Our Sustainable Spirit

At MeadowSweet, we’re proud to create sustainable, British-grown posies using locally sourced flowers, eco-friendly packaging, and planet-kind practices all year round. 

MeadowSweet's founder, Sophie, holds a Master’s in Sustainable Development, and uses 100% British flowers and foliage throughout the year, choosing the best of what’s local and seasonal.

We use flowers grown in the South West of England and sometimes grown under glass from Lincolnshire. Alongside using trusted British flower farmers, Sophie and her mum have a plot to grow their own blooms, too. 

Our main flower farm partner uses organic fertilisers and minimal chemicals and pesticides on their land, providing food for pollinators and opportunities for increased biodiversity. They grow outdoors and in unheated, unlit poly-tunnels. Flower waste is composted and returned back to the land. Our main Lincolnshire supplier uses biomass boilers and solar for energy and a rainwater harvesting system for watering.

Locally-grown, seasonal flowers have been found to have 90% lower carbon footprint than imported blooms, which are often cold-chain, air-freighted from equatorial countries via The Netherlands to the UK.

Our packaging is thoughtfully chosen. We use recycled, unbleached cardboard for our boxes, biofilm stickers, 100% recycled paper, eco flower-pouches to keep stems hydrated and eco flower food sachets. Our British-made glass jars have up to 60% recycled-content and can be rinsed and reused by our subscription customers.

We worked with Southampton University in the preparation of our first Sustainability Report using GRI principles and we look forward to increased reporting in the future.

We’re also proud to support Rewilding Britain, donating 1% of our gross annual sales to help expand wild spaces across the UK. 

If you're interested in our British flower posies, you can choose a One-off Posy or if you'd prefer a regular delivery through the year, you can choose our Subscriptions.