Riverview Nursery & Garden Center - Gardening & Supplies
A Garden Party to Remember
Author: Alaina SalksThe garden is a magical place filled with imagination and intrigue. This is why it is the perfect place to spend a memorable evening with the people you care about.
Bringing the Inside Out – Bring the elegance of a dinner party outdoors! Use fancy tablecloths, real silverware and decorative centerpieces to beautify your party’s serving table. Centerpieces – Purchase or create your own elegant floral centerpiece. Try floating a rose, gerbera daisy or orchid flower in a beautiful ceramic bowl of water as an inexpensive and dramatic floral centerpiece! Create a floating flower theme by adding them to your birdbath, garden fountain, or backyard pond - just make sure you net them out of your pond at the end of the party! Create a dramatic “fire and water” centerpiece by placing a smaller clear vase inside a larger clear vase. Fill the space between the smaller and larger vases with water and then place a lit votive candle inside the smaller vase. You’ll have a flame shining through water! Tint the water with blue food coloring to enhance the look of this impressive centerpiece!
Add Color and Ambience - Decorate your party with ever-blooming annuals planted in our beautiful glazed pots or use shepherd’s hooks to display your hanging baskets. Add pizzazz to your party with Riverview’s Mad Mats® outdoor carpets! Made of post consumer recycled plastic these mats are famous for their classic style and soft feel. Light up the night, by placing a small light bulb or string of twinkle lights inside a gazing globe or cloth lantern. And, lastly, keep the bugs away with our Jumbo Citronella Incense Sticks.
Zen Garden Party – Spend a relaxing evening in your backyard when you throw a Zen inspired garden party. Add a water feature to your party with our “Bamboo fountain & water pot” setups! An elegant glazed water pot is perfect for the patio or small living space. Combine it with a bamboo fountain and a floating flower, and you’ve got a compact, relaxing water feature!
Bonsai trees and ikebana floral arrangements can be used for festive centerpieces. Add dramatic lighting with our red Chinese lantern flower lights. Place them in vases alone, or with fresh or silk flowers to create an enchanting evening setting.
Color Themed Garden Parties – Picking a color theme is an easy and inexpensive way to create a festive setting!! Ask your guests to wear the desired color. Have matching table cloths, decorations and centerpieces. For example, if you pick Red, you can decorate with a deep red table cloth and white dishes. Surprise your guests by placing small white vases on each plate with a single red rose, gerbera daisy, or carnation and a red name tag! String red, decorative outdoor lights in the trees or wrap them around a patio umbrella! Fill a tall, clear vase with water and place a variety of red blooms in it so that they are submerged, making a tower of underwater red flowers!