flowers Archives | Sussex Green Living https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/tag/flowers/ Sussex people inspiring a climate for change Thu, 15 Sep 2022 08:59:28 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 The Humble Bumble (first published in West Sussex County Times) https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/the-humble-bee/ Thu, 15 Sep 2022 08:59:28 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.co.uk/?p=23854 When I was invited to write an article on my experience with bumble bees, this title came to mind.  I like to think it’s part of Christopher Bollas’s  ‘unthought known’ territory – something you’ve carried around in your mind without ever really realising it.  And as it turns out, the phrase is rather apt:  Darwin […]

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]]> Sustainable Flowers & Floristry (first published in West Sussex County Times) https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/sustainable-flowers-and-floristry/ Thu, 08 Sep 2022 06:00:32 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.co.uk/?p=23451 Flowers are a precious part of our life-events, but are we aware of the significant environmental and human costs of the demand for cheap flowers at all times of the year? Until the 1970s, bought flowers came from British farms, while today, most are grown commercially in Holland, Columbia, Ecuador and Kenya, routed through Dutch […]

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