Wouldn’t your mother prefer a bouquet of chemical-free roses to a bunch of pesticides?

I know mine would.

A great way to show mom you care is with a beautiful and locally sourced arrangement of organic and/or fair-trade flowers. Search your area for a local and organic farm. You’ll cut down on carbon emissions without supporting those factory farms that douse their crop with insecticides, fungicides, growth regulators while fumigating with toxic methyl bromide.

Top off local organic flowers with a beautiful handmade glass vase. Eco-conscious co., Grandin Road offers hand-blown glass vases, that inspire infinite decorating options. Unlike the flowers, these vases will last forever.

Once the flowers have wilted, she can fill each vase with seashells, potpourri, pebbles, even bits of sea glass. By combining all three vases for an artistic arrangement or separate for a minimalist statement. Whatever she chooses, the sculptural glass will always hark back to your special Mother’s Day surprise.

Posted on April 22nd, 2008 by Olivia Zaleski