New York - March 20, 2007

Nip It in the Bud

Vine Floral & Event Design

Friday Dinner Party Checklist

Done: plan menu, clean bathroom, dust off old Twister mat.

Still to do: decorate, brush up charades moves.

Five words. First one sounds like “fine.” Actually, time’s running out, so just shout the answer: Vine Floral & Event Design does haute tabletop landscapes for dull Manhattan apartments.

Winter doldrums have stunned your party planning prowess, not theirs. The girls at Vine shop according to season. Right now that means they’re making vivid arrangements of artichokes, lotus pods, fiddleheads, and persimmons mixed with parrot tulips, calla lilies, viburnum, and anemones.

They also dress up the dining room table with vintage vases, bamboo napkin rings, floating candles, shiny stemware, and rented linens.

No, they don’t do clean up.

Yes, we’re familiar with that hand gesture.

Vine Floral & Event Design (212-722-5706 or vinenyc.com).