The Best Backyard Weddings in Vogue
When Vogue asked the world’s top wedding planners what trends they predict for 2025, there was one almost unanimous answer: backyard weddings. After the COVID-19 pandemic, many couples felt the urge to throw destination events to celebrate the world opening up again. Yet, a few years later, more and more people have an urge to return home again.
Why? Part of it is because of planning—it’s a lot easier to orchestrate a wedding in the place where you grew up than in a foreign country, of course. Then there’s the guest experience: destination weddings require a significant time and financial commitment from loved ones. Yet the main factor is an emotional one: people want to get married in a place that feels meaningful to them rather than someplace 6,000 miles away.
So, as inspiration for any 2025 brides, Vogue decided to compile our favorite backyard weddings from the archives. As the saying goes: home is where the heart is.
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Photo: Twah Dougherty1/14Stephanie Nass and David Ulevitch
“I had always dreamt of getting married at my childhood home in Westchester, New York, as it is such a tranquil and beautiful setting,” chef Stephanie Nass said of her summer wedding for 30 people. She even baked her own cake, which doubled as table decor.
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Photo: Samm Blake2/14Quinn Jackson and Dexter Zimet
“We toured properties there but everything kept pulling us back to my family’s home—a place where every celebration had taken place over the years,” Quinn Jackson said of her Southampton wedding, for which she wore Vera Wang. The ceremony and reception took place in her backyard, with cocktails served by their pool.
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Paul Perelka3/14Henrietta Rix and Ronan Keenan
Henrietta Rix’s reception was an informal yet classic English garden party at her family house. Henrietta’s mother had worked on the florals, hedges, and landscape for a year prior to the wedding and adorned the grounds with urns sourced from antique fairs around the United Kingdom.
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Photo: Corbin Gurkin4/14Chelsea Grain and Amile Jefferson
“When my parents built our house Ferrylawn 10 years ago, even though they had no idea who I’d marry or when, they designed it with a future wedding in mind,” Chelsea Grain said of her Martha’s Vineyard wedding in her backyard. “So this was truly the wedding of our dreams.”
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Photo: Lucy Birkhead Photography5/14Lesea Bourke and Andrew Berry
Lesea Bourke and Andrew Berry wed at the home of the bride’s grandparents. “The ceremony was held in the backyard of their home,” Lesea said. “It has an Italian facade so we used that for the overall aesthetic of the weekend.”
