Exploring Sustainable British Flower Options for Valentine’s Day

Thinking about flowers again. It is not long until Valentine’s Day. I haven’t created my own green house to grow my own flowers. In my last post related to flowers http://18.170.219.150/2024/01/09/i-think-you-can-feel-good-about-purchasing-flowers/ , I identified Flowers from the Farm  as a possible option. So…let’s see if I can get Valentine’s Day flowers connected in some way to Flowers from the Farm and see what I can learn. Carbon sequestration benefits or contributions to sustainability are always an interest.

On the site at https://www.flowersfromthefarm.co.uk/inspiration/why-british-flowers/ there are six reasons to go with British flowers.

1. Tread lightly on the planet
2. Reduce flower miles
3. Character and charm
4. Buy local
5. Bring the outdoors in
6. Because you’re a flower lover

To get flowers you can select the type of flower and enter in your postal code.

I must admit, I was hoping to find a place I could order from with a delivery option.

The first two locations I looked at did not offer a way to buy online. Possibly ordering and fulfilment processing is something I could follow up with them on. The next location I found did not offer delivery outside of 10 miles but a pickup could be arranged.

I went searching for a more robust delivery and ordering service that was using British grown flowers. I found https://www.greatbritishflorist.co.uk/. https://www.greatbritishflorist.co.uk/pages/how-british-are-we explains where the flowers come from. Seems like from Cornwall.

Order has been placed for early February delivery. I find an early deliver for Valentine’s day can be fun and then you are not late. Now, I need to go and order a card. Might need to think about bundling that with another delivery.