4. Gazebo
Not all picnics have to be 100 percent outside – great news if you don’t reside somewhere sunny enough year-round to host an outdoor brunch. Conduct a bit of research and find a pretty gazebo in a park or other nearby recreational setting. Some can accommodate a surprising number of guests, and you can usually rent them for a nominal fee. Secure it for an hour before and after the actual picnic brunch for decoration and cleanup time.
No gazebos near you as far as you can tell? Search Peerspace instead to find private properties with gazebos that you can utilize for all your picnic brunch ideas.
One of the most charming options is this beautiful gazebo surrounded by trees in Galena, OH. It’s a bright white gazebo complete with string lights and furniture. Thanks to its bug screens, you don’t have to worry about pests ruining your meal, either!
5. Botanical garden
Just about every city in the world has a botanical garden offering many sites where you can host your elegant picnic brunch. Call ahead to reserve a spot in the garden, especially if you’re holding the event in standard wedding months like April, June, and October.
Surround yourself and your guests with irises, roses, water lilies, bonsai, or whatever other plant themes that your local botanical garden specializes in.
6. Beach
Beach brunch picnics are the best – or at least, among the best – settings for outdoor meal gatherings. Remember too that a beach doesn’t have to be a seashore. In many parts of the world, a relatively wide riverfront or lakefront will do the job just as well. Beaches are a great idea for where to host your elegant brunch picnic.
Read our guide to learn how to rent beach houses by the hour!
7. Winter picnic
There’s something exquisite about pristine winter scenery. While it might seem counterintuitive, winter can be a gorgeous time of year to host your brunch picnic. Whether where you live has warm, snowless seasons, or if it’s always a white Christmas, an unexpected winter outdoor brunch picnic can be beautiful.
Think hot cocoa, maybe with a bit of booze (or not), peppermint tea, perhaps an elevated oatmeal bar, quiche, and pastries. You might want to situate the gathering near some shelter during inclement weather, but take a chance, hope for the best, and enjoy the novelty.
Our Christmas brunch ideas can provide you with even more wintery brunch inspiration!
8. Fancy restaurant patio
It’s tough to define what a picnic is and isn’t. By default, it’s a meal you can enjoy outside. Well, restaurant patios are outside, right? Here’s an idea – host your elegant brunch picnic on the terrace of an upscale restaurant. You can prepay for all the lox, toasts, caviar, pork belly lardons, and divinely spiked single-origin coffee drinks that your party will crave and have it brought right to your picnic blanket. Or table. Bonus: restrooms will be available.
9. Get it catered
No matter where your elegant brunch picnic is situated, getting it catered is almost always an option. Ask around. Perhaps there are caterers in your area that can pre-make individual or family-sized brunch picnic baskets for you to take along. Or they can bring the food to you.
If you book a Peerspace venue, investigate all the amenities that the host has to offer. No matter what you might need for your brunch event, from caterers to coffee to picnic tables to cutlery, the host can likely secure a vendor to bring what you need straight to your venue.
Get more delicious brunch food inspiration with our creative themed brunch ideas here!
