Reasons to Love Tent Weddings

Wedding tent at River Farm at night

We have written about many of our favorite DC wedding venues in event recaps and venue spotlights over the past few years. This past year, more than any other, tent weddings have featured heavily in our rotation. Whether in a backyard, attached to a historic house, on a rooftop or a field somewhere, we love tent weddings!

Tent weddings give you the ability to embrace the outdoors while also protecting you and your guests from the elements. In the case of tents that are not part of an existing wedding venue, it provides you with the freedom to choose vendors you might have your heart set on. While many venues have a short list of vendors to choose from, with a tent wedding, you can have your pick of the caterers, photographers, or decor companies you favor.

We’ve designed for tent weddings on hot and sunny days as well as rainy ones, on rooftops and in backyards. Each tent wedding was as beautiful and memorable as any other wedding we’ve designed! We have a few tent weddings in our queue for the coming year, and we couldn’t be more excited.

Pro Tip: It isn’t a *must* that you decorate your tent, but if do, the options are endless. Greenery-laden chandeliers, floral rings, garland swagged around the tent or loosely or organically placed, up lighting, string lights, and so much more. Just because you’re in a tent doesn’t mean you’re camping. Tents can be as upscale as you imagine your wedding to be.

Several venues in the DC metro area include a tent for the reception or have an outdoor space that can be tented in the event of weather. A few of our favorites are below:

The Alexandrian Hotel

Capitol View at 400

Carlyle House

Decatur House

Dumbarton House

Hendry House

Lincoln’s Cottage

Mt. Vernon Inn – sunken garden

River Farm

Oxon Hill Manor

Woodend

Woodlawn

Woodrow Wilson House

Looking for a company in the DC area to rent your tent from? Look no further! Here are a few great vendors to look into for your tent needs:

Sugarplum Tent Company

Skyline Tent Company

Select Event Group – which is the exclusive provider of Sperry Tents in the DMV

L&A Tent Rentals

Looking for more inspiration? Check out a few of our favorite tent weddings, and search the blog for more.

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Theres something about September that always feels like a turning point. The days are still warm, but the morning is a bit cooler. School is back in session. The light starts to change. And after a long DC summer, you do all get that first day when you can open the door and think, yes, fall really is coming. 🍁 

For me fall has always been tied to the rhythm of the school year. Kids going back to school and calendars filling up. Pulling sweaters out of the back of the closet, and thinking about Halloween before you’re quite ready to admit summer is over. 

In the studio, autumn has another rhythm. September and October weddings - arguably our busiest time of the year - paired with all sorts of fun things. Pods, berries, grasses and all sorts of funky things. 

I think there’s a reason fall weddings always feel so right. It’s a season built around change. The landscape shifts, the light softens, the year begins winding down… and in the midst of that, two people choose to begin something. 

Maybe that’s what I love about this time of year. Autumn can feel nostalgic and hopeful at the same time. So here’s to another fall wedding season, changing leaves, cooler nights (no mosquitoes), celebrations and all the new beginnings still ahead.
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