Whether they are casual or elegant, garden gatherings in the warm summer months are a wonderful way to celebrate the season. A summer garden luncheon with a few friends to discuss the latest roses, for instance, is as good an excuse to enjoy time together as any!
As soon as the first warm days of late spring, early summer arrive, I'm planning leisurely luncheons and dinners in the garden. Setting a lovely and thoughtfully decorated table is what encourages lingering at the table longer with friends and family to share laughter, food and make for a memorable time together.
Welcome to Monday Morning Blooms!
Today Pam, Mary and I are welcoming our friend Rita of Panoply to our floral therapy day! I will share everyone's link at the bottom of this post so you can visit all of them and see what magical flower inspiration they've designed for our enjoyment today.
Summer is such a fun time to gather friends for a luncheon! I set our little garden table in the front garden today, because the star jasmine is blooming and it smells heavenly!
This is the best time to find gorgeous flowers at the grocery market, Trader Joe's or anywhere else you buy flowers! I prepared the Limoges tureen by taping a grid on the top to help the flowers stay where they need to stay.
These garden roses had me at ruffled big petals, and their smaller cousins spray roses just hopped into my basket along with peach and white alstroemerias, and a wild filler called lepidium whose bright chartreuse color I just couldn't resist!
Since we just unboxed a beautiful antique French Limoges luncheon set from the late 1800's, I used it for these photos.
Outdoors is a wonderful place to use your silver, and porcelain dishes. It adds an unexpected flair to entertaining al fresco.
Arranged in a French Limoges tureen with a gold trim, these colors are breathtaking!
The menu is super simple. An arugula salad, mixed with olive oil and parmesan cheese, with halved little tomatoes, blackberries, and candied pecans is refreshing and easy to make. Little egg salad sandwiches, tea, water with lemon, and macarons.
I generally have a box of macarons and other little desserts in the freezer.
So that I can serve a treat at any moment, and frozen so I am not tempted to randomly eat them myself!
The Antique French Limoges Lady’s Luncheon Set is so pretty. Each piece has little pink florals and a laurel wreaths with blue bows. It was made by Charles Field Haviland | CDM in 1891.
These gorgeous napkins are cotton, and have soft colored flowers on a light buttercream yellow background.
The silver is a special luncheon sized set from France made by Ercuis, France, world-renowned for it's classic luxurious silver. Because the French 'set' the silver upside down, French silver patterns are always as beautiful on the back as the front.
No garden luncheon could be complete without a cute basket filled with antique gardening tools, could it?
This one is one of a few French baskets that arrived in the latest shipments of our purchases from the markets. I love it's shape!
Thank you so very much for your visit.
I love our special Mondays together, sharing the beauty and our love of flowers!
Be Sure to visit all my Flower Friends by clicking over to their blogs. You will be inspired!
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Thank you Denise, as always it’s a joy to visit with you! I am so happy you enjoy our blooms as much as we do! xo Happy Summer!
Happy Summer to you too, Linda! Best month of summer, isn’t it now? Because all the flowers are still going strong and not suffering from heat. : )
Thank you Shannon! I always enjoy your visits, dear friend! xo
Thank you so very much Ricki! I hope you are having a gorgeous and blessed June so far!
I’m late to the party, but I wanted to let you know that your table is so beautiful, and I love your centerpiece. Your macarons match the flowers! Your roses are the prettiest colors. Your photos are bringing me joy this Thursday morning!
Lidy, your floral arrangement is stunning! The ruffled roses are so pretty. The antique luncheon set looks so beautiful in your lovely garden setting. The menu sounds perfect for a warm summer’s day. I have so enjoyed my visit, sweet friend!
Good morning Lidy, your garden themed table is so lovely with the French Limoges Ladies Luncheon Set. The menu sounds fabulous. Those roses are so gorgeous and I can certainly see why you bought them. They look so beautifully arranged in your French Limoges tureen. Trader Joe’s always has the gorgeous flowers. A very French detailed table including your antique French basket of tools. Happy summer.
I’m a little late to the the party but boy what a party! The French Limoges Ladies Luncheon Set is out of this world! This floral arrangement with the roses made my heart skip a beat! Those roses are perfect and so is the garden setting you gal’s really impressed with this edition of Monday Morning Blooms. Thank you so very much, pure enjoyment from start to finish!
Bonnie, thanks so much, friend. Our jasmine is having a really ‘good’ year, the leaves are so glossy and healthy. It looked like you had a fantastic trip! I lived vicariously along with you. Wishing you a very happy
June! xo
Lidy, your floral arrangement is just breathtaking! And that gorgeous antique tureen is so elegant. You have styled such a delightful and beautiful table, your food looks very inviting also. Your garden setting is perfect. I am admiring how healthy your confederate jasmine looks. Having just been in Provence and seeing their healthy vines I immediately remembered them along the store fronts.
I always enjoy your beautiful graphic art creations. I love Isaiah 61:11 and it will be pinned. A tutorial on how to make them would be welcome.
The china and silver are also breathtaking and so special. A five star post as usual! Bonnie