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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

How to be a green bride and reduce wedding cake waste

Posted by admin on March 1, 2009

By Thalia Plummer

And so, in an effort to ensure that no bride need be frustrated again by the lack of environmentally friendly wedding advice available to her, The Green Bride – a resource for green wedding tips, information on trailblazing local companies, designers and wedding service providers that are committed to reducing waste – was born.

For gorgeous cakes with no waste try ‘Edible Flowers’:

Before you run out to pick those flowers however, please be aware of the following:

1. When using edible flowers, use only flowers that have been organically grown, un-sprayed and not grown by a roadside.
2. If you can’t pick the flowers the day of the wedding, store them (except for chicory) on plates in your fridge with a bit of water.
3. Be sure to research any allergens or risks associated with using any edible plant as well as which parts of the plant are edible before using in any dish.

Read the full article here