Year after year, when the weather improves, we are keen to throw a garden party as often as possible. For this reason, it is worth knowing how to behave and receive friends and relatives appropriately, elegantly and with good manners, so that they feel good in our garden.
invitations
How we invite people to a garden party is our individual choice, but it also depends on how formal this gathering is. If this small event is related to something big, such as an anniversary, a family member’s birthday, or inviting our boss, we can even make paper invitations. If the meeting is less formal and we are inviting our friends, we can do it by phone or even by email.
Service
Due to the location of the party we should not use our best service – our inheritance from great-grandfather. But it also doesn’t mean we should serve food on paper plates. When having a garden party near our house or our gazebo, we should prepare the service as we would have the party in our house: regular plates, forks, knives and glasses. A different situation would be having a picnic: plastic items should do the trick.
Menu
When preparing a menu we must think about all the guests and their tastes. Not everyone eats meat or the only type of meat. That is why we must prepare salads, grilled or fresh vegetables, fruits, fish, let’s make it tasty and variable to give the opportunity of a complete meal for everyone. The same goes for liquids, not just alcohols, but soft drinks, juices, tea in a thermos.
be a guest
When we go to the garden party (we don’t organize it) we also have our due. Flowers or a bottle of wine for the lady are always in good taste. If the garden party is organized on the occasion of a birthday, we must not forget a gift. Of course, we must discuss with the hosts if there are any courses that we must take with us or its parts.
Clothing
As for our outfit, we must behave the same as with the invitations. When the meeting is more formal we should dress formally, if not let it be comfortable. We must also be prepared for bad weather and be prepared for our high heels to hide in the grass.