First BASE

Set up colourful folding chairs for spectators (or resting players) in the shade of a tree. Dress a table – from which to serve half-time refreshments – with pretty linens, jolly crockery and a simple pitcher of garden flowers.

Bondholmen chairs, £45 each, Ikea; painted in Capri Pink and Firle chalk paint, £23.95/L each, Annie Sloan. Similar vintage croquet set, from a selection, Etsy. Floral cushion (on green chair) made from Rosslyn cotton, £109/m, Nina Campbell at Osborne & Little. Vintage table and child’s folding chair, from a selection, Norpar. Chair covers made from Amrapali Peony linen, £115/m; green top-cloth made from Brera Lino linen in Verdigris; tablecloth made from Brera Lino linen in Alabaster, both £75/m: all Designers Guild. Tablecloth frill made from Angus Stripe linen in Nordic Ivory, £54.50/m, Ian Mankin. Tall Pokal glasses in Pink and Blue, £1 each; similar Korken bottles (on table and pink chair), £2.50 each: all Ikea. Similar wicker tray (on pink chair), £19, The Danes. Metallic tealights, £2.75 each, Not On The High Street. Vintage jug, fruit bowl and urn: all from a selection, Norpar. Juicer jar set, £11.60, Kilner. Similar French bowls, £11.99 each, Fine Nordic. Chunky twine (on child’s chair), £10.95 (90m), Nutscene