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forest

If you love rustic weddings, you’ll want to take your time with our forest weddings archive, full of forest wedding venue ideas, decor inspiration, and even forest wedding dress styles. If this is your jam, you might also want to check out our archive of camping weddings and log decor.

Gothic scottish elopement Kendal Lake Raini Rowell Photography Offbeat Wed 49

An LGBTQ+ gothic elopement in the Scottish woods (…WITH FIRE!)

Kendal and Lake skipped the wedding industrial complex and went straight into the woods. From Alabama to a storm-soaked corner of Perthshire, Scotland they built an elopement around fire, water, moss, and intention. Gothic fashion, Celtic-inspired rituals, and a river vow sealed at dusk made this less a performance and more a reckoning with place, weather, and commitment.

queer goth forest rave wedding 45

Black lace, bass drops, and big queer love in the trees

What happens when two EDM-loving queers get married in a literal treehouse? You get gothic romance, misty forest vows, and a reception that devolved (evolved?) into a tequila-soaked rave. Courtney and Riley’s wedding was high fashion meets high BPM—black lace, chosen family, bass drops, and tacos for days. It was tender. It was wild. It was queer magic incarnate.

ombre wedding dress forest wedding on offbeat wed 37

This bride airbrushed her ombré wedding dress for a ceremony in a redwood fairy ring

She painted her own ombré wedding dress, folded origami cranes with her groom, and got married in a redwood fairy ring surrounded by incense, birdsong, and cedar-scented blessings. This isn’t your average forest wedding… it’s a full-body love spell of color, culture, and connection. If woodland witch meets DIY goddess is your vibe, you need to see this.

Hobbit Picnic Wedding by Sam Starns on Offbeat Wed 33

What do you serve at a hobbit picnic Redwoods elopement?

Anim and Mariah didn’t just elope… they stepped straight into a Tolkien fever dream. Swords in hand, they exchanged vows in an ancient redwood grove before feasting on a hobbit-worthy picnic. With embroidered suits, celestial details, and lantern-lit coastal views, this nonbinary couple’s wedding was pure fantasy brought to life. No rules, just magic.