You don’t have to spend your life savings to have the wedding of your dreams; here are our top tips for a stress-free, eco-friendly wedding.

1) Set your Budget and stick to it!

2) Why not consider a mid-week wedding, the cost can be half compared to a summer Saturday. Our experience has shown that all your really close friends and family will attend whatever the day.

3) Why not have a more intimidate wedding with just your close friends and family, there are many smaller venue’s that are licensed for civil marriages.

4) From a hog roast to a cream tea think outside the standard three courses and coffee and make your wedding a unique occasion.

5) Consider choosing a venue where you can supply the wine’s and champagne’s for your day, the venue’s or caterer’s will charge a small corkage fee however you will still make a great saving.

6) Remember, during the evening your guests will be happy to pay for their own drinks,

7) There are many dress agencies and charity shops you may like to consider a second hand or last season’s designer dress which will be a fraction of the price.

8) Using local suppliers makes it easier to arrange meetings, which helps to keep your weddings carbon footprint low.

9) Floristry is often a considerable expense, why not consider plants rather than cut flowers, or deliver your cut flowers to nearest hospital or old people’s home where they can continue to enjoy them.

10) Using potted herbs as table centre’s means that at the end of the day you can take them home and create your own herb garden, a lasting and useful memory. You can even get seeded paper for making place cards, which your guests can take home and plant to start a wild flower garden, which means your guests get a lasting memory too.