Spring and Summer naturally bring to mind planning family reunions, birthdays and parties for the outdoors. While the traditional barbeques with hamburgs, hot dogs and potato salad are certainly time-honored traditions, why not take it to the next level and plan a garden picnic.
These events can be as casual or almost formal, the choices are virtually endless. There is no need for horticulture degrees or formal English gardens, any pretty spot in the backyard will do. In fact, one fun idea is to create a theme that is based on picnic gardens. Those who are vegetable gardeners can build a whole theme gathering around nature’s bounty, using hand gardening tools for decorations. Serving homegrown vegetables and maybe even sending guests home with some seeds to sow can be a lot of fun.
One idea to hurry up the warmer weather is to have a garden picnic party in the early spring. Make it an opportunity to exchange plants and gardening tips. Both experienced and novice green thumbs are always on the lookout for something new in the flower or vegetable worlds.
It is even possible to do a great garden theme picnic on an apartment patio or balcony. Collect those houseplants and flowers found in nearly everyone’s home, spiff them up a bit, and take them out on the balcony or patio. There are a number of garden picnic tables that are available from online retailers for relatively inexpensive prices. There is even a picnic table garden bench that can serve multi-purposed indoors when the picnic is over.
Picnics in the garden can be done at budget prices, especially when the fruits of the gardener’s labor are used for food or decorations or both. Since it is still a picnic, a casual event could still take advantage of paper products that are found online in the discount or sale areas. Flowers and vegetables make great centerpieces and can be placed in actual picnic baskets.
While traditional basket picnics tended to center on foods like sandwiches and fruits and cookies, the garden event can branch out into numerous areas. One suggestion is a nice variety of finger foods, small bites that are easy to pick up and pop in the mouth. Here again, the proud vegetable farmer can feature their cherry tomatoes, along with cucumbers and peppers sliced for dipping size.
Do not forget to have fun when deciding upon how to invite family and friends to your garden event. While there are plenty of invitations out there, why not take some time to go online and look at some arts and crafts materials that can make an invitation really special. For the plant swap picnic, think about using seed packages on the front of the invitation, flower or vegetable, it is the gardener’s choice.
There are so many wonderful and creative ideas that can be used when planning and hosting a garden picnic. From a picnic table garden bench combination to foods that feature the garden’s bounty to clever invitations, a picnic in a garden is a real delight for all who are invited.
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