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    tessabella76    September 12, 2009   Ohio

    So we are getting married outdoors under a pavilion that has a cement floor. The problem is, no matter what, you have to walk through the grass to get to the pavilion. This pavilion also happens to be on a small lake. Lake=geese=geese poo. So in order to avoid dodging little piles as I walk to the pavilion, I was thinking about getting an aisle runner. But I'm not sure what kind. I know there are plastic runners and paper runners. I'm just not sure what's best for grass.

    Anybody have any ideas? Aside from bribing a few nephews to go out and rake the geese poo up, I'm not sure what to do.

     
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    cinemaparadiso    July 16, 2015  

    I would actually go for muslin (or really, any cool fabric)--it's a little more expensive for a bolt of it, but it's also going to be a bit easier to walk on and is biodegradable (more so than plastic and slightly more so than the coated paper ones).

    Good luck figuring out what to do!

     
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    DaisyBride    June 1, 2009  

    I'd bribe your nephews to rake. 

    I'm also having an outdoor ceremony and I decided not to have an aisle runner b/c they blow around in the slightest breeze and your heel can go through them.

     
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    tessabella76    September 12, 2009   Ohio

    Yeah, I don't really want to do a runner. I know how hard they can be to walk on in grass. I'm just not sure what other options I have. Problem with having someone rake is that there is a lot of grass around the pavilion. So it would be a lot of raking. I don't know what to do.

    Any other ideas?

     
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    KateMW    8.30.03   Birmingham

    I would honestly bribe the rakers. Aisle runners outdoors are just begging for something to happen to them IME.

     
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    tessabella76    September 12, 2009   Ohio

    KateMW-I think that's my best option.

    We have the pavilion all day and our ceremony does not start until 4:30 so we'll have plenty of time to make sure it's ok. It might not even be a problem. The geese tend to move around. And if the park mows the day or two before, it shouldn't be as bad of a problem. On good thing-my dress is tea lenght! So at least I don't have to worry about my dress. Just when I'm walking up to the pavilion, I want to be looking up at my groom not down at the ground to make sure I don't step in anything!

     
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    Sulli301    June 26, 2010   Michigan

    I agree with Daisybride, I was told that they blow away easily and it is also common for people to trip on them. My wedding planner had a bride fall down as she began to walk down the isle with her father! ah!

     

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