Sustainability

At MeadowSweet Posies, we’re proud to use British-grown flowers, grow with ecological principles, support British farmers and use eco-friendly packaging. 

MeadowSweet's founder, Sophie, holds a Masters in Sustainable Development, and uses British flowers and foliage throughout the year avoiding the 'flower miles' and carbon footprint associated with imported blooms.

We use flowers grown in the South West of England and sometimes from Lincolnshire. Sophie and her mum also have a plot in the New Forest where they grow their own blooms, too. 

Locally-grown, seasonal flowers have been found to have 90% lower carbon footprint than imported blooms, often cold-chain, air-freighted from equatorial countries. Very occasionally in the winter we may add a few 'filler' stems from elsewhere if we are really struggling for winter variety but this will account for less than 1% of annual flower content.

We use recycled, unbleached cardboard for our boxes, biofilm stickers, 100% recycled paper, eco flower-pouches 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 are working with Southampton University Business School in our sustainability reporting and this is our first Sustainability Report using GRI principles.

We are 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 sending one of our British flower posies, you can choose a One-off Posy or if you'd prefer a regular delivery, you can choose from our Subscriptions.