Are you looking for a more sustainable Valentine’s Day? I offer up the idea of some dried flowers this love season.
Happy week before Valentine’s Day. I thought today would be a great day to talk about a novel, and I think quite sustainable Valentine’s Day idea. We always think about flowers. We love flowers, they bring joy to our homes.
And so today I wanted to do a little bit of a spin on Valentine’s Day flowers and propose dried flowers for your Valentine. (If you prefer to listen, you can do so below)
This year I am loving the idea of dried flowers. I mean, just dried flowers in general, I have to admit. Maybe it’s a bit of a throwback to some of my childhood memories and my mom and I making art projects together using some dried florals. I have found some really great places online to get beautiful dried florals, and I think it’s a cool way to bring a little sustainability into something I love receiving any day from my loved one. And certainly on Valentine’s Day.
Flowers and Green Waste
I’m not going to go over data and statistics about floral waste or green waste. We do it, I do it (insert wincing emoji here). I try and put my wilting, dying flowers in the green bin so that they can be collected and hopefully composted or recycled through the green program in my city. That’s a great way to reduce the carbon footprint of our flowers on the back end.
If you have at home composting, you can certainly put withering flowers in there too. And dying flowers are good to help diversify the composting contents. Brown waste, or plant organic waste, is important in compost too.
Dried vs Fresh Flowers
Moving away from real cut flowers to dried flowers is so cool for a few reasons. One, they last a really long time. I mean, literally a year or more. You can keep repurposing them, put them into new arrangements, and put them in different places in your home. They will last.
Where to Get Dried Flowers
You can also be really intentional about where you source your dried flowers. Try and work with local flower farmers, local artisans, or local shops. Check out your local farmers market.
Admittedly, for ease purposes, I have found some online outlets that I really like that are either sourcing from local farms or sustainably practicing farms female owned outlets.
- Afloral Starting off with Afloral. They have some beautiful, beautiful dried flower and grass collections. You can purchase a couple of different styles and mix and match. And, I believe they are pretty reasonably priced.
- Idlewild I am kind of goo goo gaga over Idlewild. Idlewild is a female owned company out of California. Oh, these bouquets and designs are gorgeous. I mean, you almost don’t even realize they’re dried. It is just beautiful colors. Beautiful styling. Check them out for some inspiration.
- East Olivia Out of New York I just found East Olivia, also female owned, working with dried components. I love their take- Forever Florals. Really beautiful designs. Check them out. Really cool inspiration.
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