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Tips on How to Throw a Green Wedding

Do you want Mother Earth to have a good time at your New Jersey wedding? It's easy-and can be totally elegant-when you consider some of the following eco-friendly alternatives to a green wedding celebration!

WEDDING VENUE

By holding your wedding outdoors during daylight hours, you can cut down on electricity.

FOOD AND DRINK

When beginning your New Jersey wedding planning, start with the place where most of your greenbacks go: food and wine. Search for wines made locally. You may be able to find tastings featuring wines from your local area, or rather from the area where your wedding might be if its away from your current town. In terms of food, ask your New Jersey wedding baker if only organic ingredients can be used for your wedding cake. A little post-nuptial wedding planning can make a difference, too. Instead of tossing your New Jersey wedding's leftovers, arrange to donate the extra meals to a local food bank.

DECORATIONS

In terms of decorations, again think local, as in locally grown flowers for your New Jersey wedding ceremony. Better yet: Choose nearby buds that are currently in season or grown organically. Flowers don’t have to be just a part of the scenery. You might also give guests wedding favors of seed packets and/or send wild flower seed invitations to set the mood. (These invites can also be planted to grow into wildflowers.) If planting a seed doesn’t excite you, maybe you want to consider wedding invitations that use vegetable or soy based ink and recyclable paper. Also, make sure not to forget about pretty candles for the tables. Good choices are either soy wax or bees wax.

HONEYMOON

Plan your honeymoon in an Earth-friendly way. Newlyweds can be creative by looking to give back to local areas instead of taking.

And of course, the bride can still wear white to a green wedding!

May you begin a lifetime of love and happiness!

Rev. Diane Cuesta
Owner of BestWeddingNJ.com

Green Wedding Ideas for New Jersey Weddings

Are you having a Green New Jersey Wedding? Best Wedding NJ.com is looking for the most creative, authentic green and organic wedding ideas to share with our Brides and Grooms planning New Jersey Weddings. It is wonderful to see more New Jersey wedding couples making a commitment of love to each other AND a commitment of caring for Mother Earth as well! Blog a description of your green New Jersey wedding event in our New Jersey Wedding Blog and we will post your green wedding ideas for New Jersey Weddings!