Countdown to a Green Valentine’s Day - Day 7

Posted by A. Caleb Hartley on February 7th, 2008 filed in gardening

Today, another Valentine’s Day cliche:

Valentine’s Day Flowers

Everyone enjoys flowers for Valentine’s Day, whether they are giving them or receiving them - so if you are a flower person, make sure you give eco-friendly flowers this year.

Flowers, like any other plant - be it a food plant or otherwise, can be tough on the environment if they are grown using harsh, chemical pesticides.  So when you order flowers this year for your loved one, look into these places to find organically-grown and earth-friendly flowers: 

• OrganicBouquet.com
• California Organic Flowers
• Diamond Organics

Another thing to think about when buying flowers is where those flowers are grown.  Often, your flowers are delivered from halfway around the world.  Flowers sent to people in the USA are grown in South America. This means that, even if the flowers are organic, that significant amounts of fossil fuels have been burned just to get them to you or your recipient.  So buying local is very important as well.  Local Harvest can help you locate a local florist in your area that offers organic flowers, grown near you - so you can cut the pesticides and the carbon emissions.

One last thing to think about regarding flowers on Valentine’s Day (to avoid being completely cliche’d this Valentine’s Day, I feel I need to offer something a little more creative):  instead of giving cut flowers to your Valentine this year, give him or her certified organic seeds from Seeds of Change so s/he can grow the flowers and watch them live, instead of just throwing them away when they die.

Namaste,
A. Caleb Hartley

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