Throwing A Fairytale Enchanted Forest Wedding: Tips & Tricks For The Perfect Day

Want your wedding to feel like something out of a fairytale? Then a fairytale enchanted forest wedding is a fun, magical theme that you and your guests are sure to remember. But how to start planning one?

Keep reading and we at Peerspace will provide our best tips and tricks to ensure your fairytale enchanted forest wedding is a success. We’ll share advice on venues (including a couple of examples of great venues for this theme), decor, bridalwear, and more.

Find the perfect fairytale enchanted forest wedding venue

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You’ll probably want your fairytale enchanted forest wedding to take place outdoors in a beautiful natural area. If not in an actual forest, then certainly in a garden that you can decorate to your heart’s content with fairytale-inspired decor and magical lighting.

The question is: how to find the perfect venue? Try using the internet’s largest marketplace for hourly rental of event venues and other spaces – Peerspace! The site has thousands of listings located in hundreds of cities in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, among other countries.

Curious how Peerspace can be the way to go when it comes to locating your wedding venue? Then check out a couple of examples of what the site has to offer that would also be ideal for this wedding theme next.

Large Ranch in Los Angeles County, CA

As we mentioned, an outdoor venue is almost always best suited to an enchanted forest wedding. This spacious and historic 40-acre ranch is known as Cecil B DeMille Ranch and can accommodate medium-sized weddings with up to 150 guests. It’s conveniently close to town and there’s parking space for up to 100 cars. However, it’s also surrounded by national forest land for a feeling of total privacy and seclusion that’s well-suited to this wedding theme.

The ranch has multiple spaces, such as an area for the wedding ceremony itself. There is also another area for throwing the post-ceremony party with dining and dancing. For the ceremony, you have the incredible choice of a waterfall backdrop or a mountain backdrop – whatever you think would suit your wedding plans best!

As described by one of the dozens of happy reviewers who previously rented this ranch, “The location was fantastic to use, very remote/secluded with minimal traffic nearby. Host was very responsive. Would book again!”

Private Mountain View 23 Acre Lodge to Celebrate in Peshastin, Washington

A small wedding with up to 45 guests would be a beautiful experience at these 16 private acres bordering the stunning Cascade National Forest. The ceremony will be truly special. As the hosts note, “there are several possibilities for a ceremony site where all you see are the surrounding meadows with mountain peaks in the background”!

As for inside the five-story, six-bedroom, hand-built log lodge, there are “4,000 square feet of spacious living areas with ample natural light, views and rustic design with several unique outdoor spaces”. It also provides plenty of room for the wedding party to get dressed, including rooms with dressing tables and large mirrors.

Fairytale enchanted forest wedding decor

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First, a note on the seasons. A wedding in the woods doesn’t have to happen in the spring or summer when the leaves are green! We’d advise against having a winter wedding in the woods because it will probably be much too cold for you and your guests to be comfortable. A fall wedding could be stunning, especially if the trees and the forest floor have leaves in shades of crimson, orange, and gold.

One of the most important elements of your wedding decor is your wedding arch. While it isn’t a requirement by any means, it helps to create a beautiful visual focal point as you exchange your wedding vows.

There are all kinds of directions you can go with the style of your wedding arch that’ll emphasize the fairytale vibe, but we particularly like Wedding Connexion’s suggestion on this topic. “Exchange your vows under this stunningly romantic ivy tunnel wedding arch. Covered in an artificial ivy netting and green garland, the tunnel is accentuated with artificial wisteria and clear string lights”. Here’s a photo of the arch design they’re describing.

Planning out your outdoor lighting is going to be a major part of decorating for your enchanted forest wedding. Choosing the right soft, ethereal lighting can really help to create that fairytale feel. The warm light cast by candles is a particularly great way to do this, and you can purchase rustic wooden lanterns like these ones to display the candles.

Another lighting option that’s both affordable and extremely effective at creating a magical ambiance is so-called “fairy lights” or string lights. You can hang them from tree branches, man-made structures like pergolas, and so forth to cast a gentle and flattering glow on you and your guests.

Fairytale bridalwear

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One way to embrace the forest theme is with a bit of contrast between the casual nature of the outdoor wedding and fancier bridalwear, advises Brides Magazine: “Like many outdoor weddings, forest nuptials can easily take on a laid-back spirit. You can juxtapose that casual aspect in your photos with a more traditional dress. Have your ‘maids fluff out that stunner of a train to make a statement.”

Dressing in fancier bridalwear is also another way to bring in that fairytale element, with a big frilly gown that’s worthy of a storybook princess! Brides also writes that grooms at a woodland wedding should consider wearing an earth tone suit in neutral shades like tan, brown, or taupe.

This will perfectly complement the earth tones in the setting surrounding you. It also makes for a more interesting look than the standard black suit everyone now expects grooms to wear.

Fairytale enchanted forest photography

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Make sure that your photos really emphasize the beauty of your forest setting. If you can’t hold your wedding in an actual forest, consider scheduling a wedding photoshoot in the woods another day. It can ensure that your wedding photos really have the enchanted forest feel you’re looking for.

We agree with Brides Magazine when they write, “The best part about a forest wedding is the stunning natural scenery it offers, so take advantage of the towering trees and mossy forest floor with a sure-to-be jaw-dropping photoshoot”. The juxtaposition between your beautiful bridalwear and the woodland setting will create seriously eye-catching photography.

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