great backyard wedding ideas on how to get your backyard ready for a wedding or other outdoor event. You may not have thought of some of these cheap outdoor wedding ideas, but they can make a big difference.
1. Remove leaves and sticks.
2. Prune dead or diseased limbs from trees and shrubs. Deadhead or remove spent annuals.
3. Clean up any edging that has started to look ragged from contact with mower blades or encroaching turfgrass. A power edger can quickly create clean lines.
4. Wash the driveway. Seal an asphalt drive if needed and if you have time. Concrete drives can be sealed, patched or cleaned also.
5. Clean the house itself, to get ready for your backyard wedding, including brick or siding that are mildewed and areas of the foundation where rain may have splashed up mud. You can rent or buy a pressure washer to make quick work of a cleaning job. Make sure you use the proper nozzle to avoid damaging siding. Clean gutters and downspouts, too (inside and out).
6. Add new mulch to improve curb appeal. For an even quicker fix, stir up existing mulch to make it look fresh.
7. Add containers with in-season flowering or foliage plants. You can see in some of these backyard wedding photos how planted flowers really make create the atmoshpere.
These will help to draw the eye away from the spots you'd rather not have people looking at.
8. Clean and seal your deck, especially if your gathering will take place outdoors.
9. Install low voltage lighting for security and to highlight your home's best features.
10. Build simple enclosures for the "service" areas such as ugly for trash cans, water filters, air conditioning units et. Lattice or fence panels can be installed relatively quickly.
