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Local Community Center Wedding
Lavender and Sage Wedding Community Centers are great places to have a local wedding. Not only are they in your neighborhood, they are generally a lot cheaper than other venues....
A few plants here and there
Growing Flowers for Sustainable Weddings part deux So, I love gardening. So much so, I've been gardening both at my house and at my good friend's house in Richmond, because...
Growing Flowers for Floral Design
Reinventing a Backyard Turning a friend's yard into a Floral Harvest I've been wanting to start growing larger quantities of flowers and greens so that I can use them in...
Branches are a GREEN designers best friend
Branches are Blooming The past few weeks you may have noticed something opening amongst the bare branches around you. Yes, it's blossom and leave bursting time. And those little blooms...
Sustainable Floral Design: a definition
The Definition of Sustainable Floral Design or, Just Sustainable Design for that matter. If you haven't tuned in previously, you may not know that the reason I'm in this...
Silk or Artificial Flowers are not the option
"Silk" or artificial flowers are NOT a sustainable or eco-friendly option Now I remember when I used to help my aunt decorate for weddings, we used silk flowers (actually plastic,...
Eco-Friendly favors: not your average grocery bag
The Stylish and Eco-Friendly shopping bag I'm always on the lookout for stylish gifts that can be used as eco-friendly favors for weddings, birthdays or other events. The reusable grocery...
Green Wedding in Santa Cruz
Local, Sustainable and Organic In November, we did a wedding for Heidi and Dave, who had chosen to do local and sustainable flower design for their wedding. The wedding took...
Vintage and Natural Seating Cards
The ABC's of finding your seat When it comes to events with sit down breakfast, lunch or dinner, I love the idea of the seating card and finding a way...
Floral Foam: Not so green
Since people are having a hard time getting the msds sheets, I am copying and posting the msds sheet for smither's oasis foam and linking it here. You can also...
Review: www.greenyour.com
Review of the site: www.greenyour.com I'm always on the lookout for helpful eco-conscious sites that have good and easily accessible information about weddings and wedding planning. Well, I happened upon...
Simply Green Parties Review
Book Review: Simply Green Parties by Danny Seo This book is set up in a way that really stimulates interest. There are a lot of colors and pictures and...