Eco-Friendly Wedding Tips & Trends - Today's Brides Are Going Green

For a wedding consultant it's always a treat tobiodegradable wedding favors, and Days of Our
work with a bride and groom who break fromLives also incorporated the "green" theme in the
tradition and plan something totally unique for theirlead characters Samantha "Sami" Brady (Alison
big day. It's especially nice when their individualitySweeney) and Lucas Roberts' (Bryan Dattilo)
also helps the environment and raises awarenessnuptials.
for eco-friendly weddings.This "eco-friendly" trend is a good one and I am
Earlier this year, I was asked to design anhappy to be at the forefront of it, helping to raise
eco-friendly wedding for NBC's popular daytimethe consciousness of the world. Here are some
drama, Days of Our Lives (Sami and Lucas'earth-friendly wedding tips you can incorporate
"green" wedding.) I used locally grown andinto your special day, as well as all your special
environmentally friendly flowers including Californiaevents as man and wife:
roses and potted flowering plants. By using locally§ Go with locally grown flowers that save on
grown flowers, the pollution created in transportpollution from transportation and pesticides, which
along with the pesticides used to treat thegrowers use to preserve the flowers' freshness.
flowers, were significantly cut down. In keeping§ Make a trip to your local florist and rent
with the eco-friendly theme, the potted plantsglass vases that can later be returned and
used in the ceremony were transferred to therecycled; plus it's more cost effective than
reception hall and immediately planted afterwards.purchasing.
This is not only eco-friendly but cost-effective and§ Also instead of sprinkling the aisle with real
you can do it too.rose petals, opt for fake rose petals, which these
The "Green" episode on Days of Our Lives aireddays look realistic; plus they won't stain the
in April 2007 and the wedding focused oncarpet.
everything from pesticide-free flowers to