{the hort couture gardener}: {Styling it up for Sumo Salad

So after potting up more than just a few Sumo Salad pails with assorted lettuce and swiss chard, {hort couture} was engaged to style a sit-down lunch for Sumo Salad's summer menu media launch!

The event was held in the Rose Garden Pavilion set within the grounds of Sydney's beautiful Botanic Gardens. Really this location could have had nothing done to it and it would still have been stunning. The roses are just coming into bloom and the spring flower bed displays were a riot of colour and activity with bees and butterflies buzzing around just as busily as I was!

Being the 'Healthiest Fast Food Franchise' the brief from the client was to keep within the theme of fresh and healthy. So of course this called for the use of beautiful fresh produce such as the gorgeous ruby red stems of rhubarb, scarlet skinned pomegranates with their luscious juicy-pop seeds, fire-engine red truss tomatoes, and the architectural form of artichokes.

The setting was to be clean and crisp with a touch of picnic. I was also very keen to incorporate the branding colours of Sumo Salad - green and orange - so I used a vast array of striking green foliage, bright green Granny Smith apples and limes, along with adorable Dutch Carrots and mini pumpkins.

This was such fun day and the food was amazing (yes, even the hired help got to taste test the new menu! Yum!). Although a little stressed about the inclement weather leading up to, and in the morning, we were blessed by the Weather Gods with the sun shining down on us providing us with the most amazing afternoon.

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Photos: {hort couture} & Belinda Roland Photography

{the hort couture gardener}

{Styling it up for Sumo Salad - Part II}

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