Low Carbon Footprint

We work as sustainably as possible to grow our flowers the way nature intended. No synthetic chemicals are used on the blooms so you can be certain you're not bringing potential poisons into your home.

We also keep our fuel usage as low as we can. Our flowers rarely travel more than 50 miles to their destination (and that's in the back of an empty van which would be making the journey anyway!)

Increased Quality and Vase Life

A crash course on imported flowers! 

 Imports are grown all over the world and imported into Britain from as far away as Aus. To do this cheaply they are dry-packed tightly into boxes to keep air freight costs down. 

Most are flown to and sold via auction houses in Holland before being loaded back onto a plane for the next leg of their journey. This all takes time, bruises, and dehydrates flowers.

Scottish (or British) flowers are cut, placed straight into the water, and sold quickly. Therefore fresher, have a longer vase life, better quality and perfect petals. Simple really :)

Supporting the Birds and Bees

Our flower fields are a hugely valuable source of nectar, pollen and seeds for all manner of wildlife.

Some days I struggle to get near the flowers for clouds of bees, hoverflies and butterflies.

And in return the wildlife helps me out.

Ladybirds and parasitic wasps gorge on greenfly, my resident toad eats the slugs and a barn owl controls the voles (with a little help from the dogs.)

Working with the eco-system not against it brings balance.

Provenance and Transparency

One of the joys of social media is that it gives us a way to share our flower filled life at Scottish Cut Flowers. The good, the bad and the ugly. Our customers know exactly where their flowers were grown, who grew them and how.

We have open days throughout the year so you can come say hi and get some flower field pics for Instagram! #scottishcutflowers

No Nasty Chemicals

Ever read the list of ingredients on the back of a medicine packet. Well that same level of double Dutch awaits anyone who cares to research the chemicals used on flowers imported through Holland! Some of these chemicals are extremely toxic to the environment and humans, cause skin irritations (especially amongst florists who handle imported flowers all the time) and are just so unnecessary!

Buy local, we don't use any of that crap!

Scent

Back to the imports again! To overcome a lot of the stress transport puts on flowers - the import flower market often chooses (and even breeds specifically for) flower varieties with no scent. This is because scent comes hand in hand with the ripening hormone, Ethylene. Ethylene will quicken the demise of a flower which is a problem when it needs to spend 3+ days in boxes getting to Britain.

We, however, don't have that problem as our flowers get to the customer so quickly that they have great vase life. Our flowers smell like they should, fragrant, romantic, and nostalgic.

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