A Gardener's Gathering
Follow these tips for a festive celebration, or use it as a springboard for your own ideas.
Bring together fellow gardeners to
share secrets and savor a
delicious meal.
1. Make things easy for yourself: Ask a friend to cohost or ask everyone to bring a favorite dish or beverage to share.
2. Make the event enjoyable for your guests by using a gardening theme: Greet guests with iced tea served from a sparkling new watering can. Offer them mouthwatering appetizers such as fruit topiaries assembled on the spot from chilled bowls of fresh fruit.
3. Ask everyone to bring a garden goodie such as begonia cuttings, South African bulbs, gardening books, and decorative branches from a corkscrew willow. Raffle the items collected and donate the proceeds to a local non-profit public garden or park.
4. Pump up the party's atmosphere by setting your picnic table for a casual dinner based on the garden theme. Combine colorful linens with terra-cotta dishes, potted-herb place cards that double as party favors, and hollowed-out vegetable centerpieces filled with fresh flowers. Delight your guests by serving salad using garden trowels.
