Overview
A flexible indoor and outdoor celebration designed for connection, play, and a beautiful gathering
✨ Description:
The Garden to Table Party offers a thoughtfully designed blend of indoor and outdoor celebration, allowing your event to flow in a way that feels natural, relaxed, and well-paced.
Most families choose to begin indoors, where little ones can explore our play space while guests settle in, connect, and enjoy light bites. From there, your celebration transitions outdoors for open-air dining, continued play, and cake in a spacious, fresh-air setting.
On especially warm days, some families prefer to begin outdoors with a garden welcome before transitioning inside for their meal and cake. In this case, indoor access will be limited to the party room only, and indoor play will not be available following outdoor time.
Designed with both children and adults in mind, this experience unfolds in two distinct parts, creating space for play, connection, and meaningful moments without the feeling of constant movement or disruption.
You can also customize your celebration by incorporating special touches like a food truck, ice cream truck, or other unique experiences. Our team is happy to help you think through the details to make your celebration feel extra fun and memorable.
Even if the weather doesn’t cooperate, your celebration is thoughtfully designed to shift seamlessly indoors, so the experience remains smooth, special, and fully supported.
🌿 What’s Included:
Looking for more flexibility?If you’d like to enjoy time indoors, transition outdoors, and then return indoors again for dining or cake, you can extend your celebration to 3 hours for an additional $100. Please email us at hello@riverandrootnj.com for this add-on.
With the extended time, your celebration can flow more gradually between spaces while still maintaining a smooth and well-paced experience.
- 2-hour private party
- Structured indoor and outdoor celebration flow
- Access to our curated outdoor play area, designed for exploration and imaginative play (Please note: Sensory play trays, including those featured during our Splash Play sessions, are not part of our standard outdoor party setup and are available as optional party add-ons)
- Bubble play experience, including: bubble dance party & ribbon dancing and movement
- Optional lawn games for guests, including cornhole and ladder toss
- Space for snacks, appetizers, and beverages (coolers welcome outdoors)
- One primary celebration space for your meal, cake, and decor
- Child-sized tables and chairs (for up to 20 children, if indoors)
- Child picnic-style seating (low tables and cushions for a relaxed, cozy setup if outdoors)
- Expanded adult seating depending on your flow (4 picnic tables, 3 cocktail tables, additional space to gather comfortably)
- Filtered water station
- Personalized birthday board signage
- 1–2 dedicated party assistants to support with transitions, setup guidance, and cleanup
- Full setup and cleanup support by our team
🌸 Choose Your Flow
Indoor → Outdoor (Recommended)
Begin inside with play and connection, then transition outdoors for dining, celebration, and cake in a relaxed, open-air setting. You may also decide to begin with indoor play and enjoy dining and cake inside, and then transition outside for outdoor play for your last 30 minutes.
Outdoor → Indoor (Best for warmer days)
Start with a garden welcome and outdoor play, then transition inside for your meal and cake in the party room.
🌿 Flow & Play Note
To keep the experience smooth, clean, and enjoyable for all guests, this celebration is designed to unfold in two distinct parts rather than allowing free movement between spaces.
If your celebration begins outdoors, indoor play will not be available, and indoor access will be limited to the party room only. If your celebration begins indoors, outdoor time will follow as the second portion of your event.
Once children transition outdoors for play, the indoor play space will close for the remainder of the celebration. This helps us maintain a clean and safe environment, especially with outdoor elements like water and sensory play.
With the extended time, your celebration can flow more gradually between spaces while still maintaining a smooth and well-paced experience.
🌿 Decor & Setup Note
To ensure a cohesive and seamless experience, all decor and styled elements will be set up in one primary location, either indoors or outdoors based on your chosen flow.
The secondary space will remain intentionally simple and functional for play and gathering.
🌸 Enhance Your Celebration
For a fully styled, done-for-you experience, you can enhance your celebration with our Styled Celebration Upgrade, so everything is beautifully prepared and decorated before you arrive.
Outdoor styling uses the same decor elements as our indoor celebrations, allowing for a cohesive look and a seamless transition indoors if needed.
🌧️ Weather Policy
Our outdoor celebrations are thoughtfully designed to take full advantage of our garden space, while also offering the comfort of a seamless indoor backup. In the event of inclement weather, your celebration will be beautifully transitioned indoors, ensuring a smooth and enjoyable experience for you and your guests.
As a small gesture of flexibility, if your celebration transitions indoors due to weather, you will receive a $50 River & Root credit to use toward a future visit or event.
Capacity
- Maximum of 45 total guests (including children and adults)
- Maximum of 20 children
Party times are as follows:
- Saturdays from 9:30-11:30am (offered May-September only and occasionally on request, please reach out)
- Saturdays from 1:00–3:00 PM or 4:30–6:30 PM
- Sundays 1:00–3:00 PM or 4:30–6:30 PM
- This party package is only offered seasonally from May- September (potential October dates available weather dependent, please reach out)
*Please be sure to read the party planning FAQ at the bottom of this page to answer to all of your questions!