Green is the new Red: Organic Roses - Love Week

The Bite: Love the blooms, but disheartened by the toxic chemicals used by conventional growers to keep those posies rosiy? Buy organic roses for Valentine's Day.

Bang for The Bite: A dozen organic roses cost about $5 more than their conventional counterparts at a leading online organic florist - aren't your lover and the planet worth it?

The Benefits

• Eco-certification systems are now firmly in place for flowers, so lose the guilt for wanting a dozen classic beauties. If you live in Europe, you can even buy fair trade certified flowers.

• Organic growing practices are now used by even some of the largest growers, protecting the land, the water and the workers. 70% of the cut flowers sold in the USA are from Ecuador and Columbia; give these countries some love by buying products that protect workers in these developing countries.

• Stuck in Peoria on business travel? (Apologies if you live in Peoria). Buying online is fast and efficient, which we find very romantic.

Personally Speaking

Number of long term relationships we (combined) have had? Eight. Number that have broken up in February? Seven. We share that not because we want any pity presents...no way, not us.

Wanna Try?

• Organic Bouquet and California Organic Flowers - get organcic flowers shipped direct from the grower($39.95 avg).

• Local Harvest - find and buy seasonal flowers from your local farmers' market (okay, maybe only if you live in Australia, Florida or California).

• Veriflora - check their list for third-part certified suppliers and distributors.

• Network for Good - your organic flower purchases help support charity.

Sustainable Flowers Make The Perfect Gift For All Occasions

Organic Bouquet is the largest online provider of eco-friendly and organic floral gifts. All of our flowers are grown in a manner that is not only environmentally friendly but also provides outstanding resources for farm workers and artisans. Organic Bouquet partners with select flower farms in California, Ecuador and Colombia. All of our flower farms follow stringent growing practices which are monitored by multiple certification agencies and associations. When you purchase flowers from Organic Bouquet, you are helping to improve the life of a flower farm worker, their family and the local floral community.

Our eco-friendly flower arrangements include roses, calla lilies, tulips, gerbera daisies, hyacinths, sunflowers, alstromeria lilies and blue iris. In addition to a complete line of flower arrangements, we offer gift baskets, fruit baskets, nut baskets, gourmet chocolates, gourmet cookies, plants and wreaths. All of these products are certified eco-friendly and/or provide for environmental benefits through our participation in Carbon Offset programs.

Whatever the occasion, our flowers make the perfect gift- birthday celebration flowers, anniversary flowers, holiday flowers, or floral arrangements simply to say thank you. Sending flowers from Organic Bouquet says that you care not only about the person receiving the flowers, but also about the environment. All of our gift items are shipped nationwide to all 50 states. So whether you need to send flowers to Florida, New York, California, or Colorado, we can guarantee overnight delivery to ensure they arrive fresh and ready to put a smile on someone’s face.

Whether you are purchasing online, or through one of our customer service specialists, you can be assured you are ordering the freshest quality of flowers and environmentally friendly gifts.