Garden Entertaining

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Enjoy the charm of a Step-Into-Spring Luncheon, the elegance of an Intimate Dinner, or the excitement of a Meteor Shower Party .just a few of the parties detailed in GARDEN ENTERTAINING. This extraordinary volume helps turn your garden into the ideal site for any event. Filled with gardening information and plant suggestions, advice from professionals and partygivers, and complete plans for seventeen creative parties, GARDEN ENTERTAINING is the perfect guide to sharing the beauty of your garden with family and friends. Whether you have a large backyard plot or prefer to cultivate plants and trees in containers, GARDEN ENTERTAINING is a unique and essential entertaining companion.

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From a Step-Into-Spring Luncheon featuring asparagus and fiddlehead ferns to a Winter Twilight Party that celebrates the uniquely beautiful snow-covered garden with hot mulled cider and handheld spinach and phyllo rolls, your garden is the perfect place to... Tovább

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Enjoy the charm of a Step-Into-Spring Luncheon, the elegance of an Intimate Dinner, or the excitement of a Meteor Shower Party .just a few of the parties detailed in GARDEN ENTERTAINING. This extraordinary volume helps turn your garden into the ideal site for any event. Filled with gardening information and plant suggestions, advice from professionals and partygivers, and complete plans for seventeen creative parties, GARDEN ENTERTAINING is the perfect guide to sharing the beauty of your garden with family and friends. Whether you have a large backyard plot or prefer to cultivate plants and trees in containers, GARDEN ENTERTAINING is a unique and essential entertaining companion.

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From a Step-Into-Spring Luncheon featuring asparagus and fiddlehead ferns to a Winter Twilight Party that celebrates the uniquely beautiful snow-covered garden with hot mulled cider and handheld spinach and phyllo rolls, your garden is the perfect place to gather with family and friends. The beauty of nature complements any party and provides an exquisite backdrop for splendid food, music, and conversation. Whether you cultivate a large backyard garden or prefer to keep your plants in movable containers, Garden Entertaining is the ultimate guide to throwing a very special party in a superb and personal setting.
This beautiful volume contains a wealth of stunning full-color photographs, invaluable advice from professionals and partygivers, gardening information and plant suggestions, and a collection of exciting, imaginative parties. You will find delicious recipes, decorating tips, musical suggestions, and garden ideas—just add your personal touch and enjoy the charm of garden entertaining.
Garden Entertaining begins with a thorough look at the garden itself and how it can set the mood of a party. Discover complete lists of beautiful flowering plants for each season of the year, plants that attract butterflies or hummingbirds, and the most fragrant plants—for day and night. Maintaining the lawn, creating paths and steps, and choosing a sound system are just a few of the many topics covered in the information-filled section. Y>ur garden will become a joy to care for and share with the help of Garden Entertaining,
Next, listen to advice from those with the most experience in garden entertaining. The fascinating second section features words of wisdom firom professionals and experienced partygivers, and will save you from dozens of trial-and-error mistakes. From caterers to a tent supplier, professionals offer insight into making sure your party runs smoothly, and partygivers add their own helpful hints and suggestions.
Finally, Garden Entertaining provides blueprints for seventeen fantastic parties. You will find menus, recipes, and planting and gardening tips for events ranging from a Midsummer Night's Late Supper to a Vendage Celebration. There is an array of creative parties for any number of guests and any occasion, from a Romantic Dinner for two to an Arbor Wedding for fifty. Gadierings for each season ensure that you enjoy your garden year 'round, and the delicious recipes take advantage of seasonal fruits and vegetables. Early Season Salad Days features a mix of greens straight from the garden,
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augmented by sea scallops in Oriental pesto vinaigrette. Late Season Salad Days highlights root vegetables and late harvest fare, such as leeks, carrots, potatoes, spinach, and figs. Each party offers decorating suggestions that come from or complement that season in the garden.
A Derby Day Cocktail Party, Victorian High Tea, or a Beatrix Potter Birthday Party for your favorite child whatever your mood, interest, and resources, Garden Entertaining helps you throw an exquisite party.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
PATRICIA HORAN is a prize-winning New York City book and magazine editor who has written cover features on travel and other subjects. She has most recently been contributing and column editor for a national home management magazine.
HILLARY S. S. DAVIS is a corporate chef and a cookbook author. Her other cookbooks are Great Grilling (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1989) and American Folk Entertaining (Oudet, 1991).
MARIA C. GLEASON is a horticulturist and professional gardening consultant. She is the author of The ThreeYear Garden Recordkeeper (Henry Holt, 1989), and she lives in the New \brk area. Vissza