The Garden. Photo Credit: Studio Mathewes

Reduce • Reuse • Recycle

The Entrance Garden. Photo Credit: Studio Mathewes

Reduce • Reuse • Recycle

How to Make Your Event Green!

Catering
Food
Use locally grown and produced food. Transportation is the largest single energy use factor in creating green events. Baltimore has an extensive network of local food producers, from vegetables to bison.

Use organic ingredients.

Alcohol
Buy locally made beverages. Maryland and Virginia have a lot to offer in wine and beer. You don't have to bring product in from California or Europe!

Recycle empty containers. Chase Court provides large yellow recycling bins to use at the bar and in the kitchen. The City of Baltimore accepts glass, metal, plastic and paper.

Table Settings
Choose reusables instead of disposibles. Use rented washable flatware, glassware, china and linens instead of disposibles.

Use potted plants, candles, photographs in frames, and other reusable or low-impact centerpieces.

Favors
If you offer favors, look for gifts that will be useful and reusable. Even better, make a donation to a green cause to honor your guests.

Photography
Digital imaging is far more environmentally friendly than film. Most professional wedding photographers shoot digital exclusively.

Transportation:
For weddings and commitment celebrations, having both your ceremony and your reception at Chase Court can save huge amounts of energy-intensive transportation use.

Guest Housing
Chase Court is within easy walking distance of several outstanding hotels and over a dozen rehearsal dinner sites. Walking and short-run shuttle services save significant amounts of energy.

Guest count
This can be a hard one, but fewer guests means means less energy spent.

Garden Decoration
Our gardens are beautiful and abundant. From May through October you don't have to add a single flower for a spectacular show!

Our gardens are largely sustainable perennials, replacing energy-intensive annuals. We've cut our use of annuals by 77% while improving the look and feel of our gardens. The majority of our perennials and all of our annuals are sourced and grown locally.

Photo Credit: Sandi Foraci Photography