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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....

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...

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 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...

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 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,...

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...

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...

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 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...

A Yellow Buttercup Wedding Spring is on it's way, and here in CA we've been showered with lovely rain to quench our dry aqueducts.  What is more reminiscent of rain...

A Green Wedding that saves you green (money)? What if I told you as a flower designer and event planner, my real skill is saving you money as well as...