The Bouqs Company: Sustainable Flowers

Flowers make a wonderful gift, but knowing where your flowers come from can make a big difference in quality and price. Founded in 2012, the Bouqs Company offers sustainable, fresh flowers from farms in California and South America.

The United States imports roughly 80 percent of its flowers, so supporting farms in North and South America not only ensures your flowers are grown more sustainably, but also that the energy it takes to ship them to your destination is reduced. Customer service is excellent and the company strives to live up to its mission to support famers, local florists and reduce floral industry waste. To do this, they work with sustainable farms to offer farm-to-table flowers. This means only the flowers ordered are cut, in opposition to most of the floral industry in which roughly one-third of the blooms end up in the garbage.

In select cities, Bouqs works with local florists to support their businesses and to deliver flowers to your destination within the same day. Pricing may seem higher than other companies at first, but know the price offered includes shipping and taxes, making them just as economical as other companies, if not more so. The bouquets are simple and fragrant, unlike some more mass-produced products. The shipping is still working out some kinks, but nonetheless, this company is worth giving a chance.