Throw a garden party to remember with these bountiful tips from our expert.

Sow successful. Garden Party planning expert, Christine Panzarella (with a soft-sculpture bunny she made). Photography by Jason Wallis

Follow these suggestions from Christine Panzarella (an avid gardener, crafter and cook), and watch your garden party blossom!

Garden Party Ideas: Invitations

• Mount a snapshot of your garden on the front of a note card, and write party specifics on the back.

Garden Party Ideas: Table Centerpieces

• Set out mason jars of varied sizes, tie raffia bows around their rims and fill with water and fresh flowers.
• Place tea light votive candles in mini terra-cotta pots.
• Turn a flowerpot upside down and glue its matching saucer to the bottom of the pot to make a pedestal serving plate.

Garden Party Ideas: Decorative Accents

• Scatter artificial butterflies, bumblebees and birds around the house—inside
• and out.
• Bring in a freestanding arbor or trellis decorated with flowers, vines or silk garlands.
• Fill a wheelbarrow with ice to chill beverages—or use it as a gift table.
• Stuff potpourri into the fingers of a garden glove, and glue a dried floral spray inside the cuff for a sweet-smelling sachet.

Garden Party Ideas: Favors

• Affix silk flowers and bee accents to lapel pins to make colorful brooches for guests.

Click here for more of Christine’s garden party pointers and spring-fresh recipes.

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