Green Wedding Tips
An Eco-Friendly Option: VeriFlora Certified Flowers
Sunday, January 10th, 2010I’m often asked what makes Pollen an eco-friendly florist. One way we are a green florist is in where we get our flowers from, and, more specifically, how the flowers have been grown. Locally and organically grown flowers provide the most eco-friendly option, as explained in a previous post. But being in the Midwest, locally [...]
Chicago Honey Co-op’s Beeswax Candles
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009The quest to offer greener options to my clients continues. Piece by piece, I’m trying to find eco-friendly wedding items as alternatives to the less eco-friendly ones!
Nothing beats the flicker of candles at a table for creating a warm and soothing environment. For this reason, votive candles are often used as a part of [...]
Green Wedding Tip: Source Eco-Friendly Jewelry
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009I just finished watching Eco Trip: The Real Cost of Living (a Sundance Channel show, available to stream from Netflix), and–wow–there is so much I didn’t know about gold mining. In this episode, the host follows the path of production of a gold ring. A little about what I learned…
Most gold mines in the US [...]
Green Wedding Tip: Choose an Eco-Friendly Wedding Date
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009Creating a sustainable event can begin with one of the very first steps of planning a wedding: choosing the wedding date. The process of selecting a date is a complicated one. Season, holidays, availability of key people… these all factor into the wedding date selection. Add one more factor–locally grown product availability–and you’re on your [...]
Green Wedding Tip: Skip the Aisle Runner
Sunday, June 14th, 2009For a greener wedding, skip the aisle runner!
The use of an aisle runner, rolled down the aisle of the church before the bridal party processional, is a tradition that has outlived its necessity. Historically, aisle runners were used before the days of asphalt and concrete to protect the bride’s gown from dirt tracked in [...]