Grow a Flea Market party garden

Gardens Built for Parties…

For a truly standout garden party, a little thought about decoration and atmosphere goes a long way! Barb Brashier and her husband Art planned a garden meant for parties. Loads of creative ideas to easily host a fun and funky outdoor event using all your Flea Market finds.

First,..color!

Suspended window and wine barrel sphere create a cozy garden room in Barb Brashier’s garden

When you use wine barrels as containers, sometimes you end up with rusted barrel rings to play with. Here is how to make a sphere and some other decorations from them. Rusty barrel hoops and spheres in the garden

Party garden design tips:

To leave plenty of room for your party guests, design plantings in a 3-foot-wide border that runs along the perimeter of your garden area.
Go vertical! Hang glowing glass chandeliers, string lights or light globes from trees.
Add drama to the atmosphere with an interesting entry out to the garden using arbors or trellises
Plan a water feature so the sound of flowing water will draw guests outside
Plan a place for a weathered farm table and benches to keep things casual

Art and Barb’s fun entrance to the garden

Bucket planters and metal Coke box planter

Bucket planters, a whimsical sign and metal Coke box planter tell you this is a fun house!

Barb Brashier’s Autumn welcome. Will it be a Halloween party?

Barb Brashier's chandelier from a bike wheel

Look up!

Barb made a chandelier from a bike wheel and sparkly glass insulators and hung strings of soft colored prayer flags to create interest and atmosphere.

Barb Brashier's bright colored chairs were rescued from the curb

Bright colors are important in Barb Brashier’s set of chairs, rescued from the curb

Barb’s back porch not only provides a quiet corner to chat, but has loads of interesting things to notice.

Autumn party gardens

Fall is here, no need to sweep this decorative floor!

Di-Ellen Davenport's spooky party setting

Wouldn’t you like to visit Di-Ellen’s spooky party setting?

Eek! Ready for Halloween?

OK, so you may have a garden tub. Where do you get a skeleton like this?? Is it plastic? Yes…

Cindi Martin’s romantic party garden at dusk

Winter interest

Barb Brashier’s snowy party arbor

Spring parties in the garden

Spring parties give you the chance to give garden ‘tours’ to your friends. It so fun and relaxing to stroll through and point out this or that plant and show off a few junk treasures…