Our Story
Garden Party Hire developed (unintentionally) nearly 20 years ago from scratch, from the home of our directors.
Starting with just two marquees and a very limited number of tables and chairs.
The demand was there for garden parties as larger companies weren’t interested in “back garden work” and intentionally overpriced it.
We worked hard, long hours to a create memorable bespoke events for our clients and a reputable business brand to go alongside it.
Corporate clients were looking to save money and receive attention to detail so contacted us. The natural progression for the business lead to us transitioning to working with corporate clients. A transition which we actually found simple just by replicating our same attention to detail and providing the fantastic customer service that we do for all our clients.
Importantly for our corporate clients not only did we save them money, but we massively improved the standard of their event. One client had been paying £14k for a single stage unit, our charge was less than 20% of that for like for like.
Corporate work now makes up in excess of 60%+ of our business, much of that is happily regular repeat business from large International Blue-Chip Companies
J Lawson14 January 2024 Small marquee for a house party and it was perfect, service was excellent and v efficient. Always happy to support local businesses. Dawn Pimm27 December 2023 Absolutely amazing service. The team had to contend with high winds when erecting and pouring rain to take down. They were fab. The package we had was brilliant. Perfect size and additions to make an amazingly successful Christmas Day and Boxing Day for our family. Thanks so much and we will be back! Can’t recommend Garden Party Hire enough, no matter the event size they will deliver the goods. Thank you, we couldn’t have asked for any more! Chris White27 December 2023 Excellent customer services, very clear and professional communication. Delivered into exact position with care for the surroundings. Very competitively priced. Highly recommended. Francesca Geary22 November 2023 On the off chance called Garden Party hire to arrange some outdoor heaters for my boss for the weekend. They were quick to respond and super efficient. My boss came in on the Monday saying it was amazing and took a card off the guys who delivered. would highly recommend. wendy flint11 November 2023 We used Garden Party Hire for my brothers Memorial Day. The service was amazing from start to finish. The staff were friendly and professional. The marquee was brilliant especially with the weather against us! The whole service exceed our expectations. Highly recommend Garden Party Hire and will definitely use again! Thank you so much! Jason Seagrave9 November 2023 Justin and his team provided marquees, catering equipmentment, furniture, and a BBQ for our corporate event. Everything was perfect, arrived on time, kept us updated and arrived to de-rig when then said. The equipment was in very good condition. I recommend without hesitation for any event you're thinking about. Kayleigh Knighton3 October 2023 We used Garden Party Hire for my dad’s Memorial Day. The service, the quality and the communication were brilliant from start to finish! The staff were polite, friendly and helpful. The marquee was a god send with the weather. Would 100% highly recommend and definitely use again! Thank you! 🙏 Nicola Ryan8 August 2023 Fabulous service, booked these guys at quite short notice, but they still delivered……turned up to set up when they said and collected when they said….marquee was a godsend after the weather was against us!!! Highly recommend, definitely use again x Alyson Cowley22 July 2023 Contacted Garden Party Hire to speak about an upcoming birthday celebration. Very helpful. Justin came out to site very quickly and made various suggestions which were very helpful. Slight delay obtaining the quote but eventually I made a booking and paid deposit. The team turned up as expected at the given time. Very professional and speedy set up. We were more than happy with the Marquee's and other items provided. Came back to remove everything as promised at the given time. Overall we were very happy and wouldn't hesitate to recommend. Thank you. Sarah CAIRNS10 July 2023 We used Garden Party Hire for hiring chairs, tables and glasses for a garden wedding. The service was amazing - from first contact for the quote to delivery and collection. Extremely polite and helpful staff, a very good price and good quality products - overall very happy and will recommend your company - thanks so much.
We now get a respectful nod from other companies in the industry and have grown our business significantly since we first started. As a result, we’ve now trademarked our company name to give our brand the protection it needs and deserves but also to allow us to develop and grow as a company on a national basis.
Our client list reads rather impressively often involving repeat work form HRH’s “A” list celebrities, Billionaires, Embassies and even being involved in several stadium concerts.
Suffice to say that we’re now doing quietly very well as a Brand and Company, with a recent move to new premises some five times larger, we’re now ready to let people know what we’ve been up to!
We’re still a family-owned business, still providing high attention to detail for every job, still keeping things simple but doing them rather well.
The secret of our success is honesty and concentration on every client’s requirement is what counts.
Good old fashioned customer service never went out of fashion!