Green Wedding

Have you thought about having a 'green' wedding. By choosing Landsendt you already are. Here are some of the things we do to lower our carbon footprint.

• Employ local staff
• Support our local vineyard - Artisan in Oratia. Their wine is great.
• Suppliment our food menus with vegetables and herbs from our large organic gardens. Food scraps recycled into compost and chicken food.
• Floral material 95% sourced from Landsendt gardens
• Eco restrooms
• Paperless brochure. All our information is via our website.
• Have a tropical wedding without getting on a plane.

Here are some other ideas that you could do

• Carpool or bus for guests.
• Screen printed teatowels for invitations.
• Your gift register could be plants for a new garden. Plan (or get planned) a garden design so you know what you need. Vege/fruit gardens are a good start or a special plant or flowering tree that will remind you of your wedding every year.
• If you have everything you need ask for a contribution to your favourite charity.
• Favours could be seeds. One of our couples gave a cabbage tree that they grew from seed to each guest.
• Recycle your dress. ('trash the dress' idea is a waste)

Your wedding is one of the highlights of your life. Make it beautiful.Not only what you see but also what you don't see. Thinking green on your wedding day is a good start to the way you live your life together.

Landsendt won the Waitakere City Sustainable Business Award in 2005.