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

And more warm-weather picks.

Julia Stevens

Published Mar 14, 2021 1:00 AM

Photography by Johnny Autry

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 the new season), we’re ready for all the spring things: picnics in the park, backyard barbecues, outdoor workouts, and even some happy hour patio hopping. Here are the items we’ll have with us all season long.