A few days ago, Cindy and I stopped in at the Audubon Center at Debs Park — to see if they were ready to hold Green Weddings.
The center is new — and off the grid. It is really beautful, nestled in the hills between downtown LA and Pasadena. with fountains, native plantings and lots of chirping birds.
Audubon Center for Eco Events
The mission of the Audubon Center is to introduce children to nature — so as of yet, they are not set up to hold wedding there. However, they promised to think about how they could rent the facilities out to couples who would like to be married and hold their reception there.
The Audubon Center is one of the greenest building in LA. Processes all it’s waste water, solar energy. Some of the building technology is so new, that the building capacity is fairly fragile.
For example, a wedding would be better held during daylight hours — because lights at night pull too much power from the solar batteries. You can always rent generators — but that sort of defeats the whole green-thing.
So, for now, extremely green buildings may only work for small, late spring and summer weddings.
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