8 Ethical Florists In the UK To Check Out This Valentine's Day

Arena Flowers has its pulse on sustainability. In the realm of the thorny business of the cut-flower industry, Arena Flowers stands out and chooses the greener side by being plastic-free since 2017, which has helped them reduce their emissions and optimize their logistics. They also continue to work toward sustainability by planting a tree for every order, which has led to the planting of over a million trees and counting.

They're known to be the first in the industry to adopt a "closed-loop waste system," which is a waste management strategy where a used product is recycled, and these recyclable materials are continuously cycled back into production.

The Ethical Company Index has awarded them a perfect score of 100/100 for the past three years owing to their dedication to sustainability initiatives.

Have a guilt-free flower shopping with Floom as their hand-picked independent florists and botanical artisans work closely with 12 sustainable flower farms that ensure a safe and greener way of cultivating flowers and delivering them at your doorstep. Floom offers a same day or next day delivery too!

They champion roses, the perennially popular Valentine's Day flower, in a variety of hues. However, they also sell a variety of plants and flowers, including orchids, terrarium plants, tulips, ranunculus, and hydrangeas. Along with flowers, they also provide gift baskets that are ideal for making a major surprise on Valentine's Day.

Jamjar Flowers' has one-of-a-kind approach to floral design. Their trademark is using jam jars to display bouquets of local wildflowers, a technique they say was inspired by the gardens and woods of Sussex.

Their specialty is making flower arrangements for events, weddings, and creative projects. They have two studios and work out of a Dickensian-style yard in the London district of Kennington.

Apart from their event-arranged flowers, they also offer frame-pressed flowers, table and homeware, stationery items, decorative pieces and flower-pressing tools. Customers who are interested in their new seasonal series may subscribe to get pressed flowers on a monthly basis.

The solar-powered cold storage used by Scilly Flowers is just one of the many ways the company reduces its environmental impact while still providing customers with beautiful, long-lasting scented flowers.

As per floral hydration, they recycle collected rainwater to irrigate their flowers, draining the pinks into a coir tub so that each plant gets injected with the sufficient amount of water. In troughs filled with coir, made from the husk of coconuts, they also cultivate summer pinks without supplemental light and heat. Growing medium coir may be replenished, unlike peat.

They have also been plastic-free since 2018. They incorporate paper sleeves, crisp green tissue and a sturdy box in delivering scented flowers.

It is mostly inevitable to generate carbon footprint despite employing zero waste initiatives. However, Bloom and Wild cushion their impact on carbon footprint by recycling or composting all of their packaging, not shipping any green waste to landfills, and including recycling instructions with every shipment to spread their movement to their customers.

Their flowers are arranged either in a vase or hand-tied and bundled in 100% recycling or compostable wrapper. Their carbon impact is minimized since they do deliveries on foot, by bike, or in an electric van.

Bloom is a UK-based online florist with a focus on sustainability, and the company's goal is to ensure that its customers can shop with complete confidence and minimal environmental impact. When it comes to the production of their flowers, Bloom primarily works with suppliers and partners that share the same commitment to ethical labor standards and environmental stewardship.

The sustainability efforts of Bloom include 100% recyclable paper packaging, 100% biodegradable packaging and 100% compostable flower hydration. However, generating a carbon footprint is inevitable for Bloom given their production, packaging, deliveries, office operations and travel, so they counteract this by supporting reforestation projects.

Products-wise, interested buyers can shop for spring flowers, luxury gift bouquets, fresh market flowers, and vase and pot flowers, which can be customized into one arrangement that is suited to your own liking!

If the matter of freshness is being discussed, The Real Flower Company has something to offer on the table. The award-winning sustainable florist only started as a scented garden before it bloomed to a luxury bouquet company. Staying true to their roots, Real Flowers hand-tends their flowers such as garden roses, wildflowers, herbs and foliage from their own farm in South Downs National Park.

This flower company is sustainable not just because they harvest their own flowers, but also because of how they grow them. They employ sustainable farming methods including reduced tillage to protect and preserve natural areas, drip irrigation to prevent soil erosion, and specialized matting to eliminate the need for chemical herbicides.

Another florist company that places high regard on sustainability is Uncut Stems. The flowers from the Uncut Stems are delivered unarranged in buckets, vases, or even jugs rather than the usual plastic-wrapped bouquets. A note with helpful tips on how to care for your flowers after they've been delivered will be included with your order, which will make your flower arrangement experience more memorable.

You may learn more about your flowers and how to arrange them thanks to the letter and the updated information provided by the growers themselves about each stem.