Summer on Ice: Easy Garden-Inspired Drinks for Your Next Get-Together - Gardenista

Summer on Ice: Easy Garden-Inspired Drinks for Your Next Get-Together - Gardenista
When it comes to entertaining, we are fans of low-lift, high-payoff recipes, particularly in the summer, when our time is better spent outdoors, preferably on a hammock, with a drink in hand.
Photograph by Olivia Rae James for Gardenista, from DIY: Raspberry Sparkler for the Fourth of July.
Perfect for a Fourth of July celebration, this refreshing Raspberry Sparkler cocktail uses raspberries, lemons, limes, and mint–plus gin and vinho verde, the slightly effervescent Portuguese wine.
Raspberry Sparkler
Photograph via Makers & Brothers, from A Family Recipe for Elderflower Cordial via Dublin.
If you have elderflowers on your property, consider this recipe for elderflower cordial, a syrup that’s the basis for a delicate, old-fashioned floral drink long beloved in Europe.
Elderflower Cordial
Gardenista contributor Justine Hand created this recipe that uses gin, lemon, and a simple syrup featuring rose geranium leaves.
Photograph by Justine Hand, from DIY: Summer Cocktail with Rose Geranium Simple Syrup.
The Honeysuckle Rose
Basil Pomada
Consider making a basil pomada, a slushy frozen drink that hails from Menorca, Spain.
Photograph by Laura Silverman for Gardenista.
A lavender infused simple syrup yields a sophisticated fizzy drink.
Photograph by Marla Aufmuth for Gardenista, from DIY: Lavender Soda.
Lavender Soda
Photograph by Erin Boyle.
Infused Waters
The simplest idea of all: Add your favorite herbs and fruits to your water carafe and enjoy the results.
Photograph by Sarah Lonsdale for Gardenista, from Hibiscus and Lime: A Quick and Easy Summer Thirst Quencher.
Hibiscus Limeade
Bright hibiscus flowers turn a limeade into a punchy-colored drink.
Elevate cocktails and drinks with rose petals captured in ice.
Rose Petal Ice Cubes
Photograph by Michelle Slatalla for Gardenista, from DIY: Rose Petal Ice Cubes.
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