Bouquet Care

Care Basics

Thank you so much for your purchase! You're supporting local flowers which has an amazing ripple effect (learn more below).

Flowers need to be able to drink to last so when you get home cut 1-4 inches off of the bottom of the stems at a 45 degree angle (depending on how long they've been out of water: a short time = an inch, a long time = 4 inches). Use a sharp blade or shears rather than scissors (which crush the stem and prevent them from drinking).

Place them in clean water in a clean vessel immediately* after cutting (like for real - if you wait more than a few seconds just recut the stems cause air will fill the holes in the stem blocking their ability to drink).

Ensure no leaves are soaking in the water (remove those leaves), and change the water every few days.

The Longevity Approach

If you're invested in making these babies last, then change the water daily and place them out of direct sunlight and in a cool place.

Also remove fading stems (HomesyCo blooms can be composted because we grow toxin free), and enjoy a smaller and smaller bouquet for longer.

The longest lasting choices are to press or dry your flowers, and some are more ideal for this than others. Checkout our on-Acreage Event, Everlasting Blooms: Preserving Flowers 3 Ways to learn more about keeping your bouquet, favourite garden plants, or memorable special event flowers indefinitely...

The Importance of Local Flowers

Did you know that 90% of flowers sold in Canada, and 80% of flowers sold in the US have been imported? They arrive from South America and Europe laden with toxins like preservatives, pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, disinfectants, dyes, bleaches, and chemical fertilizers. These are used so the flowers survive being grown under artificial conditions rampant with pests and disease, picked long before they're ready, and transported over long distances.

The cost to our planet and to animal health caused by the commercial flower trade is astronomical. The emissions from being flown all over the world and from being grown in mega-greenhouses drawing power 24-7 are enormous. The chemicals that disrupt and even kill our pollinators, and the amount of plant disease bred in these places is unfathomable. This does not even account for the health of the workers (many in third world countries), and those handling the flowers from growers to florists to end users (that's you).

Because it's a few countries that dominate the flower trade around the globe they have become inundated with plant diseases which means for me the farmer I avoid buying in plant material that isn't Canadian sourced (I've learned the hard way and luckily quarantined that stock from my main soil, and thank goodness I did, because it developed disease and could have decimated my dahlias).

At HomesyCo, I'm dedicated to locally grown pesticide and herbicide free flowers (and all the other nasty chemicals on the list I mentioned above). By supporting local you're making it possible for me to drive my flowers a few kilometers, use practices that feed the soil microbes, the pollinators, and in turn the whole ecosystem.

My flowers are much fresher so for you that means they will last. They've been picked at peak times, conditioned properly post-harvest, and are no more than 36 hours from harvest when you receive them.

When we keep supporting the local flower movement we have a chance to chip away at that 90%, enjoying beauty for longer at home - meaning our homes, our communities, and our planet.

Thanks for taking the time to read this : )

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