Re: Organic Roses and Flowers

**"* M* <B*@verizon.net>**

Thanks for the link on roses, Daryl. This is the sort of thing I knew in the 
abstract, that they were using dangerous pesticides on cut flowers in 
Ecuador and other South American sites, but this article points out the 
tremendous severity and scale of the problem. And it points to one solution 
to the problem, certification of cut flowers grown organically, whether in 
this country or abroad.

When floristry is organic there's the chance that a tiny spot or blemish 
will occur which makes the undefended flower unsalable in today's market. 
Here's where sophistication and education can come in -- small natural 
blemishes can be shown to be signs of health and beauty -- if we help teach 
our readers that this is so.

Betty Mackey
Co-author, "Cutting Gardens"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daryl" <dp2413@comcast.net>
To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum" 
<gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 7:50 PM
Subject: [GWL] Organic Roses and Flowers

> Audubon Magazine had an interesting article about conventional vs. organic
> Roses and the stiff price the Ecuadorian workers are paying for the 
> former.
> It didn't occur to me that there were commercial organic Rose growers. It
> also didn't occur to me that conditions could be that bad.
>
> http://audubonmagazine.org/features0801/organics.html
>

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