A sustainable future for the British flower industry?

A sustainable future for the British flower industry?

A consumer sector that sells nature has a woeful environmental track record. Now a new study has identified how to make flora far greener.  Led by Dr Jill Timms at the University of Surrey and Professor David Bek of Coventry University, who worked in collaboration with flower farmers Zanna Hoskins of Spindle Flowers and Debbie Scott at East Lothian Flower Farm, the report proposes a ‘radical shift’ in favour of localism, alongside a push to help…