A Tree Grows In...your wedding favor?
Caroline Wolfe Monday, April 25, 2011 at 9:00AM Wedding favors are terribly tricky; they are meant to be meaningful, well-priced, and eternal. A lot to ask of a bulk item! But a branch of the Florida-based Magnolia Company called Seeds of Life offers a unique option that answers all of these concerns: the wedding favor of a tree.
Live gift trees from the Magnolia Company
A tree? Yes, a tree. And no, not a full-grown, "we sponsored a tree in the Brazilian rainforest in your name" tree, but a live rooted oak tree seed, tucked in rich soil and ready to sprout. Seeds of Life wraps these organic jewels in wee beribboned boxes to create a perfect gift, and the boxes are available in a variety of combinations to match with any color scheme.
Photo via The Magnolia Company
The gift boxes can be further customized with a charming tag celebrating the bride and groom.
Photo via The Magnolia Company
The practical concerns at the root of it are minimal. As Matt Roth from the Magnolia Company explained to us, all of the favors are guaranteed to grow into a seedling with just a little moisture, and each can last (incredibly!) in the specially-designed favor box for up to three weeks without water. Finally, the staff at Seeds of Life selects each seed by growing region, to guarantee satisfaction for every guest regardless of where they live. Could it be any easier?
Photo via The Magnolia Company
According to the criterion of a great wedding favor, the Seeds of Life gift trees are a home run. Meaningful? Of course - literally a nod towards Mother Earth, and figuratively a nod towards deeply-rooted love. Well-priced? With volume scaled pricing, Seeds of Life enables sizable discounts for brides and grooms buying in bulk. And eternal? Well, now really. What is more timeless than a mighty oak?
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Reader Comments (74)
With the Royal Wedding just past us and the tree/Floral arrangements in the abbey will helpfully encourage people to try this out a little more.
I am interested in the first picture. very nice live gift trees.
one question, how long they will be able to live in such conditions?
Great idea ! I love the concept. Will share this blog with a few friends, who knows, they might be interested :-)
Very creative ideas for presents and not only in case of weddings. Sometimes it is very hard to find exact idea for gift-wrap for particular person.
Look so nice, I really like it!
Its a fantastic idea of wedding gift, nobody can have idea about this type of gift..
Are you going to present a wedding gift to someone then these are the perfect gifts..
That really is such a sublime idea, just wish I had known about it when I got married a few years ago. It's something to remember the special day by.
I create wedding arrangements but have not heard of this before! Could be quite expensive but I think I'm going to look into this for my wedding services because it's pretty cool!
Very nice and interesting story
What a really lovely idea for a wedding favour! A seed to grow into something strong and longlasting, hopefully like the marriage!
Really interesting, nice idea, the tree can grow like the marriage.
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It is Really interesting, nice idea, the tree can grow like the marriage. tree are useful for whole envionment
Great article. Its a very refreshing idea of a gift - gift that can be used.
The photos looks totally perfect in wedding!!! What a very very lovely idea you got there!!
Very Interesting..
That's a really interesting wedding favor. I've been with my boyfriend for a while now and I've told him that when we get married and move into a house I want him to plant a rosebush for me and keep it alive for all our lives.
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I like this idea. I'd probably try giving one out.
I have seen, heard and received various wedding favors from edible ones to wine glasses, picture frames, trinkets, baskets but I haven't seen a tree wedding favor until just now! All I can say is "Wow"!
Brilliant idea, I was married last year, wish I thought of this.
Interesting! Are you planning to sell any of those? Nice blog anyway and keep on going..
It is interesting story and I am thinking to translate it to Chinese and post on my website.
Florist's specialty is to design wedding bouquets , flowers and arrangmenents in a style. They exactly know how to give those flower an edge for your beautiful day.