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[W353]Went To A Garden Party

by Anne Martin, Ann

Have you been slaving away in your back yard and garden, planting those brilliant blooms and wonderful herbs? Why not show off your hard work and beautiful landscape by hosting a garden themed party. Spring is the perfect time to host a garden party regardless if your garden consists of a yard full or roses or a few window boxes of bright blooms. Use the spring season and colorful backdrop of the outdoors as an excuse to gather a few friends and have an enjoyable day in good company. Start by sending out an invitation. These can be as simple or elegant as your style suits. Even a handwritten note with a dried pressed flower enclosed would be wonderful. Regardless if you choose a formal, handwritten, or even online invitation- be sure to set the mood of your garden themed event by including floral designs or flowers themselves.

With typically pleasant weather, you can choose to host your party indoors or out (or maybe a combination of both). A Garden Party can be a bit fancy or completely laid back-- up to you. However formal you choose to be, consider dressing up your decor a bit by using lacy table linens, real china, and of course lovely floral centerpieces. The use of formal table top décor does not require you have a formal sit down meal, rather, elegant décor can compliment your gorgeous spring blooms and laid back garden theme.

If your guests will also be hanging out outside (maybe in your.. uh hum.. garden area), make sure shade is plentiful. You can always set out beach umbrellas or canopies if your natural shade is minimum. If your guests will be outdoors in the evening, consider wrapping white twinkle lights around tree trunks for a little sparkle. Also, be sure to have places where guests can sit, stand, or lean both inside and out so that they are comfortable and freely move throughout your party spaces. Set out citronella candles on your outdoor tables just to avoid any insects pestering your party guests.

When deciding what type of food to serve, anything really goes. Try to keep your menu simple and seasonal like fresh green salads and hand held appetizers. Serve what is fresh meaning foods that are in season and available in your local area. Of course a refreshing cocktail would be appropriate as well. Apart from water, iced tea, and lemonade- mix up refreshing cocktails like mojitos which taste like spring with their fresh mint leaves. For dessert, place mini desserts out on a small table (indoors if it will be warm outside). Mini tarts, short bread cookies, and fresh fruit would be fitting for any garden party.

If you feel your guests might need to be entertained and want to offer an activity, organize a table where they can arrange blooms and make their own bouquets to take home. This will serve double duty as both an activity for your guests and a party favor for them to take home. Before your guests arrive, place several water filled vases in the middle of the table filled with different single stemmed flowers. Depending on the size of your garden, these can be flowers you have grown and plucked or fresh flowers from your local florists. Be sure to place ribbon, shears, and any other tool you would use to cut and arrange flowers. Let your guests know about the activity area and encourage them to enjoy making a bouquet sometime before they leave.

Garden parties and other outdoor activities in the spring or during the changing season is something we all look forward for. It is the most ideal way to enjoy the coming season along with the beautiful nature.
The garden parties are most enjoyable when spent with the friends and families. But to make them more enjoyable a few things need to be planned well before the party. The first thing that you should do after deciding a garden party is to plan all the requirements, games, and other entertainments for the party. While planning these ideas, remember one thing that people come to enjoy the company and the beautiful weather. So, plan the food, drinks and the games such that you can also be actively involved rather than being busy cooking and serving the food. Instead you should also appreciate and enjoy the party with everyone else.
Thus, here are a few tips to help plan and enjoy the party with ease.
1.Party theme: It is more fun when you give your party a perfect theme. Like for instance, you can give the theme as heaven where everyone can wear clothes like that of angels or that of the gods. Similarly, you can also decide the club theme where everyone can wear the beautiful and attractive clothes.

2.Decorations: Based on the theme that is decided decorate your garden with the simple but beautiful decorative materials like the long white or blue cloth, or the disco green and red cloth. If the party is in the day time make sure that there is enough to sit and to provide shelter to the inmates in the party. Also proper light arrangements should be done so that you don't have to run around for fixing the lights during the dusk.

3.Games: For the entertainment and enjoyment, garden games that can be played by people of all age should be organized. For instance, you can organize the musical chair and guess the food etc. can be organized.

4.Snacks and meal: One of the most important part in the party is the food. You should plan more snacks like hot cheesy barbeques, crisps, cakes and the tasty roosts so that everyone can have a bite now and then. For the main course, try keeping items which are very easy to cook and eat. Like hot dogs, rolls or the Chinese noodles etc. also you can keep ice-cream and cakes as your dessert.

5.Drinks: A party without drinks is not much of a party. So, before you even start the party, store all the drinks in a cool place.

6.Music: Play some light music as a backdrop to soothe the environment and the climate. This will keep the whole party lively and enjoyable. But always keep in mind that the volume of the music should not be very high as it might get disturbing after some time.

7.Bins: Lastly, maintaining the cleanliness in your garden is also very important. It is very heart pricking to see your beautiful garden getting dirty and ravaged. So, keep trash bags and dust bins in all the corners of the gardens. Also, provide everyone with napkins and paper plates for the food and the snacks.

So, now that you know of how to organize enjoyable garden parties, when are you keeping one at your place?

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