Picnics

Marie Aiello Design Studio’s elegant Great Gatsby picnic spread included fresh flower arrangements, a tiered display of cookies, 1920s-style accessories, and a façade of the yellow 1929 Duesenberg Leonardo DiCaprio drives in Baz Luhrmann’s movie.

Grab-and-go options also included Mason jars filled with Italian pasta salad.

The event was held at sunset atop the Scholastic building in downtown New York. An Alice in Wonderland-inspired mad tea party picnic created by Jerry Schwartz of the Garden Party came complete with a tiny table designed to look like a toadstool.

Grilled corn on the cob with assorted toppings; roasted potato salad on chive sticks; watermelon cubes with feta and spinach; spinach salad with chopped eggs and microgreens in bacon cups; “hot dog” and “hamburger” macarons; and apple pie parfaits, by Windows Catering Company in Washington

Interior and lifestyle design company Steilish created an immersive Wizard of Oz-inspired tableau featuring a field of fabric poppies, votives covered in ruby-red glitter, gingham napkins, and a picnic basket disguised as a hot air balloon.

Ahi tuna salad with pineapple-sesame dressing, greens, tobiko, and sambal aioli; cucumber rolls; hoisin duck salad with quinoa, wakame, and roasted vegetables; macadamia nut biscotti; coconut alfajores; and Absolut Ruby Red vodka, Soho lychee liqueur, and Patron Citronge cocktails, by Brûlée Catering in Philadelphia

The guests seated at We Create NY and Input Creative Studio’s golf-theme picnic setting had the option of playing a quick round of putt-putt.

Mac ’n’ cheese; chicken wings served with assorted sauces; kielbasas; Bavarian pretzels; and grilled chicken Caesar salad wraps, by the Garden at Studio Square NYC in New York

Input Creative Studio’s “Picnic Village” concept had a picnic basket in the shape of a house and a stylish blue-and-chocolate color scheme.

SLS Interior Design went with an urban theme that included a graffitied picnic blanket, skateboard-style mobile dining trays, and kitschy Solo cup wine glasses.

Chopped salad with salumi, provolone, fresh oregano, and red wine vinaigrette; tarragon egg salad sandwiches with watercress and radishes; and ricotta pound cake with Meyer lemon curd and whipped cream, produced by Dandelion Ranch Events with catering by Cooks County in Los Angeles

Clark Gaynor Interiors packed its picnic inside a small wine casket and made use of eye-popping color with a floral-patterned blue-and-green picnic blanket.

Bento boxes including chilled Italian antipasti, served with sangria with blood orange ice cubes, iced tea with lemon zest and mint, and Peroni beer, by Parkland Chef in Boca Raton, Florida

Alicja Truesdale Home went simple, with pops of red against a rustic palette of browns.

Michigan-based interior designer Corey Damen Jenkins opted for a Motown theme, featuring a suitcase decorated with photos of music legends and a trippy-looking neon-colored blanket.

José Fernández of 17A Creative put together a "Disco Picnic," featuring melamine vinyl-record-inspired plates and a disco ball that opened up to reveal the picnic goodies.

Urban Picnic bento box including a chicken ’n’ waffles sandwich; a prosciutto, parmesan, and sherried fig jam sandwich; gazpacho in a cucumber bowl served with a pipette of vinaigrette and a dusting of avocado snow; a Caprese potato salad skewer; and a trio of sweet-and-savory suckers, by Truffleberry Market in Chicago