News — Footscray Florist

With more and more florists opting out on using Floral foam, the word Sustainable is being used more and more in the flower industry. 

There is much more to being a Sustainable Florist than just stopping the usage if floral foam, infact if you claim to be 100% Sustainable then you would be organically growing your own and selling them without any travel at all. That being said, we don't live in a perfect world where produce is grown on every rooftop and green energy is accessible and abundant.

So then what makes a Sustainable Florist?

Melbourne is a place...

We have been practicing sustainable floristry from the day we opened in 2014. There has been lots to learn along the way. 

Heres why we don’t buy imported flowers. 

We love supporting local flower farms and love visiting the farms in the peak of seasons and getting to know the farmer. 

Imported flowers come smothered with chemicals and we don’t like putting our hands on them.

The carbon footprints involved in getting a bunch of non seasonal flowers from across the other side of the globe is massive and we like to keep our footprint low.

Lastly the Overuse of...

WE ARE DELIVERING FLOWERS TO ALL AREAS OF MELBOURNE THIS VALENTINES DAY - but not your typical red roses

I'd like to offer you a free tip for this Valentines Day. DONT buy imported roses (actually ever!) and for gods sake ask your florist to hold the floral foam and plastics! Both are damaging our planet to the max. Check out this bin of old blooms going to waste completely wrapped in plastic! (Aggghhhh Im crying right now.)

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