Garden party ideas ....One of the best things about spring and summer for a Midwestern gardener is the outdoor entertaining after a long winter. We dream and plan about the first outdoor get together after the frost has melted.
Garden Party IdeasTheme parties are a great way to enjoy your gardens and backyard entertaining.
It doesn’t have to be a complicated party theme. Any idea, hobby, or event can be a theme. Think Olympics, baseball, ethnic foods, croquet, tea parties, baby and wedding showers; even gardening is a theme that you can plan a backyard party around.
Are you fascinated with France? Why not a garden party with French food and wine? Italy – That country’s association with food, wine and gardens is a great idea to build on.
These pages will give you garden party ideas, tips and techniques for hosting memorable events in your garden and backyard spaces.
Please feel free to use these ideas as they are, or expand with your own creative twists to fit your family and friends. Pick a theme – have fun and enjoy entertaining in your backyard gardens.It's always fun to take pictures and keep them in your
garden journal
to look at when the winds are howling and there is 2 feet of snow on the ground......
Check out the garden party theme ideas below and pick a few to try and bookmark this page for future use.
Western Theme Party
Backyard Bocce Ball Party
Mexican Fiesta Party
Classic Cocktail Party on the Patio
Children Garden Scavenger Hunt
4th of July Backyard Party
Neighborhood Progressive Picnic
Planning these outdoor parties also motivates me to get the gardens and yard in tiptop shape as soon as possible in springtime. …….Similar to inviting friends over during the winter months; forces you to clean the house-right? Of course I’d rather be outside in the fresh air preparing for the outdoor activities in the gardens, than cleaning the house. Who wouldn’t?One word of caution here about your flower gardens and entertaining; something is bound to get stepped on when there is a party going on in the gardens. Relax…..
Stay calm if someone stomps through a flower bed during one of your parties, chasing balls, or playing tag or whatever. Remember – plants and flowers can be replaced. Having your guests engaged enough to wander around your yard and into the garden, brings energy and life to the party. In fact it’s a sign of a great backyard party!
Outdoor Entertaining Tips and Planning Ideas
I want people in the garden – not out. Being in the center of the garden, experiencing plants and nature close up, is so much different than admiring from afar. Keeping your party to a deck or patio, away from the flowers and plants just isn’t the same.
Bring your parties out to the flowers and plants …. Set the tables and chairs up close and personal with the roses and peonies.
Pull a few Adirondack chairs into the hosta shade garden. A relaxing cup of tea, with a good friend, in the garden is a wonderful relaxing afternoon. Try it!
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