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Three Exceptional, Eco-friendly Wedding Favor Ideas
You've heard
the clich "Every Little Bit Helps." Those words are never more
true than when we're talking about supporting our environment,
and while weddings may be the last place you'd expect to go
green, there are several ways to do your part. If you want to
go to the extreme, you can find hemp wedding gowns and soy
wedding cakes. Not happenin', huh? Well, for the great majority
of us, less is usually more when it comes to weddings and the
environment. Perhaps the very least you can do is thank your
guests with eco-friendly favors. Here are three fun ways to
favor your guestsand the planetwith green goodies. We'll start
with seed wedding favor ideas.
Plantable
Favors
If you're
having an urban wedding with cosmopolitan guests who have
lovely abodes with absolutely no place to plant a garden,
plantable favors can bring some color and life into their
lives. Plantable favors are small pieces of paper embedded with
wildflower seeds. The seed-embedded favors come in a variety of
shapes, like hearts, flowers, wedding bells, etc. You simply
plant the favor in a flower pot filled with potting soil, water
it regularly and watch your wildflowers bloom.
Wildflower
Seed Packets
For suburban
and rural weddings, wildflower seed packets are just the thing.
You can get wedding-ready packets and bags (many of them
personalized) in a variety of sizes, colors and styles (elegant
or whimsical.) The packets or bags contain the wildflower
seeds, which will have to be planted. Experts recommend you
choose a location for your wildflower garden that's near a hose
for regular watering. Rather than just tossing them on the
ground somewhere, you need to clear out a special bed for your
garden, till the soil a bit and spread the seeds across the
area. The seeds don't need to be planted in the ground. Just
walk around the bed in your shoes to tamp the seeds down. It's
amazing what a little water and love can bring
about.
Baby
Succulents
Ideal for the
extremely busy or overly lazy guest list, baby succulents are
water-retaining plants adapted to arid climate or soil
conditions. Yes, they're cactieasy to care for and cute as they
can be. Your guests just take them home and watch them
grow...slowly. You can find baby succulents already planted in
small, favor-sized pots, or you can find pots, bowls or
containers that match your theme or color scheme and transplant
a variety of succulents into stylish plant holders that
complement your reception dcor.
See what a
snap it is to do just a little bit for Mother Earth, even on
your wedding day? Whether or not your guestsor anyone elsetell
you your efforts are appreciated, be certainthey are. And
Mother Earth herself would be the first one to thank
you.
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