Green Wedding Favor Ideas

Eco friendly wedding favors are easy to incorporate into your wedding whatever your theme. They can serve as décor as well as favors, which adds more beauty to your ceremony and reception. But the best part about eco friendly wedding favors is that you give your guests something as a reminder to take eco friendly steps in their own lives.

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One of the easiest ways to give green wedding favors is to choose potted plants rather than flowers to decorate the venue. They can add to the ambiance of your wedding, and then guests can take them home afterwards. To emphasize green living even more, use potted herbs that your guests can use rather than simply decorative plants, such as lavender, which symbolizes devotion.

If you like the idea of giving plants but want to make a larger statement, you can give each guest a native tree seedling. Not only do native seedlings provide a life-long symbol of your eco wedding, they also offset carbon emissions that guest travel can cause. Since traveling guests may not be able to take a seedling with them, you can also include a tree-planting ceremony in your wedding festivities.

As nice as they are, living plants can pose problems. If you want a different sort of wedding favor, another eco friendly option is to give sustainable, regionally-produced products. Look to local artisans and organic farmers at farmer’s and craft markets for these products.

Alternately, you can make a donation to an environmental organization instead. This is an especially nice option if you can donate to the organization in an individual’s or family’s name. A gesture like this can encourage those who aren’t yet living in an eco friendly manner to take first steps towards a green lifestyle.

Whichever option for eco friendly wedding favors you choose, you can be sure that your guests will remember the message as well as cherishing the wedding favor.