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Picnic Season Is Almost Upon Us—Here Are 20 Essentials for Spending Spring Outside

And more warm-weather picks.

Julia Stevens

Published Mar 14, 2022 1:00 AM

Photography by Nadya Spetnitskaya/Unsplash.

First things first: Congratulations, you made it through (an extraordinarily difficult) winter. Finally the sun has stopped setting just after your last bite of lunch and you can take one last good look at that down puffer coat, because spring is almost here. And design-wise, at least, the future has never looked so bright.

Now that we’ve set our clocks forward an hour for daylight savings and begun the countdown to March 20 (the official first day of spring), we’re ready for all the outdoorsy things: picnics in the park, backyard barbecues, alfresco workouts, and even some happy-hour patio-hopping. Here are the items we’ll have with us all season long.

For Picnics in the Park

Picnic Season Is Almost Upon Us—Here Are 20 Essentials for Spending Spring Outside

Picnic Season Is Almost Upon Us—Here Are 20 Essentials for Spending Spring Outside

For Picnics in the Park

For Outdoor Workouts

For Backyard Barbecues

For Evenings Out