The Layering Trick Behind One Garden-Party Table Setting

At The Conservatory at Blackberry Ridge, planner Chelsea Kennedy Weddings built each table in stages: a blush linen base topped with a white eyelet overlay, rather than a single cloth. Place cards were die-cut into a butterfly shape instead of printed flat — a small production detail that adds cost and lead time but changes how a tablescape photographs. For anyone weighing a garden-format reception, it's a useful reference point for how much layering a "garden party" theme can actually support before it reads as overdone.

With reporting from Style Me Pretty.