
Garden Wedding Favors
Garden wedding
favors are an environmentally friendly win-win situation. For those
environmentally conscious brides, giving your guests wedding and bridal
favors doesn't have to be a challenge. Plenty of choices are available to
merge the theme and style of your celebration with your desire to maintain
a green attitude. Whether your idea of being an environmentally friendly
bride includes providing favors that keep on giving, or favors that are
simply produced in a more eco-conscious manner, there is always something
to fit every bride. Here are some of the more popular choices being made
today:
Natural Favors
Are you having a surf
or beach themed wedding? Consider using seashells as a favor idea. You can
use them as place card holders/favors, or you can gather several small
ones and stick them in an organza bag with a wedding favor tag. What a
simple, elegant, and appropriate theme!
Is there a garden
wedding in the planning? Consider using freeze-dried flower petals in
organza bags as favors. Just be sure to check with the provider that they
freeze dry their petals in an environmentally friendly manner. Some of the
best ways to prepare these types of materials are freeze-dried petals that
are manufactured using wind and hydro generated electrical sources for
their energy.
Choose Recycled Materials
When deciding among
wedding favor ideas, the green-minded bride can choose those crafted from
recycled materials. Paper and wood are environmentally friendly choices.
Look for recycled wood trinket boxes that you can fill with candy or your
favorite small item.
Give Something Back
Decorative plants and
flower seeds are very popular wedding favors. You can give your guests
packets of personalized flower seeds, personalized plantable magic beans
or small individual rose topiaries. All of these ideas are fun, easy to
prepare and plant, and promote a green environmental theme.
Make Green Choices
A bride who likes
candles can still implement them as a favor idea. However, she has the
greener option of using a soy-based candle, as opposed to traditional
ones. These candles burn cooler and longer than regular wax ones.
Let Your Guests Get Lucky
Lucky Bamboo plants
are a unique, fun and different wedding favor option. They are said to
cultivate luck and promote strength and resilience when presented as a
gift. They last forever as long as you keep them watered

Herbal Favorites
If flowers and plants
aren't your idea of the perfect favor, consider herbs instead. They smell
wonderful and can be used later to prepare a special dinner for the
newlyweds. You can easily make satchels of potpourri and attach a tag
letting your guests know about the significance of the chosen herb(s).
Popular choices for herb-based favors include Lavender (which represents
devotion) and Rosemary (which represents fond memories).
Still at a Loss?
If you're still at a
loss for favor ideas, consider making a donation in each guests' name to
an environmentally friendly charity of your choice. Some popular ones
include The Rainforest Action Network, The World Wildlife Fund, GreenPeace
and The Arbor Day Foundation.
Going green with your
wedding favors
doesn't need to be stressful. Expand your mind and let your natural
creativity take over! With a little careful consideration, your guests
will be pleased with their unique lasting token of your special wedding
day reception and no trees will have been killed in the process!
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