Get Your Green On!

Flowers light up any room and are great mood boosters. Unfortunately to keep them looking pretty, importers load them with pesticides, which are not regulated by the USDA because they are not ingested. Toxic chemicals make their way into your home, and once they start to dry you toss them and then pesticides pollute the ground and water, creating a never ending cycle. With a recent report finding that commercially grown roses contain 1,000 times the amount of cancer-causing pesticides when compared with food products, its probably good to look into ways we can be eco-friendly when buying florals.

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• Buy Local & Organic: go to local farmers who practice growing sustainable, organic florals without the use of toxic pesticides. Buying locally, you avoid transportation pollution from overseas.
• Limit Water Usage: after steaming your veggies don’t throw the water away; use it to feed your house plants and flowers with mineral-rich boosters.
• Reuse: vases & eco-friendly ribbons.
• DIY: Branching is a great element to use in your designs. In the winter, you can find pine cones, berries and branches to work into florals, and reuse them throughout the seasons.
  

Ecoforms, {based in Santa Rosa, Cali} offers all-natural pots that last for 5 years outdoors and up to twice as long inside before they breakdown into nutrient-rich organic matter ;)

Happy Thursday!