Rustic Garden Gets To Glow!

As event planners not only are we organized and creative we are innately problem solvers, great listeners and we certainly always try to be crowd pleasers. While the overall crowd pleasing might be a bit of challenge, especially when trying to accommodate 150 adults and 100 children all with differing religious beliefs and understandings, we certainly do our best! This was the case for our April 19th Bat Mitzvah at Adas Israel in Washington, D.C.

To appease our adult wishes and childrens’ alike we designed two parties. The first was a formal Kiddush luncheon featuring  rustic dark wooden farm tables with runners of cast iron urns, clay and terracotta pots, river rocks, flag stone, feathers and hand blown glass and mosaic votives mixed with traditional round tables with a similar but more compact version of the runners. We kept it fun and whimsical for the kids with one long sharing table. Three large umbrellas gave the illusion of a “kids space”, coordinating paper lanterns and twinkle lights carried our rustic garden theme and one long runner of brightly colored bud vases with white gerbera daisies made the kids table less serious but still elegant.

photos courtesy of Andrew Harnik Photography

For the night time party we were able to re-invent our umbrellas by adding casual and colorful bistro tables for seating and using the daisies as centerpieces. We kept the farm tables for adult seating as well, but removed the slate, feathers and votives and punched up the fun factor by adding the brightly colored bud vases with the gerbers and bear grass. The focus of the evening was the dancing and the fun. Lighting was a major help in transforming the space from rustic, garden elegance of the luncheon to a fun, funky and fabulous night time kids party!

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