Natural, Green and Eco Weddings

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You can have a green or eco or natural wedding, or a green or eco ceremony, indoors or outdoors, however and wherever you’d like.  You might like to consider some or all of the following suggestions and ideas about what this will mean, as the most important thing to consider is what this will mean for YOU?

YOUR CEREMONY
Many brides and grooms opt for an outdoor ceremony, but it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a green or eco or natural wedding.  As far as the ceremony goes, some brides and grooms who love nature opt to have a Themed Nature ceremony.  Others have had Tailor-made ceremonies and have included a blessing for the earth, or particular readings or songs which are nature inspired.

We offer personal Handfasting Ceremonies according to whichever path you most resonate with, or just simple Handfasting Rituals within a ceremony.  It’s possible to include ritual and wording from any earth based tradition, because your ceremony is all about what is meaningful for you.

GUESTS OR NO GUESTS
Do you opt to have the small and intimate wedding ceremony you really want in Scotland with just the two of you, thereby saving lots of air and roadmiles by not having your family travel, and have a blessing and party with all your family and friends locally on your return?  Or do you arrange a big wedding in Scotland and arrange a coach to transport them altogether?

It’s hard to avoid the airmiles and roadmiles when families come together as these days it’s not unusual for family members to live miles apart, or for brides and grooms to be to choose somewhere unusual away from home as a location to marry.

VENUE
Many brides and grooms choose to marry outside which seems very green as an idea, but sometimes with all the materials needed to make guests comfortable and escalating wedding day costs, some green ideas get dropped in favour of cheaper, less green options.  Is it possible to ‘walk lightly on the earth’ and leave no sign of your ceremony afterwards? A marquee in the middle of winter with lots of heaters is clearly not as green as a lochside in summer.

If having your ceremony or toast or reception out in nature, are throwaway cups and plates and BBQs the greenest options?  Or would it be greener to borrow glasses and use crockery, or head to a reception place which will supply everything you need, and wash up for you afterwards?

HONEYMOON
If you’re coming to Scotland for your ceremony, why not stay on in Scotland for your honeymoon and reduce your air or roadmiles?  Whether you opt for a secluded self catering cottage, or a 5* castle where you’re waited on hand and foot Scotland has everything to offer you except reliable weather!  And no pun intended, that’s why it’s so green and beautiful.

PACKAGES
If choosing Angie to be your Minister or Celebrant, she and partner Will often work together - her as ceremony officiant, and him as photographer.  This way even if they have to travel to your ceremony location, they're cutting down on roadmiles and expenses for you.

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“Many thanks for your help in creating a beautiful ceremony for our wedding day.  Many of the guests seem to have been genuinely inspired by the service.  It was a perfect day which turned out exactly as we’d hoped.”
PAUL AND LUCY chose a Tailor-made ceremony led by Angie