Fall is a season of beautiful, warm colours that inspire cozy decor and friendly gatherings. It’s the best time to host an outdoor party. We have you covered with our list of garden party ideas.
To create a successful event, the decor is the biggest part of creating the right atmosphere. The food, entertainment, and not to mention the company create the rest of the experience. A cohesion between all the elements will make for a well-themed party.
Let’s take a look at some inspiring garden party ideas to make your next outdoor party a smashing hit.
To plan your party to perfection, you can incorporate some of the following ideas. You can expect a night of fun gleaming with elegance and charm with these fall-themed garden party ideas.
Fall is full of wonderful colours and earthy tones. Think of the red maple trees, sugar maples, and burning bush with their glowing hues of orange and red. You can also incorporate shades of brown and the earth with the bolder hues that autumn serves.
If you don’t want to go with these warm colours, muted tones of cooler hues like blue and green look great in fall as well. You should stick to the colour palette of your choice while selecting the decor pieces to create a comprehensive look.
An autumn centrepiece has to be a combination of warm and rich-coloured flowers, foliage, and dried grasses. The best blooms to pick from are sunflowers, dahlias, chrysanthemums, and roses of different bright hues.
Mix them up with oak leaves, maple leaves, wheat stalks, dehydrated pampas grass, and bunny tails to create a dramatic aesthetic. The combination of these flowers, foliage, and grasses always turns out to look charming and rustic when arranged with some care.
You can light your garden up with string lights. You can adorn your trees, pergolas, fences, etc., to bring out the best features in your garden and highlight them. If you would like to add some more charm, use candles and lanterns on the table.
Mason jars filled with fairy lights look beautiful, too. You can DIY them out of mason jars and battery-operated fairy lights. For Halloween lovers, placing an LED light inside carved-out pumpkins to create a creepy lantern can set quite a mood.
If you love autumn foliage more than anything else about fall, you will love this idea. You can string a leaf garland or table runner to display beautiful autumn leaves at your party.
If you want to go the extra mile, use wire to make a wreath out of dried leaves, flowers, pine cones, etc. You can hang it on your garden gate or any door.
Autumn evenings bring with them cool and chilly air that may have your guests shivering. You need to arrange for a heating source to ensure everyone can stay long into the evening without freezing.
An amazing way to do that is to arrange for a campfire or firepit. However, patio heaters, outdoor fireplaces, heat lamps, electric space heaters, heated seating, etc. are also reasonable ways to create a warm atmosphere.
For ultimate comfort have an ample supply of blankets crafted with soft materials like fleece, chunky knits, faux fur and other plush fabrics. Autumn-inspired colours like deep oranges, burgundies, and warm browns will make the blankets season-appropriate.
Invite your guests to snuggle up with these blankets and have appropriate seating for a night of laughter and stargazing.
Mulled apple cider can be a comforting drink for your guests. Infuse the cider with cloves, cinnamon sticks, and citrus for flavour by brewing it slowly.
Serving the drink in enamel mugs with a rustic look or mason jars can make the drink look more interesting.
Pumpkin spice latte and hot chocolate with marshmallows are popular hot drink options that are bound to be a hit. If you want to serve more soothing drinks, herbal-infused teas are a good option.
Whipping up a batch of spiced chai tea can integrate more culture into your party.
Fall is all about hearty food like butternut squash soup, pumpkin chile, chicken pot pie, apple and cheddar stuffed pork chops, and more.
You can include appetizers like apple and brie crostini or platters of pumpkin hummus with pita chips, sliced vegetables, and crackers.
Main courses like roasted turkey with cranberry sauce, pumpkin and sage pasta, braised short ribs, apple cider glazed pork tenderloin, butternut squash lasagna, maple glazed salmon, beef and mushroom stroganoff, stuffed bell peppers, chicken and wild rice casserole, vegetable pot pie, etc. will have your guests asking for thirds.
Cupcakes with sunflower icing arranged on a tiered tray will look gorgeous on your garden table when served with other food. If you’re not much of a baker yourself you can order them as well. Having this fall-themed dessert may seem an extra but it’s definitely worth it.
To get everyone to have more fun at your party, a cocktail bar featuring seasonal flavours and warm spices is a good idea.
Some autumn-inspired cocktails are spiced apple cider margarita, maple bourbon old-fashioned, cranberry bourbon smash, autumn sangria, and cinnamon toast crunch shot.
You can cover the bar with a rustic tablecloth, arrange drinks on tiered trays, and add elements like mini pumpkins, gourds, pine cones, and autumn leaves to accentuate the bar.
Hiring musicians for your party can lift up the spirit of your party. Classical ensembles, harpists, acoustic guitarists, pianists and more can string together a magical atmosphere for your rustic garden party.
Your guests can enjoy dancing to the melodies and enjoy a harmonious backdrop to an amazing party.
Ask everyone to dress up in autumn-appropriate colours. You can set your party theme on these colours: earthy tones, warm reds, golden yellows, burnt oranges, earthy greens, warm neutrals, metallic accents, etc.
Pick a couple of hues that look good together and ask your guests to only wear those colours. It can be a fun dressing up occasion for them as well.
A fun garden party can make a great occasion for a family gathering or watching up with your friends and creating memories.
A fall-themed garden party can be a refreshing way to kick-start the season. There are plenty of ways to make the ambience rustic and vintage. Hopefully, you’ll find our garden party ideas fun to execute, especially if you love decorating and bringing pieces together to form a cohesive theme.
The best entertainment idea for an elegant garden party is having live instrumental music playing. At UK Live Entertainment, we have a wonderful assortment of instrumental musicians for you to choose from for your next party.
