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In my blogger profile, I wrote about how my experience with a callous, overpriced florist was one of the events that prompted to me to look for DIY alternatives for my wedding. I deservedly received a few chuckles from friends when I told them I was going to start growing my own flowers. For [...]

When it comes to weddings, we tend to give a lot of thought to the alcohol that will be served - what will guests drink on arrival, will we have champagne, how many bottles of wine will we need, and other questions such as is it local, fair trade, organic, vegetarian?
But how often do you [...]

On this rather miserable rainy day in Worthing, I am delighted to introduce to you our new blogger bride from sunny San Francisco! Take a look at Sharon’s profile here.
Vegan bride, Sharon, will be sharing the thrills and frustrations of planning a low impact but fun packed ‘big’ day.  Over to Sharon… 
You’d think that in San Francisco - one [...]

It suddenly occurred to me today that you may not have noticed, and, more to the point, I may have forgotten to tell you about (!) the new tabs at the top of the Ethical Weddings blog.
While we’re waiting for our new and improved Ethical Weddings site to be ready for action, we decided to start [...]

I’ve seen some hen parties that really clock up the carbon and waste - whole crowds of women flying off to Prague for the weekend brandishing plastic wands, or staying in Britain but consuming vast quantities of imported alcohol in heated beer gardens, before binning their fairy wings and L plates and crawling into taxis [...]

Well, we took a short break from planning last month (though we probably shouldn’t have with only three months until the wedding now).
Right now I’m working on designing our invitations which have to be sent out in less than a month!
I’m excited about using tree-free plantable seed paper and the same chemical-free screen printing process [...]

For today’s post, I’m delighted to introduce our first green groom, Adam, otherwise known as thegreenguy.  Adam’s big green day is not far off, in fact only a matter of weeks away, so I’m looking forward to reading about his last minute ethical wedding challenges…over to Adam! 
My search for an ethical suit is over. I’m getting [...]

I’ve not posted for a couple of weeks as Phil and I have been away on holiday, visiting one of my cousins who will be a bridesmaid next year, and staying with two of our friends who are also shortly getting married.   
One of the things I love most about planning a wedding is the [...]

Sometimes the world works in funny ways.
According to a recent article in The Guardian, thanks to global warming, the quality of English grapes is improving which means that brides and grooms trying to keep their wedding breakfast local no longer have to joke: ‘apart from the wine of course!‘
At the prestigious International Wine Challenge, Denbies, England’s [...]