The floral industry is one that celebrates natural life while simultaneously adds to its destruction. Each stem is created and dyed with harmful chemicals, wrapped in single use plastic, put on a truck or plane to travel across the country, where it is usually designed in environmentally detrimental ways. As consumers, this should worry us. As florist, this should be a sign to start making a change.

While there is no way to be 100% sustainable in the floral industry and still provide the services & florals clients as of us, there are several steps we take at Thistle & Moon to lower our contribution to these issues.

We recycle all cardboard boxes that our florals come in and any other products we can

We use rentals so that we are eliminating the eventuality of decor being thrown out

We do not use Floral Foam anytime we can. Some situations require it, but those are becoming less and less and we are constantly educating ourselves on other methods and products

We do not use chemicals or other additives to make our flowers live longer. We let them live their life the way it was intended to.

We purchase from local NC farms whenever possible, specifically with Piedmont Farms in Durham

Any brands we carry share the same values as we do on sustainability

We are dedicated to giving a percentage to sales to local, national and global environmental causes

We are in the process of researching composting options

If you have any suggestions on how we can better our practices, please get in contact with us