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We got rather overexcited the other day when an email popped into our inbox to tell us You & Your Wedding magazine was loving this blog. Even though our posts aren’t coming quite as thick and fast as they once did – the inevitable result of new small child-shaped duties and related sleep deprivation – [...]

Mark and Denise wanted a spectacular wedding, but one that was chilled out, full of games and sunshine – of course there was also the challenge of a second wedding….!

Hello! In part 1 I shared about our last-minute preparations, so here is how the actual wedding ceremony went. Seasonal wedding flowers The church was beautiful, we found a florist who was a friend of my parents, and who was sympathetic to our green ideas. She sourced flowers and greenery as seasonally as possible, including [...]

Phew, finally got round to blogging about our wedding! Been married for 6 months, but better late than never. It was an amazing and beautiful day. The wedding party began to arrive the day before, and we put the finishing touches to the decorations and food that could be done in advance. In the evening, [...]

The girls at the Great Big Green Wedding Fayre asked me for a few thoughts on how ethical and green weddings had grown (or not) since we started Ethical Weddings some years ago. I’d like to share my ideas with you – brides and grooms trying to plan a wedding less ordinary – and see [...]

Yay! We have another couple ready to share their ethical wedding story. I’ll hand over to Sarah and Marc for all the green gossip… The couple: Sarah Irving and Marc Hudson Wedding date: 27 September 2008 Venue and location: Manchester Registry Office and Manchester Bridge Club Approx budget: £3500 What inspired you to have an [...]

Today is an exciting day for us as we get to welcome another couple into the Ethical Weddings blogging fold. Henriette and John have taken time out from their wedding planning schedule to share a few details from their big (or small!) day… The couple: Henriette and John Wedding date: 30 May 2009 Venue and [...]

The Proposal was a fairly lack-lustre affair. We had both been ill with a vicious flu-style bug, and off work for about two weeks. I was beginning to think I would never be well again, and if Toby whinged about feeling crap one more time I was going to kill him with my snot. He [...]

I can honestly say that our relationship can be split into two parts: the blissful two years up to the proposal… and the hectic 3.5 months since! If I could have chosen one place in the world to fall in love, it would have been Woodford Folk Festival. Living in Brisbane, Australia, since 2000 (and [...]

We’re thrilled to be able to welcome our third blogger bride in as many weeks to give us all their green wedding gossip here on the Ethical Weddings blog. Em & Lachie are getting married in Cumbria this June and are keen to share some of their ethical wedding planning stories with us before the [...]