Couples find innovative ways to “green” their marriages at Common Ground Center in Vermont

Posted on 2nd December 2011 in Wedding

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Starksboro, VT (BUSINESS WIRE) 1 December 2011

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Center Common Ground, an environmentally-friendly resort on 700 acres in Vermont, have a trend with the couples who come here to have noticed the tie knot. The definition of marriage of your dreams seems to be changing, said Kiesha Richardson, coordinator of the Centre for Common Ground rent. These days, couples who are more than a dream venue for their celebration, they are looking for ways to seek the environmental impact of their marriage or civil partnership to be minimized. The Center for Common Ground, with solar energy, 560 acres of protected land, and green building techniques in couples with ecological values.

green theme already underway at the Centre for Common Ground, the bride and groom to take the inspiration and to a wedding that fits their taste. Kateri Damato Lidstrom and Darren got married last fall in September. They used the center of the long-term vision of their wedding planning. For example, they used recycled windows back in their own wedding decorating on the ground in the open. The couple is to their advantage that Vermont has no shortage of old windows.

order to help the guests, they used recycled vintage sheets, to make the beds in rustic cabins. The morning of the wedding, they chose fresh flowers on Jubilee Farm in Huntington, VT, and placed in glass recycling. The pots were collected from local stores and flea markets, re-use.

Kateri and Darren asked to bring the help of many friends and family to a local flavor, their marriage and at the same time at an affordable price. The talented friend Jacob (Jacob Albee Design in Burlington, VT) and its hand-made wedding officiated their marriage, while others helped prepare meals and clean up.

evening reception, they roast pork from Duclos and Thompson Farm in Weybridge, Vermont. The couple brewed their own beer in a local brewery, where Kateri be used to set up working and hop on the spot. All vegetables used in the kitchen were of local origin as well as cheese and maple syrup.


Accommodation for guests

include rustic cabins and Eco-Lodge, built with wood harvested from the mountain on the site. The recent construction of Eco-Lodge has really committed to sustainability centers and Center Common Ground into a truly green wedding destination. To meet to celebrate with all of these ecological functions in place, go ahead to the bride and groom and to improve their personal style and lasting value for a perfect weekend.


GCC has been designed and built sustainably

from scratch. Stroll through the site and you will find a plethora of organic instruments, developed a taxi from straw bales, a composting toilet outhouse, a facility shared bathroom with indoor and outdoor shower, a hanging bridge and an outdoor wood oven look. Many wooden buildings typical of the Earth Centre for Common Ground, and recycled doors and windows. The buildings are grouped around the edges of fields or the woods, leave intact the open field.

Well, Common Ground has a lodge, it offers more green attributes, you ensure that the couple will be conducted on the site. The Eco-Lodge is a great space for weddings, grandparents and families traveling with small children. Some of the features eco-chic are the large windows, roof windows, skylights and solar tubes, which provide natural light in all rooms. It has a living roof covered with grass and wild flowers and provides natural insulation, and insert here the buildings into the landscape. Apart from that, you will find solar panels on the roof, providing all the hot water and underfloor heating throughout the summer, when the weather cools needed. The Eco-Lodge is a remarkable building energy efficiency and comfort, and beauty does not hurt if the equation was added.


Many such couples

Kateri and Darren are the magic eco-inspired qualities Common Ground Center. Couples come to the site in something they can call their own, while simultaneously transforming memories forever with friends and family. Do not hesitate, you are also invited to check how common center floor is eco-wedding a whole new level. Visit our website or call our rental coordinator today to schedule a visit 800-430-2667.

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Florist in Seattle, offers Trudy Floral Design a solution for increasing employee productivity

Posted on 28th November 2011 in Wedding

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Seattle, WA (Nasdaq) 28 November 2011

The Society of American Florists, in partnership with Texas A & M has a study of how flower arrangements impact on overall performance and well-being in the place of work. Some of the highlights of the study:

? Problem solving, idea generation and creative performance improve substantially in workplace environments that include flowers and plants.

???? In detail, men and women who work in environments with flowers and plants in comparison to an innovative environment with sculpture or no decorative objects.

???? The men who participated in the study generated 30 percent more ideas when working in environments with flowers and plants than those without.

???? While men produce a greater abundance of ideas, research shows that women produce more creative and flexible solutions to problems in work environments with flowers and plants.

Most people only think of the conversation to the capabilities of their bloom, if it is proved time for an event like a wedding or a party, but one flower arrangement per week to maintain a creative and innovative employees. Trudy’s Floral Design in a position to provide regular supply of good taste with floral offices in the Seattle area.


About Trudy

Floral Design

Offering the freshest, most unusual flowers, many of them grown in Trudy’s own garden. Raised and educated in Switzerland, Trudy brings a true European flair, all his creations.

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