Eco-Friendly Ideas for Your Nashville Wedding: Juice Bar, Green Disposables + More
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
I (Ashley of ABG) met Ashley Currie of iHospitality at a TWESA event, after being introduced by Amy of Photo Booth Nashville (who knows EVERYONE). She thought we should know one another and she was right! We became fast friends. You can't walk through Farmer's Market with her without being stopped by Nashville farmers or a green thumb. We both love supporting local Nashville business / community so it's a good match!
Considering that I know NOTHING about being green, other than reusing my printer paper and conserving trips, I asked Ashley C. to guest blog each month to share her latest green wedding finds, for Nashville wedding pros, brides + grooms for whom sustainability is a priority or anyone who wants to be kinder to our Earth.
Guest Blogger: Ashley of iHospitality, Our Green Wedding Expert
Ashley Currie of iHospitality, whose mission is "keeping 'green' on the menu".
Green Nashville Wedding Resource: Juice Gypsies
Online: Juice Gypsies via Facebook
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 951-265-0092
Juice Gypsies is our green vendor this month. I actually met these lovely ladies during an Earth Day event last month. They were my next door booth neighbors during the Living Well Sustainable Marketplace event. Katie Burrows and Lauren Christensen started Juice Gypsies, a mobile juicing company, earlier this year. They create pure juice cocktails using only fresh fruit and vegetables. Signature drink names range from Wild Root, Yipee Cayenne, to Gypsie Greens. Offering healthy, tasty juices made to order right in front of your eyes is their mission.
This refreshing take on the mobile food truck craze would be an awesome accent at your reception or bridal event. I say ditch the cash bar and bring on the juices. I think the Juice Gypsies would entertain a good spike in the juice request, if you ask nicely. Their juices are like V8 amped up 50 notches along with a one-of-a-kind stainless steel juicer that complements their mobile setup. You can search "Juice Gypsies" on Facebook to find where they will be serving up juices next or to book them for your upcoming big day.
They look like they know organic juice to me! ~ Ashley of ABG
Green Nashville Wedding: Jenny + Will
My green wedding this month is Jenny and Will Harrison, ceremony on April 2, 2010 in Athens, GA; reception in East Nashville.
This couple embody sustainable living and proved it by pulling off a gorgeous, green-inspired wedding and reception for less than $5000! They incorporated many different green elements, including having the ceremony in the bride’s mom’s backyard. From flower seed paper invitations (along with planting instructions), whole plants (not cut), family borrowed china place settings to the bride and groom choosing TOMS as their wedding day shoe of choice. Less impact on the environment was definitely on this couple’s mind.
Their reception was held at a later date in the couple’s East Nashville home. Jenny and Will wanted green disposables that were compostable, as they had a composting bin in their backyard. Jenny also wore her beautiful handmade wedding dress again for their reception plus had locally made beer from Yazoo Brewing Company.
This couples motto definitely falls under the 3 R’s: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. They have their own vegetable garden, line dry their laundry (yes, this means no use of the conventional dryer) and Jenny is also one of the founders of FEAST, a community supported kitchen project coming to Nashville very soon.
I am excited to highlight the green wedding scene in Nashville. If you are a wedding vendor in town that incorporates green into your mix, I want to hear from you! Contact me at [email protected] or visit http://www.ihospitalitytn.com. ; Seeking green vendors for your event? See how iHospitality can help.
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