Doing my part and tossing these wedding favors in the trash. 😇
Well intentioned, but yeah, no labeling as to what they even are!! I grabbed all the extras on the tables at the end of the night to toss. Didn’t want to offend the newlyweds, so here I am for external validation. 🤪
I hate “wildflower” packets- you just know it’s a ton of like Candy Tufts
SomeDumbGamer
Living in New England has lots of benefits, but one is that most annual wildflowers aren’t invasive!
Our winters are simply too cold for most garden annual/biennal wildflowers like cornflower, corn poppy, digitalis, oxeye daisy, etc. plus we lack the open meadows that said plants grow in naturally.
It’s nice too. I love corn poppies and bachelors buttons and plant them in my meadow garden along with dozens of natives.
I noticed garden plants are WAY more invasive on the west coast since that has a much closer climate to Western Europe. The Bay Area is infested with Nastrisiums.
Most of our invasives tend to come from east Asia which has a climate much closer to New England.
recycledairplane1
Why not ask the couple? Would any wildflower seeds be invasive?
madorwhatever
I learned this the hard way. Not at all sure why I assumed ‘wild’ meant native.
SuperScrodum
I took a bunch of these from a wedding. Nobody was taking them so I snagged a couple dozen.
Planted them in separate flower box and only 3 of the 25 actually sprouted. I don’t even know what the plant is. It’s behaving more like a vine.
JapanesePeso
This is the epitomy of virtue signalling.
dewprisms
Doing this kind of stuff is exactly the type of behavior that makes people already reluctant to listen to us about the importance of natives fully stop listening to us. It’s also just disrespectful to the couple if you don’t ask to take all the extras.
quriositie
I tried doing this for our wedding favors and specifically went out of my way to order a seed mix that was supposed to just be scarlet bee balm, black eyed susans, and purple coneflower (with a note that it was only appropriate to plant in the eastern US). I only know of one person who got the seeds to even grow and they did NOT look like what I described above. surely it’s possible to do this right but definitely stay away from bentley seed co.
breeathee
I have planted them in containers before and grabbed all the valuable seed heads that form. Mostly scrubby weeds.
DisembarkEmbargo
My friend did this but with crops. She actually labeled what crops they were. Got cowpeas twice in a row – good with rice!
InternationalYam3130
These “let love grow” packets are on Amazon and you buy them empty. I used them for my wedding. And I had filled them with common and swamp milkweed seeds to give away as favors at my wedding.
I don’t think you did anyone a favor is what I’m saying. Did you just miss the signage about what was in the packets? Again they came empty when I got them and you had to fill it yourself
prettygood_not_bad
Don’t just throw them out — microwave or boil to destroy the seeds and prevent any possible spreading.
Not to toot my own horn but…I bought a 1 lb bag of native wildflower seeds native to my bioregion, made my own seed packets, and included information on planting native as my wedding favor lol.
Gloomy_Apricot_7748
Okay, So instead of asking and informing….you took it into your own hands and stole a couples wedding favors. And you really feeling good about yourself right now?
I truly hope you own up and apologize….the likelihood of anyone planting these is slim and you know it, they probably did notice some asshole stole them though.
You make everyone here look as entitled as you are, and likely ruined their night. Please think past the surface next time and consider what you’re doing beyond your crusade.
ainteventryin
This is gross, imo. Those are self-filled and you seem to not know at all if the bride took extra time and expense to make it a safe mix, whether all guests were local, etc. Instead of declining or asking, you just admittedly stole them and sent them on their way to a dump site where they will still spread in some other unknown environment.
Infinite_Toe7185
the cringe of it all
12stTales
Spreading shit to guests across multiple state lines
AdCurrent7674
I bought these exact packets for my wedding… they arrive empty so you have to go buy seeds to fill them
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I hate “wildflower” packets- you just know it’s a ton of like Candy Tufts
Living in New England has lots of benefits, but one is that most annual wildflowers aren’t invasive!
Our winters are simply too cold for most garden annual/biennal wildflowers like cornflower, corn poppy, digitalis, oxeye daisy, etc. plus we lack the open meadows that said plants grow in naturally.
It’s nice too. I love corn poppies and bachelors buttons and plant them in my meadow garden along with dozens of natives.
I noticed garden plants are WAY more invasive on the west coast since that has a much closer climate to Western Europe. The Bay Area is infested with Nastrisiums.
Most of our invasives tend to come from east Asia which has a climate much closer to New England.
Why not ask the couple? Would any wildflower seeds be invasive?
I learned this the hard way. Not at all sure why I assumed ‘wild’ meant native.
I took a bunch of these from a wedding. Nobody was taking them so I snagged a couple dozen.
Planted them in separate flower box and only 3 of the 25 actually sprouted. I don’t even know what the plant is. It’s behaving more like a vine.
This is the epitomy of virtue signalling.
Doing this kind of stuff is exactly the type of behavior that makes people already reluctant to listen to us about the importance of natives fully stop listening to us. It’s also just disrespectful to the couple if you don’t ask to take all the extras.
I tried doing this for our wedding favors and specifically went out of my way to order a seed mix that was supposed to just be scarlet bee balm, black eyed susans, and purple coneflower (with a note that it was only appropriate to plant in the eastern US). I only know of one person who got the seeds to even grow and they did NOT look like what I described above. surely it’s possible to do this right but definitely stay away from bentley seed co.
I have planted them in containers before and grabbed all the valuable seed heads that form. Mostly scrubby weeds.
My friend did this but with crops. She actually labeled what crops they were. Got cowpeas twice in a row – good with rice!
These “let love grow” packets are on Amazon and you buy them empty. I used them for my wedding. And I had filled them with common and swamp milkweed seeds to give away as favors at my wedding.
I don’t think you did anyone a favor is what I’m saying. Did you just miss the signage about what was in the packets? Again they came empty when I got them and you had to fill it yourself
Don’t just throw them out — microwave or boil to destroy the seeds and prevent any possible spreading.
Not to toot my own horn but…I bought a 1 lb bag of native wildflower seeds native to my bioregion, made my own seed packets, and included information on planting native as my wedding favor lol.
Okay, So instead of asking and informing….you took it into your own hands and stole a couples wedding favors. And you really feeling good about yourself right now?
I truly hope you own up and apologize….the likelihood of anyone planting these is slim and you know it, they probably did notice some asshole stole them though.
You make everyone here look as entitled as you are, and likely ruined their night. Please think past the surface next time and consider what you’re doing beyond your crusade.
This is gross, imo. Those are self-filled and you seem to not know at all if the bride took extra time and expense to make it a safe mix, whether all guests were local, etc. Instead of declining or asking, you just admittedly stole them and sent them on their way to a dump site where they will still spread in some other unknown environment.
the cringe of it all
Spreading shit to guests across multiple state lines
I bought these exact packets for my wedding… they arrive empty so you have to go buy seeds to fill them