Grow your own wedding.
If you want to decorate and accessorize your wedding or party
in an original natural way you may want to think about growing
flowers and other plants just for that occasion.
Here is a guide we feel will help you to do just that.
We use the term wedding for this article because we are primarily
a wedding site but you could just as well substitute anniversary
party or birthday party.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact us.
Introduction
This is the introduction to a series which we will be compiling
and posting to the site starting July 12.
Subsequent installments will be posted each week for 4 weeks.
If a segment is posted early it does not mean the next one will
be, it just means we had some extra time or became inspired to
complete a part early.
There are 4 parts to the series. Part One: Introduction ( *your are here ) Part Two: Wedding theme considerations. Part Three: Pre planning. before wedding. Part Four: The ceremony and reception. Putting
it all together
*And any other parts we may add as we go along.
By the way we are open to any feed back or literary contributions.
Growing your own wedding can be a fun way to decorate for your
theme wedding, while adding a personal touch.
You and your guests will enjoy and appreciate the occasion all
the more knowing that your time and love has been invested.
Anyone with even a 4 by 4 foot space can grow a wide variety of
plants for decoration and other uses.
There are a few "ground rules"
that will make the experience more enjoyable.
Rule 1. Plan well in advance and keep a notebook of goals and
progress and always have a plan A and a plan B When growing out
doors plants will respond differently to warm and cold, dry and
wet, which will affect the length of the growing period.
Use the recommendations on the seed packets or the advice from
where you bought the seeds or plants.
Don't forget, everything takes longer than it takes. Timing is
important and we will address that in the next writing.
Make sure to set aside enough assembly time for things like invitations,
table decorations and so forth. Plan for and have contingencies
for example if you are using flower petals to embellish invitations
then scout out a florist or other source where you can get some
similar ones if there is a problem.
If others are helping try to have a stand by in case a helper
is forced to bow out.
Rule 2. If one or 2 little things do not go as planned nobody
other than you will know. The only way your guests will know is
if you let on.
Take a deep breath and relax.
Of course this is an important event and you want to be sure everything
is perfect but its not worth ruining the whole day over trifle
matters. It's not the end of the world so try to take missteps
in stride.
If you follow rule 1 then rule 2 will take care of its
self.