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I was recently asked by Wedding Flowers Magazine to write about why I am sourcing local and sustainable flowers for my wedding in 2009.  The article appears in the October issue and is out now – so do look out for it.  In case you can’t get hold of a copy, here’s what I wrote:
“Imagine clutching a beautiful [...]

We have not 1 but 2 fantastic offers for all our nothern brides today! Our featured supplier of the week, Butterflies of Blairgowrie, based in Scotland, has very generously put together these special offers for Ethical Weddings readers:
OFFER 1: 10% off!
Get a 10% discount on wedding flowers for all weddings booked by 31 August 2008
OFFER 2: [...]

Today we have the lovely Beatriz of Butterflies of Blairgowrie here to talk to you about her passion for flowers and for the environment…
Name: Beatriz Custodio-Strachan
Location: Blairgowrie - Scotland
Tell us a bit about yourself and your business
I grew up watching the women in my family create beauty with flowers. Photos that are reminders of this have [...]

This week we’re pleased to introduce you to Sue Harper who, with her husband Pete, runs Sweet Loving Flowers supplying organic and seasonal wedding flowers for a stylish and sustainable wedding! Over to Sue: 
Name: Sue Harper
Location: mid Wales
Tell us a bit about yourself and your business
Growing and selling seasonal cut flowers is something I’ve wanted to do for many years now.
My [...]

I’ve had a long absence from this blog… while I enjoyed my wedding and my month long honeymoon!
 
Everything was a huge success and Phil and I enjoyed every minute of our day. So here’s a little list of the best and the worst of our green successes and failures, for anyone who is planning to [...]

For today’s post, we’re delighted to feature an account from our wonderful web designers, Make Hay, of their preparations for their very soon-to-be-celebrated wedding! Over to Vicky… 
As mine and Jez’s big day approaches and most of the preparations are in place I thought I would steal a little time to reflect and share my experience in planning our eco [...]

Well my big day is less than two weeks away. all my flowers have come up early (as perhaps I should have guessed they would) and I think they’ll be drooping before the big day comes. 
 So a few days ago I had a panic about bouquets!
There should still be enough plants in flower to do the [...]

Decorating my wedding venue with plants is becoming quite a creative project. I’ve been learning loads of new things about growing flowers and ivy… and last week I learned a whole new craft. My Mum and I visited Christine Brewster of www.stripeybasket.co.uk in Englefield, Reading, and learned willow weaving.
I had only ever previously had one [...]

Marrying in March means some of my home-grown decorations will be spring bulbs – daffodils and crocuses to bloom alongside my cyclamen and primroses, along with plenty of foliage and borrowed pot plants.
September, I have learned, is the month for planting your spring bulbs. So this weekend I was out buying crocus and daffodil bulbs [...]

This week Phil and I have been collecting cuttings of ivy, and planting them in seed trays to encourage them to root and start creeping across the greenhouse!
We are hoping that by March we will have many long ivy tendrils which we can plant alongside the primroses, daffodils and cyclamen in our table pots, to [...]