To find truly green locations is one of the more difficult tasks for a green wedding, depending how thorough you want to get. Starting with location rentals at $5000 many sites offer natural surroundings but not the matching earth conscious stewardship of their land. The shade gets a little greener when our money supports a good cause: protecting land from developers, supporting historic sites, museums and keeps rivers clean. Peter Ireland from the Nature Preserve in Malibu is one of the good guys, hugging his trees and loving his non-manicured lawns. Joan Pankratz from the Upper Las Virgines property, watches over what she lovingly calls: The Ranch and the Wright Organic Resource Center is all about protecting the planet. Restaurants like the Inn of the Seventh Ray in Topanga, offering organic food and filtered water since a decade or two, move onto greener pastures with LEED lights, recycled paper in the office and being associated with one of LA’s most experienced eco friendly wedding planners, Angelica Weihs from Green Weddings&Events.

The creme de la green is the Airlie Mansion in Virginia, the best example of how perfect it can be. We will take the list of all the cool stuff they do and compare it with wedding locations in LA. Check back in, this will be an interesting list from happy greenish management to the clouded corporate wedding machines.