Eco-Elegant Wedding
Long-lasting
Unlike fresh flowers, wood and preserved materials won't wilt or fade, allowing your arrangements to last for years to come.
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Endless color options
From natural wood tones to painted hues, you can easily find the perfect color to match your wedding theme.
Nature Inspired
Sustainable Bride
Eco Luxe
Endless Color & Style Options
Eco-conscious brides now have a beautiful and sustainable option for their wedding floral arrangements with wood flowers and preserved greenery.
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Eco-friendly
No need for watering, pesticides or flowers to be cut from the earth, reducing your carbon footprint.
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Versatile styles
From rustic to elegant, wood and preserved materials can be arranged in a variety of styles to fit any wedding aesthetic. Say "I do" to timeless and sustainable wedding arrangements with wood flowers and preserved greenery.
So what exactly is a Wood Flower?
Wooden flowers are most often made from sola wood. Although other types of thinly cut, light weight woods like balsa and cedar are sometimes used, sola wood is by far the most popular.
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Sola wood, (also known as shola, sholapith, and Indian cork) is a RENEWABLE resource that comes from an aquatic plant, Aeschynomene aspera, which mainly grows in marshy wetlands of Southeast Asia. It is native to Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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After harvesting, most manufacturing occurs in India. (2) The manufacturing process is truly an artform and all work is done by hand. If you haven’t seen these artisans at work, we recommend this video. Workers use sharp knives to cut thick stems into small sections, peel off the bark, and cut the remaining wood into extremely thin sheets. Next, artisans hand cut the thin sheets of wood into petals shapes. The petals are assembled by hand and wrapped thread holds the petals in place to form the flower.
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Wood flowers are an excellent "GREEN" option!
When we think of wood of flowers, most would think that "wood = forest destruction". Actually, this is far from the truth! In fact, wood flowers are the most ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE when compared to Fresh or Faux. The entire process (production, transport, use, and packaging) produces 90% less emissions than imported fresh flowers.
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To see more about these beautiful creations and their master craftsmen, checkout the video below.
Research provided by The Silk Stem. "At Silk Stem we take sustainability very seriously. It is our mission to be part of the movement towards greener weddings. We hope this article was helpful and inspires couples out there to make even just one eco-conscious choice when wedding planning. If you’d like to learn more about the carbon emissions of wedding flowers, check out our emission study of fresh and faux flowers." https://silkstemcollective.com/environmental-impact-of-sola-wood-flowers/
