Garden party invitations
The occasion where botanical illustration is genuinely the right answer rather than a default.
$65
Your details set by hand, usually back the same day. $145 to rebuild it in your own colours.
A garden party invitation is one of the few places where flowers on a card are not decoration for its own sake. The setting is the point of the event, so the invitation showing something growing is honest rather than ornamental.
What matters is that it is the right thing growing. A card covered in peonies for a September party in a garden full of dahlias is a small thing that a certain kind of guest absolutely notices. Tell me the month and what is actually in your garden and the illustration can match.
The practical content is all about the outdoors: shade, seating, whether the ground is soft enough that heels are a bad idea, and what happens if it rains. Guests appreciate being told, and heel advice in particular saves somebody an uncomfortable afternoon.
What changes for this one
Botanical illustration matched to the actual season and, where possible, the actual garden. Generous white space so it reads as airy rather than crowded. A practical line about footwear and shade earns its place.
When to send
Three to five weeks, with a rain plan stated on the card rather than communicated by text on the morning.
Colours that work
Airy and seasonal. Soft green and warm white for spring, ochre and dusty rose for late summer.
Questions people ask about garden party invitations
Can you illustrate the flowers in my actual garden?
Yes, and it is the nicest version of this. Send me photos of what is in bloom and roughly when the party is, and the illustration will match. It adds to the cost because it is genuine drawing rather than a stock botanical, and it is the detail people comment on.
What should I tell guests about the setting?
Whether there is shade, whether there is seating for everyone, and whether the ground is soft. That last one, phrased as a gentle note about heels, is the single most appreciated line on a garden party invitation.
Do I need a rain plan on the card?
Yes. Either a rain date or a line confirming it goes ahead under cover. Without it you will spend the morning of the party answering messages instead of setting up.
480
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How to have this made
Custom invitation design
Designed from nothing for one event. No template underneath.
From $285
Day-of event paper
Menus, place cards, table numbers, programs and signage.
From $95
Party printables and extras
Favour tags, envelope liners, stickers, banners, water bottle labels.
From $75
Start with a First Look
$45 for one finished concept designed for your event, back in three days. It comes off whatever you book, and if you do not love it you keep the file and owe nothing.