Who doesn’t love entertaining during the spring? From the amount of you who loved my Pier 1 Imports post in the spring, you all love it too! Well we continue the Best of Stagetecture’s posts that you loved the most in 2015. Yesterday #4 your love for homemade recipes was our ‘Easy Meatloaf Recipe‘. Today it is all about transforming your eye sore outdoor home into a welcoming garden oasis!

Here’s links to the past ‘Best Of’ Stagetecture years:

Best of 2015 – No 3 – My Garden Party with Pier 1 Imports

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My Garden Party – #SummerofEntertaining with Pier 1 Imports

Throwing a garden party in my outdoor patio with Pier 1 Imports

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Last week I showed you how I transformed my dark and gloomy front porch into a welcoming garden Patio with Pier 1 Imports Outdoor Entertaining decor. This week I had fun in my new outdoor area throwing a garden party!

Let me show you how to host a garden party this summer with delicious food, natural decor and garden inspired favors your guests can take home and plant their own garden inspiration.

Lemons and natural greenery set the stage for your dinnerware

Setting up your garden party decor

What I love the most about a garden party is it can be as casual or formal as you would like. I decided to use natural elements for decoration around the Oversized Outdoor Tray from Pier 1 Imports. Lemons, plastic silverware and the Trellis and Carmelo Melamine Dinner Plates create a backdrop area for dinnerware.

The versatile tray can also house your refreshments and food

The Green Clarity Acrylic Goblets and the Pier 1 Imports fabric napkins and floral napkin rings tie the green garden theme in beautifully beside a galvanized pail of ice for your guests’ drinks. I used flowerpots with garden gloves to hold utensils. A festive way to carry out the garden theme!

Garden themed party

Choosing garden themed food for your party

On hot summer days there’s nothing more refreshing than light fare such as vegetable spring rolls, spinach turkey and strawberry wraps beside cucumbers, fresh fruit and croissants. Your favorite assortment of gourmet shortbread cookies on the side will leave your guests delighted with your party.

Display your garden fare with plenty of fresh green colors to carry out the garden theme

Send your guests home with garden-inspired favors

A garden party isn’t complete without garden-inspired favors for your guests to take home. What would be more fitting than fresh flowers in personalized pots, and packets of seeds for guests to plant when they get home? I used moss in each of the pots, tied a ribbon, and found these cute inspirational rocks to give each guest. Use the rest of your fresh flowers in the centerpiece. The Oval Plant Stand gave a tiered display area for the favors.

Send your guests home with garden-inspired favors

The Oval Plant Stand can hold your favors and greenery on the bottom

Your guests will love your garden party this season!

Find what speaks to you at Pier 1 Imports. See their Outdoor Living collection in stores or at pier1.com/outdoorliving.

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Check back throughout the week to see the rest of Stagetecture’s Best Of for 2015 posts!