Summer is spoiling us with the sun this year, nature is dressed in lush green splendor, so the desire to have a picnic at the wedding arises - be it an outing picnic or even the main wedding feast. We asked professional holiday picnic organizers Picnic.mii about the practical side that is important when you want to organize a festive picnic.

Technical aspects of organizing a wedding picnic

"When organizing a picnic, you should start with the number of guests. Knowing the number of guests also makes choosing a place easier, accordingly - you can understand what place to look for," says Picnic.mii about the very first step on the way to a fantastic wedding picnic. "When organizing a picnic in nature, access by car to the picnic area is very important, especially if the number of guests is large. If there are fewer guests, then it is easier to transport everything to the picnic area. Right away, when choosing a place, you need to think about if there will be rain and whether the ground will be wet. You should choose a place where you can also lay a picnic under a roof, or you should rent sheds/hangars and create solutions to prevent moisture from seeping in. from the ground in carpets, fabrics, pillows. However, our Latvian weather conditions are so unpredictable

Then, when these three things are clear, you can start thinking about the picnic itself and all the decorations. This of course depends on the wedding style, color, taste, etc.

At the very beginning, you have to decide where people will sit. When choosing dishes, you should think about what the guests will eat and drink, and based on this, you can choose dishes and tableware. The design is, of course, matched by style and color. Likewise, decorations, candles, candlesticks, etc. adjust according to wedding style and color and other wishes.

To make it easier to work, it is desirable to write down everything, down to every detail." Also, picnic organizers remind you to carefully prepare for the storage of food, drinks and ice until the moment of serving, because tasty and aesthetically pleasing food is a large part of the formula for the success of a picnic. As well as providing electricity, if necessary, for example, lamps that will brighten the necessary atmosphere.

Mosquitoes, wasps and sand. How to solve?

A summer picnic in nature can be spoiled by other carnivores who will come uninvited to the tempting feast - mosquitoes, wasps and other insects. Picnic.mii advises how to deal with them: “ Flying girlfriends will always be there, but there's a cute way to minimize them. Mosquitoes do not like essential oils very much. this can also be played as a decoration, for example, pour water into a beautiful jar, add sliced ​​lemon, rosemary and some essential oil. Pilnai laimei var uzlikt peldošo sveci. The other way is to choose storage containers with, for example, a glass lid and the like."

If the picnic is on the beach, the biggest inconvenience that can occur is the sea sand that seems to get in everywhere. Therefore, the most important thing is to put food and drinks in containers where sand is unlikely to reach.

Organize a picnic yourself or invite professionals?

Organizing a picnic yourself can be challenging but exciting. However, remembering that a wedding is an event, in the organization of which you have to think about 101 details, the most important thing is for the couple to relax enough and enjoy the process, to do only as much as brings pleasure and joy, not worries. Finding helpers for wedding planning tasks is very important. Therefore, it is convenient to leave the organization of a festive picnic in the hands of professionals who know every nuance. "When you hire picnic organizers, you don't have to think or worry about anything yourself. The picnic organizer does everything. He comes, arranges everything, decorates it, messes it up and cleans it all up at the end of the celebration."

And if your wedding is planned for autumn, even then a picnic, complemented by strings of lights, heating lamps and blankets, will be a fantastic element of your wedding.

The article was prepared by: Ieva Simanoviča

Photo: Picnic.mii