Matching Colors For Your Outside Event

Matching colors of plants with a theme of an outdoor event, can create a great addition for you and your guests. Are you planning an outdoor wedding, birthday party, family or class reunion, an anniversary, or some other celebration? Taking the time to think about adding some shrubs or flowers to the event area, can enhance the beauty for that special day.

This question has come up lately about how to incorporate plants that would work for an outside event. There are a couple of things to consider when preparing for an event and using plants. You can think about adding some shrubs or flowers to your existing landscape, or doing a couple of new gardens. You also have the option of creating a colorful container garden. Lets walk through a couple of suggestions for you to think about as you plan your outside event.

1. If time permits, plan ahead. Whatever your event may be, if it is off in the distance, take the theme of the event and decide if you would like to add a ground or container garden outside.


2. Think about what time of year it will be. What flowers or ornamental shrubs are blooming?


3. Your plant specimens can be matching annual or perennial flowers planted throughout the existing gardens or in decorative planters.

Pansies

Mums

Sunflower

4. If your planning an outdoor wedding, think about the colors of the bride maids dress along with the flowers they may be carrying. If your thinking about an outdoor birthday party for a child with a character base theme, plan the event by matching colors of flowers that blend in with the characters costume or other features. If you are planning a family reunion and you see each other once a year. Plan a theme around your families favorite holiday, and blend the colors of solid or variegated shrubs with the celebration.

Fern

Mop Cypress

Chinese Pizazz Or Loropetalum

5. Maybe you are planning a get together with friends, go ahead and decide on a specific theme. One thought is the tropics. Tropical colors are bright and warm, so add some rich tones and create an atmosphere of a warm weather destination, with plants as well as other accents.

There is one thing you should think about when adding shrubs or perennial flowers to your gardens or landscape. Although you have decided to use plants to add color to the event, keep in mind your overall color scheme of your outdoor area. You don't want to put a permanent shrub in an area that really doesn't match the rest of the landscape or garden. Some decorative planters would be the answer if you have this type of problem. Having an outdoor event can be a lot of work, but also a very happy and fun time for everyone. Another option is to think about decorating around an outdoor feature. Little items like a wishing well with flowers planted around, can add some color to your event. Put a series of evergreen shrubs around a gazebo, bench, or bird feeders. It doesn't have to cost a lot to add a little matching colors of plants to enhance the special day or evening. Theme color gardens are a wonderful option for everyday enjoyment, but also for those very special outside events you plan throughout the year. I hope this has given you a few ideas, and if you need help planning your next outside event using some colorful flowers or shrubs, feel free to contact me here at the website. Enjoy your outside event!