{"id":2218033,"date":"2025-12-31T18:07:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T18:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2218033"},"modified":"2025-12-31T18:07:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T18:07:28","slug":"their-tents-are-worthy-of-royals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/their-tents-are-worthy-of-royals\/","title":{"rendered":"Their Tents Are Worthy of Royals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bohemia Canvas\u2019s tents are stored in trailers at a local farm and driven by truck to spots across the country; the one above was erected in Montecito, Calif. \t\t\t<\/p>\n

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If President Trump knew about Tim and Courtney Garneau\u2019s tents, he could have saved himself the trouble, expense, and political capital of demolishing the East Wing of the White House to build a ballroom.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because the Garneau family raises large, hand-crafted, bespoke, ultra-luxury tents, more Great British Baking Show, less L.L. Bean. <\/p>\n

Their company, Bohemia Canvas North America, keeps Mr. Garneau\u00a0(also an East Hampton Town trustee who previously wholesaled evening wear for 25 years along Seventh Avenue in New York City), and his kin busy as they create a cult brand based around a \u201cseemingly invincible aura of prestige.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most installations cost over $200,000.<\/p>\n

The parent company, located in the United Kingdom, provided the tents for the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in 2018. <\/p>\n

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The Garneaus see their custom-made tents as expressive works of art.\u00a0 Tim Garneau Photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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In fact, most of the time the tents are used for weddings. However, they have been used at fashion runway shows and Formula 1 hospitality suites, and the company even lists the Rolling Stones as a client.<\/p>\n

The Garneaus started the stateside arm of the company in 2020, during the height of the Covid pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe brought the tents over and started booking events and then everything was canceled,\u201d Mr. Garneau said.<\/p>\n

The tents came from Europe. Mr. Garneau had been friends with the owners of Bohemia Canvas \u2014 John Preston, Graham Cresswell, and Charlie Preston \u2014 going back to his college days. They had become family friends.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese guys are all connected with the Royals. I always said to them, if you ever want a partner to open a North American branch, I\u2019d be interested. It took six years before they took me seriously,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Company literature extols the architectural history of the tents. \u201cInspired by the yurts of Central Asia, Maharaja Palaces of Rajasthan, and 17th-century Palladian architecture of Europe \u2014 tent design is a wonderful way to celebrate art and architecture,\u201d it reads.<\/p>\n

Serving the ultra-elite means Mr. Garneau often travels to their hot spots.<\/p>\n

Recent events were in Montecito, Calif. (a nearly $400,000 job), in Maine (a \u201ctiki hut\u201d), Aspen, and Jackson Hole. The East End has its own share of 1-percenters, however, so he has erected tents at the Sagaponack Distillery, Deep Hollow Ranch in Montauk, and at scattered estates across the East End.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s not a lot of places to get married out here if you don\u2019t have an estate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

His main tent is a 12-sided \u201cdo-decahedral\u201d shape named the Mayflower that can fit 300 seated. <\/p>\n

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Bohemia Canvas North America is a family affair. Courtney Garneau is at far right; Tim Garneau is at center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u201cConstructed from soaring \u2018whale rib\u2019 timbers and reminiscent of great Victorian glasshouses, the Mayflower celebrates a variety of iconic architectural styles, in a range of shapes and sizes,\u201d reads the company literature. A cotton canvas awning, sort of like a gigantic skirt, can be extended from the main structure, almost doubling its capacity and providing an indoor-outdoor space around the perimeter of the party.<\/p>\n

The tents are modular and can be constructed in six different styles serving anywhere from 80 to 460 seated people. Smaller, ancillary tents, perhaps for an afterparty or separate cocktail area, are also available.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt takes three to four days to put up most tents,\u201d said Mr. Garneau, whose three children (Burton, Henry, and Lola) also work for the company. \u201cA subfloor acts as ballast for the bigger tents. My daughter Lola was the forewoman for the build on the floor of a tent we raised in October. It\u2019s all puzzle pieces. That\u2019s why it\u2019s expensive. It takes a long time to put them together, ship them, and then maintain a 14-person team on site for two weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bohemia Canvas\u2019s tents are stored at a local farm in trailers. When it\u2019s time for an event, they are driven by truck to the location. \u201cWe use three 53-foot flatbeds to travel across the country. Once we arrive, we drop the containers at a storage place, decant them, and put the pieces onto box trucks,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Each tent is entirely different from the last, not only because each location offers unique challenges \u2014 there can be steep elevation changes (\u201cWe had to work with a six-foot drop at our Montecito event\u201d) or trees that require holes to be punched through the top of the tent \u2014 but also because the interior of the tent is completely customizable. This also adds to the cost.<\/p>\n

There are all kinds of curiosities: flowers everywhere, wall and ceiling linings that are hand-printed in Jaipur, India. Each season they introduce new interior lining designs, \u201cwith subjects ranging from nature to historical Georgian wall papers,\u201d according to the literature.<\/p>\n

During the pandemic, they designed a cupola with a lantern for the top of the tent, which resembles an upside-down cockpit of a zeppelin. \u201cIn Aspen we wrapped a 13-foot awning round our big tent and fit a 30-piece band, and several bars inside. It was about 8,000 square feet.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re on call during events,\u201d he said. The team can take the walls of the tent up or down in a matter of minutes, and the tents are completely climate-controlled inside.<\/p>\n

Even so, one time a client asked to place a wood-burning stove in the tent. \u201cThey can do that in England, but we can\u2019t do it here. The cook tent has to be separate. In the U.K. and Ireland, it\u2019s the Wild West. They can do anything, there\u2019s no permitting, no fire marshal. Here, some of my folders for permits are an inch and a half thick.\u201d<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s the back-office stuff. <\/p>\n

In the end, Bohemia Canvas North America wants to focus on the tent\u2019s role in important events. \u201cIt is a celebratory art form and opportunity for expression,\u201d reads the literature. \u201cA blank canvas on which to paint your story.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.easthamptonstar.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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