Teacher-Bride Held Eco-Friendly Wedding In Forest Where Guests Ate Vegan Foods While Sitting On Bales Of Hay

Chloe and Joshua Stringer-Hall has ditched fancy and glossy invitations in favor of an eco-friendly wedding with friends and family. The newlyweds opted for a celebration in woodlands, locally sourced vegan food grown without pesticides, food served on compostable palm leaf plates and farmer’s hay bales as chairs.

Chloe and Joshua Stringer-Hall has ditched fancy and glossy invitations in favour of an eco-friendly wedding with friends and family

The couple, aged 25 respectively estimated their wedding celebration at the woodland Tipis and Yurts – near the Hereford – all for £12,000.

Guests are arriving at the wedding venue on a tractor. One guest holds on to a hay bale as the tractor makes its way up to a hill away from a marquee

The bride is pictured walking up the aisle amid the green woodland nature scene

Guests sat on hay at the ceremony. The couple met at school and began dating in 2013

Chloe-Stringer Hall, with her bridesmaids. Ballet teacher Mrs. Stringer-Hall bought a £50 dress second-hand

Mrs. Stringer Hall – the Ballet Teacher bought a second-hand dress for £50 while her husband who works as a communication manager wore jeans for the celebration in May.

‘Our combined outfits were less than £100,’ he said. 

Chloe and Joshua are sharing a kiss at the forest scene. The couple are part of a trend for eco-aware millennials looking to celebrate in style while staying faithful to their green beliefs

Chloe and Joshua looking into each other’s eyes as the ceremony takes place. Her husband, a communications manager for Network Rail, wore jeans for the ceremony

The pair are stepping through a heart-shaped tunnel as they face their guests as husband and wife

The couple, who hails from Worcestershire had met in school and began dating in the year 2013. They are equally part of a trend for eco-aware millennials looking to celebrate in style while staying faithful to their green beliefs, society bible Tatler revealed.

The now married couple are stepping out to environmentally friendly confetti being thrown by cheering guests

Guests sit outside a yurt amid the greenery

It further explained that persons looking to follow this trend should use re-plantable flowers instead and also urged thrifty brides to re-cycle their wedding dress by dying it to a different color so that it can be worn for a luxe summer garden party or even to the opera.

The married couple is pictured feeding each other macaroons as a table full of cakes and other sweet treats are behind them

Chloe and Joshua enjoy their first dance inside a yurt as guests watch on at the romantic moment

The couple’s wedding schedule took an informal approach

For the reception party, Tatler also disclosed that modern couple should ditch imported drinks and stick to British Fizz for those from Nattingley Valley, Nyetimber and Coates & Seeley.

Guests watch on as Chloe and Joshua dance to the music. Josh is seen getting into the groove with his knees up as he holds hands with Chloe

Guests held a vegan cake-off to see who could bake the best cake

They used vegan food grown without pesticides for their ceremony

Accordingly, Rachel Harrison, who runs a Green Wedding Consultancy also suggests using Seasonal British flowers to diminish air miles.

All the food offered was locally sourced, which means it came from around the Hereford area

The party carried on until 1pm with party music played by ‘Ceilidh’ and ‘DJ Pete’ from 8pm onwards