I’ve always been partial to unconventional style. Now, after reviewing hundreds of beautiful images of real bohemian weddings on PartySlate, I know exactly how to translate that free-spirited vibe into a beautiful boho wedding. I’m sharing what I’ve learned here.
For example, white pole tents (which feature carnival-like peaks) are totally on trend for bohemian bashes right now. Another fact: nature inspires just about every element of a boho wedding. Think lush ferns and palms, neutral pampas grass, delicate baby’s breath, hearty succulents, and long lengths of driftwood.
I’ve also discovered that an eclectic bohemian sensibility often combines other styles — for a unique celebration that can be all you. In the events below, you’ll find weddings that have been described as: tropical boho, modern boho, bohemian mountain, rustic boho, bohemian desert, boho industrial, boho glam, and more.
The takeaway? If you can dream it, you can create it.
I’m here to help. Share my 16-step checklist with your wedding planner to incorporate your chic, flower-child style into every detail of your boho wedding.
1. Send Out Your Boho Wedding Invitation
Preston, CN
We adore how these bohemian-inspired invitations set a unique, color-drenched, floral vibe long before the wedding itself.
Click to see this boho wedding’s low-slung reception table and pillow seating and the luxe tent lounge area.
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What we love about these boho-inspired wedding invitations is how, instead of matching, they boast an eclectic vibe with slightly different hues and and a wood grain liner.
Click to see this wedding’s unique watercolor-inspired bohemian wedding cake.
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2. Select Your Boho Wedding Venue
We adore how this bohemian desert wedding incorporated nature right into its wedding arch by beautifully framing the arid landscape.
Click to see the beautiful table setting that included personalized agates, natural linen, wood beads, and yarn tassels.
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This romantic bohemian wedding was beautifully set in Vermont at a venue that featured glorious mountains views and enough space for an entire weekend of celebrating.
Click to see the neon-accented photo op as well as the stunning tented reception.
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photographer: Julia Luke | event planner: Jaclyn Watson Events | venue: Topnotch Resort
Tonica, IL
Everything about this bohemian wedding wows, from the unique invitations to the thoughtful guest favors, but we especially love the ceremony setting with a round wildflower-festooned arch set against a rustic, dilapidated brick wall.
Click to see the couple’s unique exit that got every guest involved.
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Since boho-style weddings are often situated in the great outdoors, it makes perfect sense to secure a stylish tent to weather-proof your party. We adore the free-spirited style of pole tents with canopies that jut into the sky like the wedding carnival of our dreams.
Click to see how potted plants were worked into tabletop décor to make a chic (and sustainable) statement.
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This boho glam wedding reception felt like it was tented outdoors when it was really in a chic historic hotel. Wood frames festooned with string lights created a totally unique indoor vision.
Click to see how this wedding’s ceremony makes guests feel as if they were inside an all-white jewel box (then added unique boho décor).
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3. Choose Your Boho Wedding Bouquet & Adornments
This dreamy Malibu elopement mixes a beach locale with desert-inspired florals. We love this bride’s choice to trade a veil for a perfectly-bohemian floral crown.
Click to see the intimate beach picnic and its chic relaxed seating.
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At this festival-style wedding, the bride carried a bouquet bursting with creamy neutrals, pops of greenery, and deep orange florals. We appreciate the organic, natural vibe and how it works in harmony with their rustic locale (which had guests glamping for the weekend).
Click to see the way this couple worked festive tassels into many areas of their celebration.
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4. Get Creative With Your Boho Wedding Ceremony Arch & Aisle
Bohemian style and nature go together like you and your beloved. We adore how this ceremony utilizes raw wood and florals to create a lesson in beauty and geometry (see more geometric wedding décor).
Click to see how creative lettering and signage furthered the boho theme.
The vendors who made this event happen:
photographer: Woodmancy Photography | event planner: She Said Yes Weddings | floral design: Wildrose and Thyme | venue: Hellman-Ehrman Mansion | videographer: Ben Rid Path Films | makeup artist: Make Up by Elli & Omi Glam Make-Up | cake: Lake Tahoe Cakes | dj: McClains Mobile Music | rentals: Tahoe Elevated Events
We love this draped wedding arch and how it both adds movement, billowing in the light breeze, and offers an uncomplicated backdrop for wonderful ceremony images.
Click to see this wedding’s truly magnificent tent constructed from a frame and string lights.
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Nothing expresses bohemian style quite like macramé. We appreciate how the addition of the art form here creates motion while not blocking the lush lavender field views.
Click to see how each place setting contained a sweet treat for guests (as well as some of that lavender).
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From fabrics to florals, bohemian weddings always feature lots of natural elements. We adore how this ceremony (for one of our very own PartySlate brides) marries fluffy pampas grass, bright flowers, and delicate pink baby’s breath for a wow-worthy display.
Click to see the truly stunning, very on-trend ombré floral display floating above the tables.
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We adore this aisle with its overlapping vintage rugs; it feels totally bohemian and totally unique.
Click to see how individual tables made for cozy spots for guests to both watch the ceremony and then celebrate at the reception.
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5. Consider Your Boho Wedding Guests
Saint-Tropez, Provence-Alpes-Côte D’Azur
Ensuring guest comfort is as easy as considering the weather. Sun too bright? Drapery, hats, or parasols will help. Chill in the air when the sun goes down? Scarves or blankets will do the trick. We love how this dinner party provided beachy bohemian hats for each guest.
Click to see this party’s truly stunning beach-front design. You’ll love the table décor and unique lighting.
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This celestial-inspired boho wedding incorporated the couple’s love of the galaxy by utilizing their astrological charts as the sign-in book. Perfect for framing, and to show how their love was written in the stars.
Click to see how the couple kept their wedding intimate and socially-distant while still festive and totally beautiful.
The vendors who made this event happen:
photographer: ellAdele photography | planner: Michigan Avenue Events | décor: Bowery & Bash | venue, caterer, floral: Big Delicious Planet | rentals: Tablescapes Event Rentals | linen: BBJ Linen | livestream: Mirar Weddings | glassware: Nimble Well | dj: Okyne Medialab
6. Select Your Boho Wedding Lighting
Spring Lake, NJ
Click to see how the wedding band got everyone’s hands in the air.
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Duck Key, FL
It only makes sense to choose a spot in nature for either your ceremony, cocktails, or reception for your boho wedding. We are wowed at how these bamboo supports create a more intimate space outside in expansive nature.
Click to see how string lights created a night-time beach-side vision.
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This bohemian, garden glam celebration started outside for the nuptials then moved inside along with candles, greenery, and a dreamy lighting scheme that included candles and soft uplighting.
Click to see a luxe tropical take on a boho wedding sensibility.
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There is no such thing as too much cake, or too many candles. They lend a dreamy vibe to every aisle, every tabletop — and well, everywhere. We love how flickering flames are protected by hurricane glass at this intimate boho celebration.
Click to see the chic loft venue and bohemian touches like a vintage dresser with its drawers filled with flowers.
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photographer: Allison Hanson Photography | venue: Hanks Social Hall
String lights work in just about every celebratory situation. They make everything extra dreamy, as they have at this boho glam wedding.
Click to see the pink and palms theming that made this wedding both glamorous and tropical.
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7. Have Fun With Your Boho Wedding Seating
Sigh. This totally-unique place card solution has us swooning. The creative use of boho-perfect pampas grass as a backdrop for the floating seating chart is truly inspired.
Click to see how the couple used towering marquee letters to spell out a special wedding message.
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Bohemian bashes and botanicals and are a perfect pair. We appreciate how the table numbers tie to the vibrant florals for a seamless, lush celebration.
Click to see the super-clever and very on-theme ways guests received their table numbers.
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We adore how this bohemian poolside reception utilizes a floral-accented wood triangle to frame the happy newlyweds. This unique addition creates a slightly intimate and definitely photo-worthy spot for the couple.
Click to see the sweets-laden dessert table and the couple’s naked cake.
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photo courtesy of & event planner: Events by Kristina Elyse
Classic rattan peacock chairs make for the perfect perch. No need to furnish your entire reception with them. Instead, make a statement by having them at the head of a long king’s table for you and your love, or at an intimate sweetheart’s table.
Click to see the brilliantly-boho lighting installation you’ll want at your own reception.
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We know that your bohemian-inspired décor is going to be worth enjoying. One key to focusing your guests’ attention on your wow-worthy pampas grass is to choose chairs that don’t distract, but instead add to the overall vibe. We love how these amber ghost chairs do just that.
Click to see how the chairs create an amber fog surrounding this weddings’ must-see arch.
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8. Determine Your Boho Wedding Table Décor
A few things that beautiful boho weddings have in common are nature settings, raw wood tables, string lights, and use of natural materials. Here, we adore how linen table runners are draped casually over tables (rather than neatly arranged across) to create a relaxed, elegant feel.
Click to see how overlapping rugs serve as a free-spirited ceremonial aisle.
The vendors who made this event happen:
Ben Lamond, CA
We can’t get enough macramé at bohemian nuptials; from arches too tabletops, the decorative knot art is a perfect fit for a free-spirited vibe.
Click to see other totally-inspiring moments from this wedding, like vows in the redwoods, long live-edge tables, and fruit-as-décor details.
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Kapalua, HI
This couple chose colorful coral-hued table linen to bring even more personality to their tented affair. Additionally, they mixed and matched, with white linen on some tables with blooms that coordinated with peachy tones.
Click to see this wedding’s unique wood-grain menus, photo spot, and dance floor.
The vendors who made this event happen:
photographer: Wendy Laurel | wedding planner: Unveiled Hawaii | florals: Mei Day Hawaii | venue: Montage Kapalua Bay | linens: La Tavola Fine Linen | videographer: Hoo Films | dj/mc: Next Level Entertainment | backdrops: Back Up Backdrops | rentals: Rio Event Design; Inspiration Events; Accel Rentals Maui | paper goods: Shindig Bespoke | live stream: Stephan Boeker Films | stylist: Shaunna Nygren | beauty: Maui Makeup Artistry | signage: Miss B Calligraphy | lighting: Epic Lighting LCC | stage: Rizzo Pacific Staging | cake: Cake Fanatics | band: Common Kings | craft cocktail service: Garnish Events | place settings: Set Maui
We can’t get enough of the magical, Seussian-vibe that clouds of deeply-hued baby’s breath create at this boho wedding. The installations float above tables and intermingle with string lights for a unique vision.
Click to see the ceremony’s chuppah drenched in hot pink florals.
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9. Choose Beautifully Boho Table Centerpieces
Yes, we do love an oversized statement-making centerpiece; but a line of smaller vases with colorful blooms makes a different statement — that you want your guests to be both surrounded by beauty as well as able too see over it to connect with each other.
Click to see the truly-stunning levitating floral arrangement that served as a wedding arch for this couple’s nuptials.
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Panton, VT
Driftwood (and its chic green partner, moss) is at home on any bohemian tabletop. We love how this bit of driftwood is nestled into yet another piece of wood — a hollowed out log joining others to span the length of the table.
Click to see the colorful blown-glass orbs used as creative décor.
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Nature’s gifts don’t end with floral and greenery, but extend to the edible world. We love when couples opt to use fruit and vegetables as décor; after all, every hue was created in the wild.
Click to see the stunning circular wedding arch adorned with florals and how it frames the city backdrop.
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10. Get Eclectic With Boho Table Settings
New York, NY
Boho weddings feature designs that mix and match with joyful style. We love how this charming and intimate reception combines vintage china with gold flatware and pale pink blooms for a totally unique tablescape.
Click to see how this wedding’s floating florals made for a truly stunning vision.
The vendors who made this event happen:
in-house photographer: We Do Productions NYC | wedding photographer: Cecilia Jean Photography | venue: Ravel Events | event planner: Pejy Kash Events | florist: Ivie Joy Floral Arts | rentals: Party Rental Ltd.; Nuage Designs | cake: Little Sugar Shop NY
We’re seeing a trend — not just for boho weddings, but all celebrations — toward colored vintage stemware, and we love it. But the style is especially at home at an eclectic bohemian reception.
Click to see the perfectly-styled wedding arch which features a unique mix of dried and white palm leaves on a brass structure.
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11. Keep it Delicious With Your Boho Wedding Food & Drink
In addition to passed hors d’oeuvres, consider passed cocktails, like at this boho Hawaiian wedding. We love when a couple’s personality shines everywhere from the entry to the final moments.
Click to see the bride’s beautifully-bohemian wedding gown and the other bride’s dapper suit.
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This couple worked hand-in-hand with their caterer to develop a menu chock-full of their favorite dishes. We love the elevated take and presentation of comfort food dishes. Guests enjoyed plated bites as well as buffet dishes at this boho-tropical-inspired affair.
Click to see how the design team brought the islands to Illinois, from the thatched bar to the palm-printed pillow seating.
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photo courtesy of & catering: Amazing Edibles Catering
12. Wow With Your Boho Wedding Cake
Los Olivos, CA
Your wedding cake should be as individual as you and your beloved are. When it comes to cake art, the options are endless, but we happen to love the restrained approach of a “naked” cake which allows the cake itself to show through.
Click to see the rustic venue with its barn, horse fields, water tower, and more.
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Pompano Beach, FL
This tropical bohemian celebration boasts island elegance and style with this totally unique dreamcatcher wedding cake that’s making our boho dreams come true.
Click to see a save-worthy floral sculpture like none we’ve ever seen.
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Longmont, CO
This fun-loving couple opted for clever signage throughout their bohemian soirée. We especially love the margarita bar with its marquee-style signage proclaiming, “You are the margarita to my taco,” and the custom napkins at the dessert table that say, “Donut mind if I do.”
Click to see the custom cocktail menu that draws from their lives as a couple.
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13. Create Luxe Lounge Areas For Your Boho Wedding Guests
So, you’ve got the pole tent and the basket lighting, but how about a lounge area for your guests to connect with each other, clinking glasses over their good fortune to know you? We love this option: tent poles without the fabric, creating a beautiful, intimate space.
Click to see the mix of modern seating and rustic wood tables that makes this boho wedding reception special.
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Monte Rio, CA
We love this bohemian wedding’s creative décor. This colorfully-printed backdrop adds personality, as does the luxe lounge furniture and overlapping carpets.
Click to see every glorious detail of one of our favorite boho weddings, from tassel art and “bouquets” to a unique screen wedding altar.
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14. Fill the Floor With Your Boho Wedding Entertainment
Benton Harbor, Michigan
This couple’s charming wedding included a band that kept their guests on the dance floor. We adore that the band opted for a more bohemian (yet still totally glamorous) take on their wardrobe than the usual black tie.
Click to see the truly stunning barn reception setting, with its soaring ceilings and rustic luxury.
The vendors who made this event happen:
Berwyn, PN
This boho chic fall wedding wowed with truly dynamic entertainment who play everything from classic to contemporary tunes to get guests dancing.
Click to see how greenery suspended from the tent’s ceiling gave this wedding a secret garden feel.
The vendors who made this event happen:
photographer: Philip Gabriel Photography | event planner: Kim Rosen Events | décor: Penncora Productions | entertainment: Starlight Music | tent: Sperry Tents | catering: Max Hansen Caterer | lighting: Synergetic
15. Create Boho Wedding Photo Spots to Savor the Day
This boho wedding is full of autumn-hued neutral, which were put to good use on its cool photo spot. We love how the couple’s name is written in neon script for “branded” photos.
Click to see the cool triangular wedding arch that perfectly framed the setting.
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We think every celebration is made better by a photo spot; t’s a place for you and your guests to get silly and preserve fun moments. This uber-cool vintage Volkswagen bus photo-van is nothing short of perfect.
Click to see how the team incorporated lush emerald greens and luxe gold for a boho glam vibe.
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When all else fails: disco. Disco-boho sounds like fun, and that’s what we appreciate about this free-spirited celebration. There are truly fun details around every corner, like a bride in roller skates, a bright photo spot like none we’ve seen, and a totally unique cake.
Click to see the creative color combo that made a chic statement (and that you’ll want to copy).
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photo courtesy of: Emeline
16. Don’t Forget to Make a Memorable Exit
Lancaster, PA
We adore every thoughtful detail of this rustic bohemian wedding, including this picture-perfect exit.
Click to see how the planner and décor team combined bohemian sensibility with rustic style for garden nuptials followed by a stunning barn reception
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People Also Ask…
What is a “boho wedding”?
First of all, “boho” is a shortened term for “bohemian.” The term evokes a free-spirited mindset, a person at one with nature who follows their own rules. When you apply this thinking to a wedding, it results in a wonderfully unique vision full of natural elements and very personal touches.
Boho weddings tend be outside, full of greenery and flowers, and less rigid décor elements than other wedding styles. For example, a boho wedding reception table will likely feature an eclectic array of design details. Think vintage (perhaps mismatched china) colored stemware, wildflowers, different types of candles, all-natural linen, and lots.
A bohemian wedding lounge area will feature a variety of seating options — from bamboo chairs to leather Moroccan poufs, velvet couches to cozy colorful loveseats. What we most appreciate about boho weddings is the relaxed style which often makes way for a more relaxed, fun-filled celebration full of laughter and love.
How do I start planning my boho wedding?
Well, we’ve given you a good head-start and lots of good ideas above. We also recommend that you begin by selecting an experienced wedding planner. PartySlate can help with that too with our curated directory of wedding planners in your area.
Also use PartySlate to find your perfect venue (don’t forget to use the filters to narrow in on the right match for you) and your other vendors, like your design and floral team, photographer, inspired entertainment, and more.
In addition, explore our dedicated weddings page for additional resources and inspiration. You can even filter real weddings on our site by style, including “boho” weddings.
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