{"id":137143,"date":"2023-05-26T17:00:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T10:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/say-it-with-flowers-just-make-sure-you-know-where-they-came-from-alice-vincent-on-flowers\/"},"modified":"2023-05-26T17:11:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T10:11:28","slug":"say-it-with-flowers-just-make-sure-you-know-where-they-came-from-alice-vincent-on-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/say-it-with-flowers-just-make-sure-you-know-where-they-came-from-alice-vincent-on-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Say it with flowers \u2013 just make sure you know where they came from | Alice Vincent on flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nBouquets from Kenya and the Netherlands bought in the UK carry a high environmental cost compared with outdoor-grown British equivalentsThere are certain bunches of flowers that linger like talismans in my mind. An armful of otherworldly amaranthus brought to a house party. The five fists of daffodils and bright-red, long-stemmed anemones wrapped in brown paper that came to my last book launch. Small handfuls of sweet peas left on the doorstep during my GCSEs by a kind neighbour in the village where I grew up.It should be so simple, sending people flowers: wander into the nearest florist, hand over your credit card and an address, job done. But doing it well takes thought, not least because flowers can carry a far greater carbon footprint than many people realise: it has been calculated that your standard bunch of imported roses, lilies and gypsophila (all stems that are grown year-round in the Netherlands and Kenya) create more than 30kg of carbon emissions. That\u2019s the equivalent of what a single tree can absorb, on average, in a year. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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