How Do You Decorate For A Garden Party?
Unlike a cookout, where you can just spread out some lawn chairs and a few tables, a garden party demands a bit more work. A garden party is the elegant, upper-class version or a simple cookout, with more luxurious foods, music and beautiful surroundings. One of the best ways to set your garden party apart from any other is to decorate the venue, whether it’s your yard or a nearby park, with plants, flowers and all kinds of embellishments. Decide on a theme for the garden party before you even begin to decorate. This will help keep items you choose complementary of one another. For example, if you choose a Victorian theme, you can use paper-lace doilies, white “wrought-iron” fencing and sophisticated flower arrangements. Start at the ceiling when you decorate. This is important–starting from the bottom and working your way up may mean having to move or work around other decorations, raising the risk that you’ll break something. Put flowers on the food service table, as well as in and
