Get Organic Flowers for Mom
by TreeHugger 
on 05. 6.05
Treehugger tries to be upbeat, so we are not going to talk about the factory farming of flowers where they are doused with insecticides, fungicides and growth regulators, and fumigated with toxic methyl bromide.
We are going to send you to ::Organic Bouquet, the "Internet's first eco-florist" and ::local Harvest, a huge network of organic growers. In California, visit ::Full Belly Farm. Others can buy through ::Johnnygreenseed.com
Mom will love you no matter what you bring. Read more from ::EHP by [LA] credit to ::Daily Grist
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I ordered a nice looking bouquet from OrganicBouquet (for mom of course) the other day, and only as I was about to hit "buy", did I see these babies are getting flown in from South Africa.
No matter how organic they are, flying them in from that distance almost certainly negates any treehuggerish bonus I might have gotten. It's a bummer, but very important to consider. If I knew a local florist with local flowers, even if they're not organic, I would have chosen them, and it would probably have been better choice sustainably speaking for many reasons.
Interesting point. Most flowers at florist shops in my area (N. California) are flown in from South America. Perhaps a farmer's market would be a better alternative. I have seen flowers for very reasonable prices at a local farmer's market.