garden party

American  

noun

1. a party given out of doors in a garden or yard.

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garden party British  

noun

1. a social gathering held in the grounds of a house, school, etc, usually with light refreshments

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Etymology

Origin of garden party

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

Artists will be painting in some of the gardens, and if you wear a festive garden party hat, you’ll be entered in the club’s hat contest.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Devon's a disheveled, sweaty wreck storming the gates of the Kells’ orderly Elysium precisely when Michaela’s garden party is kicking off, the first of several she's planned for that weekend.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2025

We threw strange parties: a garden party with a “make your own hat” bar, a dinner party full of spontaneous performance art and a birthday party called Lord Pontchartrain’s Cosmic Saturnalia.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2024

Meanwhile, the King, whose cancer treatment is ongoing, met members of the public at a Buckingham Palace garden party a little over two miles away.

From BBC • May 11, 2024

“Well, see, we’re havin’ this garden party out here in Wilmette, and there’s somethin’ in the sky.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan