Garden Streets
Reinforcing a Collaborative Culture Through Creativity

In today’s dynamic business landscape, where employees are dialing in from different locations, employee engagement has become imperative. Happy hours and virtual trivia games no longer suffice. Companies seek fresh and inclusive ways to connect with their teams and support their workforce without stretching HR teams thin.

A true partner to its clients, Garden Streets takes the pressure off an organization’s shoulders and empowers employees to enhance their productivity and attain job satisfaction through innovative and interactive employee engagement and team-building activities.

“Our offerings are unique, and we are constantly looking to innovate in the team-building space and continue making the lives of HR teams, executives, and administrative assistants easier,” says Jen Gouldstone, owner of Garden Streets.

With an unwavering commitment to diversity and inclusion, the company offers a rich tapestry of activities that captivate and unite on-site, remote, and hybrid teams in meaningful and creative ways. Organizations can foster a culture of engagement, collaboration, and success.

The New Era of Employee Engagement

Garden Streets delivers unique experiences that ignite employee engagement and foster genuine connections. Hands-on activities span a wide range of themes, with many centered around arts, crafts, and nature. Crowd favorites include succulent terrariums, pottery, origami, bonsai tree planting, kitchen herb gardening, art history talks, honey tasting, leather working, holiday wreaths, candle making, chunky knit blankets, moss art and more.

Garden Streets is a woman- and minority-owned company and well-versed in supporting and celebrating diversity. The team creates and hosts culturally aware events for Black History Month, Women’s History Month, Asian American Pacific Islander month and other important historical markers.

Each event is guided by expert hosts, who often have decades of experience in the subject matter and can dig into questions and assist participants at a deeper level. Their effort helps provide unparalleled interactive experiences, creating a hospitable environment that empowers employees with a forum in which to socialize, relax, bond, and collaborate.

Serving as the end producer of its offerings, Garden Streets eliminates middleman and maintains complete control over service quality and flexibility. Whether hosts are guiding participants remotely or traveling to a client’s office in person, the firm is able to customize its activity formats and ensure every individual can actively participate and connect with others.

If an organization’s teams are spread out globally, Garden Streets can host events multiple times for different time zones. This approach is a part of its commitment to making the clients’ lives easier, fostering a culture of inclusivity, creating a sense of unity among diverse teams while guaranteeing a consistent experience for every participant.

If clients are on a budget or require no formal hosting, Garden Streets has them covered with its ‘Experience in a Box’ package. This activity launch perfectly demonstrates the range to which it tailors its services to meet a client’s unique team-building needs. Activity materials are delivered to the client with detailed guides for how to self-facilitate a team-building experience, allowing the client to set up and get together however they prefer. A recent buyer shares that ‘Experience in a Box was the perfect fit for us because we wanted people to casually mingle yet have something else to do together besides just catered lunch.’

Simplifying Logistics and Maximizing Success

Garden Streets’ in-house fulfillment team alleviates the burden on HR teams, executives, and administrative assistants of having to single-handedly create and deliver activity packages to employees. It handles the end-to-end process of packing, shipping, and tracking packages, providing alerts and taking accountability for courier delays and other unexpected hiccups.

For participants across different areas, required supplies are sent through local shipping or partner warehouses across the globe. Packages can be sent to employees individually, or in bulk to a single address to cut costs and decrease environmental impact. Garden Streets’ familiarity with international shipping rules and regulations minimizes shipping delays and ensures all packages are received by participants regardless of location.

“Our extensive in-house capabilities for shipping and tracking packages allow us to scale operations for larger events with up to thousands of deliveries, directly translating to time saved and peace of mind for our clients,” says Gouldstone.

Comprehensive handling of event materials gives Garden Streets the advantage of quick customization. It can personalize materials by incorporating the client’s logo, colors, or graphics. For example, in a cupcake decoration workshop, it can provide frosting that matches a company’s logo colors, adding an extra touch of branding to the activity.
Organizations on a budget can rely on Garden Streets to provide them with cost-effective options that continue to meet their team-building needs. To further optimize expenses, the firm offers the option of sending a ‘shopping list’ of activity materials to attendees, reducing the need for shipping and its associated costs for the client.

For organizations that want to have more frequent employee engagement activities throughout the year, Garden Streets help to plan year-long programming based on client’s preferences, budget, size and timing. This is a substantial service that allows organizations to effectively outsource their employee event planning activities to Garden Streets.

Scaling the Garden Streets Experience

The gold standard of Garden Streets’ services is a direct reflection of its hard-working team of professionals with diverse backgrounds. This dynamic team comprises individuals with extensive experience in HR, corporate events and logistics, equipping them with a deep understanding of the day-to-day challenges faced by clients. The team also includes professional creators and artists who bring authenticity and expertise to every event.

Garden Streets’ team is distributed, with on-the-ground support and local hosts in major cities like New York City, San Francisco, Boston, and Chicago. Hosts can also travel and conduct on-site events as needed across the U.S.

In its ongoing efforts to expand its capabilities and enhance accessibility, Garden Streets has launched a consumer brand, Studio by Garden Streets, which operates brick-and-mortar retail stores with walk-in and workshops open to the public. These physical locations serve as showcases of activities, event venue and exploration hubs where interested organizations can learn more about Garden Streets’ experiences. Studio by Garden Streets also operates an online store to streamline the purchasing of activity materials and supplies, ensuring more convenience and reach for its clients.

Garden Streets takes team-building and employee engagement to new heights by offering tailored, hands-on and engaging experiences. Garden Streets experiences not only provide employees with memorable opportunities to bond, but also the opportunity to learn and make something new themselves. Facilitating better employee engagement and wellness one client at a time, it is the top choice for companies looking to build strong teams.