The barn is a perfect place to have a party in but there aren't really an ideal place to have the ceremony. The garden had been perfect had the old beech still been standing, but some five years ago my dad cut it down. It was just as well, because it had a rotten core, as most beeches tend to get at old age and they didn't want it to end up on the house.
The field on the other side of the yard opposite the barn was the next place that came to mind. I wasn't very happy with it though. It's vast, and the backdrop isn't stunning, and today when I was out there I kept thinking about that it's a long walk to the best point on the field so the entrance would be very long, plus the fact that people will have to park on the field and also put up their tents there.
I went back to the garden and looked around. It still misses the large tree, but it is well kept by my mum and it has a natural slope and a large lawn. We could put up a backdrop at the lowest point on the lawn to draw attention from the kitchen garden there in the background. Behind the kitchen garden there's a wall of trees so it's all green, which is nice.
This would give us the opportunity to make a good entrance, the people have ample space for the ceremony and the drinks later, and since we have the house on the opposite side of the potential backdrop place in the garden, we can have music without a boom blaster.
So, suddenly it's a garden wedding, not a field ceremony. The backdrop will be different than the one on the field would have been, but at the same time it's more simple.
We'll set up a clothes line, use the table cloths we can find, a small table in front of the backdrop with room for the certificate and some decoration and we're good to go.
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