Say it with Aussie grown flowers

If you’re buying flowers put some extra thought into your purchase.   Buy from one of the three stallholders, Ulla’s Flowers, Fresh Farm Flowers Direct and Jumping Red Ant  @jumpingredant and ask for locally grown flowers.

Supermarkets sell mostly cheap, imported flowers that are treated with chemicals and flown around the world after being picked. About half of the cut flowers sold in Australia are imported from countries such as Colombia, Ecuador and Kenya, where workers and less stringent environmental standards are often exploited.    The vast majority of roses sold in Australia come from Ecuador.

Over 40% of family-owned flower businesses in Australia have closed in the past 20 years due to imported flowers undercutting the local market so please support local flower growers.