The Backyard Nuptial

The times they are a changing. Gone are the days of the big budget wedding that would rival any of the summer's blockbuster hits. They are being replaced by intimate backyard nuptials.  With celebs like Reese Witherspoon, Mark Zuckerberg and Natalie Portman returning to this simple trend to say "I Do," it's bound to become the rule rather than the exception. 
It's easy to see that with a little out the box thinking, any of these backyards....

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Traditional Landscape design by Melbourne Landscape Designer Andrew Renn

....could be transformed into this....

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....or simply this.

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...followed by a reception under the stars.

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Are you down with this backyard trend? Or do you prefer the traditional church wedding or the lavish offerings of a fancy hotel ball?