Take 2....

Wow, I had no idea how much of a commitment blogging was. Life gets in the way, but you still have to make time to write...lesson learned :)

After freaking out about my ring, I've decided to focus on things I have control over. Flowers for example...or lack there of. In all the eco-wedding books I've been reading, the subject of flowers is "kind of a big deal."

I read that most flowers in the U.S. come from flower farms in Central and South America. That right there account for energy and transportation costs to your wallet and the environment that can be avoided. Many of them use toxic chemicals on flowers that end up poisoning the ground water and soil. This effects the food chain because birds and other animals eat the toxic flowers. Not to mention, a lot of those flower farms treat their workers poorly, by under paying them and forcing them to work with chemicals that end up making them sick.

The good news is there are more and more organic flower farms popping up around the world and I see no reason not to use local, organic flowers at my wedding. To me, it's one easy step I can do to reduce my carbon footprint and save some mula, which I might add is VERY important to me. To limit my flower usage, I also plan to incorporate other decorative elements that aren't so hard on the environment. Now, some brides choose not to use flowers at all, and I applaud them for that. But I'm not too keen on an all feather or candy bouquet. Because I'm choosing in season/local flowers, this means I probably won't be able to have exotic orchids or peonies for a mid-October North Carolina wedding, but hey...that's okay! The flowers end up dying in a few days anyway. Bring it on...in-season-North Cacalacky-flowers...show me whatcha got!