Aunt Polly doesn’t like crowds and worries about tripping over small children so we seat her in a quieter area away from the kiddos….spaghetti squash requires a lot of space and the garden should be arranged to allow it to stretch out its legs away from smaller plants. Ditto with gardens, not all plants play nicely together, and each has its own personality and needs. Seating locations and guest placement have always been a tricky part of any event. Of course, with an event, you can’t just run to the local nursery to pick up anything you’ve forgotten! Then comes the fun part of determining the exact elements you want to include in your space, laying out your floor plan (dirt plan?), placing orders for everything you need…and checking it all twice. Bohemian, beachy, sleekly modern, or moodily romantic, etc. Then you select the best location based on the size of your guest list and what type of feeling you want to create.

In either case, you need to decide how much physical and budgetary space you have for plants….ehrm, guests. It’s not really as bizarre as it sounds and is a nice mental break from running through imaginary event scenarios to stay sharp!Ī good garden, like a good event, requires a great plan. Many of our clients and fellow event professionals have been asking themselves and each other “how do I keep my skills sharp when I’m not onsite running events?”.

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