Greening Your Wedding

One word: Plants

There is nothing greener than... well, greenery - live that is. It's beautiful and healthy for the environment. Here are a couple ideas to incorporate plants into your wedding celebration:

Buy live (potted) plants as centerpieces and accent pieces and then arrange for them to be planted afterwards: Have guests take the live centerpieces home. Give the larger accent plants to members of the wedding party who have room to plant them in their yard or maintain the potted plant in their home.

Have a planting ceremony: If you are getting married at a location where you can get permission, say Uncle Joe’s mini ranch that has an unused portion of the property or a long driveway, purchase saplings and have all each of your guests plant one after the new couple plants a special tree to symbolize the strength and vitality of the new relationship. It will beautify the property and after a few years maybe Uncle Joe will have a family Christmas Tree Farm!

Give seed wedding favors: Even if the situation does not allow for live plants in the wedding celebration, seed wedding favors are a great way to help to green the wedding. There are a number of options available but they range from specially shaped papers with seeds embedded that the guests simply covers with soil and waters for a floral burst, to seed packets.

Happy greening!