THE SUSTAINABLE WEDDING PLANNER Wedding planner Jenny Dell from Anomaly Weddings designs, plans and manages beautiful weddings that are also imperfectly eco. “What I mean by imperfectly eco is simply doing the best that couples can do with the tools they have at that precise moment whilst thinking about how things can improve going forward,” Jenny tells us. Jenny has woven this ethos into her business in several ways, such as ensuring that the majority of her meetings are over the phone or online rather than travelling. She buys pre-loved items where possible that can be fixed, maintained and upcycle to look new, and ensures that any new items are perfect for multiple use or recyclable, using no single-use plastic items. Jenny has also purposefully aligned herself with other imperfectly eco-conscious suppliers and those that choose to do the right thing over the easy thing. She supports local suppliers in Devon and the South where possible, reducing her carbon footprint. Jenny expertly styled our Festival of Love shoot in this issue at Hawke Barn, pictured here and also seen on page 47, collaborating with a selection of hand-picked local businesses that also have the imperfectly eco-philosophy and photographed by www.freeformimages.co.uk. The macrame props were homemade and the tableware was all preloved. Jenny believes in creating weddings that support the environment and are kind to the planet by using local farms that don’t use chemicals that harm nature. She also supports sustainable farming practices, encouraging plant-based eating and reducing meat intake. Anomaly Weddings loves supporting charities, reducing waste, and donating items after weddings and events along with the best working practices, including handmade items that last a lifetime. Finally, Jenny is also an advocate for natural health, utilising the earth’s resources and using diet and lifestyle choices where possible for healing. To find out more and to book, visit www.facebook.com/anomalyweddings THE PLANET-FRIENDLY WEDDING STATIONER Laura Shirley is the designer behind Laura Likes creating carbonpositive, botanical-inspired sustainable wedding stationery and paper goods in the greenest possible way. Ecologi has calculated the carbon footprint of the business and not only plant trees in Laura’s name every month across the world and in the UK, but also fund world-leading climate change solutions to, more than, offset her impact. She has created these invitation sets using 100% recycled and beautifully textured seed paper which is tree-free and can be enjoyed and then planted. It’s handmade using traditional techniques, from 100% pre-consumer waste cotton which is biodegradable and then embedded with seeds and air-dried to give the seeds the best chance to germinate. The paper includes a mix of Sweet Alyssum, Common Poppy and Black Eyed Susan – these varieties have all been named by the RHS as ‘Plants for Pollinators’, because they are rich in nectar – attracting butterflies, bumble bees and other insects - and they do! The signage is printed digitally and then mounted on to 4mm eco board - unlike other stationers, Laura doesn’t work with a Foamex inner, but those made entirely of corrugated card and which is recyclable. Except for signage, Laura’s beautiful, intricate wedding stationery is printed in-house and she uses a mix of three different eco-friendly papers. For printing, there’s a choice of premium white recycled card stock or plantable seed paper and recycled Kraft envelopes as standard (FSC-coloured envelopes are also available). Within the production of her wedding stationery, every effort has been made to keep wastage to a minimum. Any offcuts or waste printed paper is in turn recycled, or shredded to create packaging and she also recycles all Canon ink cartridges for the benefit of a local charity where 97% of each ink cartridge is recycled into other products. When you receive an order from Laura Likes, the packaging is 100% recyclable with no bubble wrap, plastic mailbags or polystyrene. Everything in and on the box can either be popped in the recycling or if the order has been packed in shredded seed paper, Laura encourages couples to plant it in their garden and support our pollinators! To shop, visit www.lauralikes.co.uk SUSTAINABILITY 55
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