Wedding Favor Planning

Preparing Your Wedding Favors

  • You will receive your favors in different shipments.  Vases and pebbles are shipped separately from plants.  When the vase package arrives check to insure that the order is correct and then set it aside until needed.
  • When the bamboo plants arrive you want to remove them from the package as soon as they are delivered.  Carefully unwrap the plants.  Single stems will be bundled together.  You can keep them in their bundles until actually ready to set up the individual arrangements.
  • Set the plants (bundles) up-right in a bucket or container that can hold enough water to cover the roots.  Approximately 1/2 to 1 inch of water, depending upon the size of the stalks ordered. Bottled or filtered water is recommended.  Storage bins, pots, buckets or freezer trays will work for storing the plants, anything that will hold water.
  • Set the plants in a sunlit room but out of the exposure of the direct sun.  You might also want to add two or three drops of plant fertilizer to the water (Green Green).  The fertilizer is added directly into the water and will help the stalks to stay green and healthy.  Check with water every other day to make sure the water level is high enough to cover the roots (not any higher.)  Then set them in a secluded corner and they will quietly wait until you are ready for them.

Assembly

This is the time you might want to have a Lucky Bamboo Party!  Assembly day is when the fun begins.

  • Wipe out the vase or containers.
  • Set the stalk(s) in the vase and add the pebbles.  Fill to the depth that looks good to you.  Rocks and pebbles are for decorative purposes and to help stabilize the plant.  There is no required depth of pebbles.
  • Then add water and you are done.    (Again, use filtered or bottled water.  Tap water can be used if allowed to sit for two days to allow the chlorine level to drop.  You may also want to set the favors in place on the tables before adding the water.
  • Become imaginative.  You may also want to add your own special touch to the arrangements such as ribbons, confetti, figurines, stickers, etc.
  • Now, sit back and enjoy watching the delight of your guests as they receive their unique and delightful gifts.