THE MODERN MINT BLOG
After many years of hard work, the wonderful group ‘Flowers From The Farm’ have been spoken about quite a lot …
Growing Cut Flowers
Growing Cut Flowers in the UK One of the most amazing ways you can use your garden space here in the UK is to grow your own cut flowers. Cut flowers are such an unusual product – they are basically plants that are being chopped whilst in their prime, sent out for sale, then we are buying them and placing them in a vase in order to watch them die. To do this with flowers grown in other countries means the flowers are put through several modes of transport (trucks, planes, lorries, trucks again, then cars…) just to reach our homes. It …
99 Flowers Project
We do like a project here at Modern Mint, and 99 Flowers is our new one. The 99 Flowers Project is being run by Stefano of Modern Mint, and over the next 99 days Stefano will be creating 99 portraits of flowers, bringing a touch of the art and illustration world to the ephemeral beauty of flowers. Will you be able to identify each flower? Each new flower will be uploaded on to our Pinterest Page daily and Stefano’s illustrations can also be followed on Facebook and Twitter. We hope you enjoy seeing a new flower each day! The first few …
Gilding the Lily – Amy Stewart (Part Four)
This is the fourth part in our series about the fabulous book Amy Stewart wrote on the cut flower industry, ‘Gilding the Lily’. You can read previous blogs here: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 It is a fascinating book that tries to describe what life is like for cut flower growers (and sellers) around the world. Do you buy this ‘luxury’ item from a country where people depend on growing flowers for an income, or does it not really help them in the long run? These are tough decisions to make, as any action you take affects a long …