Loane Nader 7:20 p.m., February 13, 2023

D-1 before Valentine's Day and you still haven't found a gift for your partner.

The bouquet of flowers remains a safe bet, but in February, it is not easy to offer them while respecting ecology.

In "Bienfait pour vous", columnist Perrine Brami tells you how to see life in pink, while remaining eco-responsible. 

It is the bouquet !

This Tuesday is Valentine's Day, and you completely forgot to buy a present for your loved one.

Don't panic, the

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team is here to save you a very bad evening.

And what could be better than a beautiful bouquet of flowers garnished with care, to be sure to please.

Everyone (or almost) loves flowers, but some may be held back from buying them for ecological reasons.

Indeed, nearly 60% of the flowers offered for February 14 are roses, and yet these plants only grow from spring to autumn. 

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Choose seasonal flowers

It will therefore be necessary to favor seasonal flowers, and it is even better if you buy locally!

Knowing that of the 600 million flowers cut and sold each year, 90% are imported from Kenya or the Netherlands, where they are grown in greenhouses heated 24 hours a day.

A circuit that is not very green... Precisely, Perrine Brami, green columnist in 

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, consulted the opinion of an expert in the field, to find original and eco-responsible alternatives.

The founder of Fleurs d'ici, Hortense Harang, campaigns for the purchase of French and seasonal flowers, and for her, "flowers are a purchase that is supposed to bring us closer to nature. It does not come to people's minds , to imagine that it is a trade organized in an extremely industrialized, massified and centralized way, in particular by the Dutch".

The florist then advises to turn to flowers that grow naturally in February in France, such as "anemones, buttercups, mimosa" or even "little pansies", otherwise called viola, which grow all year round.

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Winter flowers galore!

And if Julia Vignali and Mélanie Gomez have an aversion to mimosas, Perrine Brami went looking for other plants in her grimoire: "There are other flowers that can be found in winter: camellias, tulips, jasmine, amaryllis or even crocuses."

All of these plants will create the same effect as traditional roses.

"In addition, it does not cost more, it is even less expensive local flowers at the moment, with the energy crisis", adds the columnist. 

All you have to do is surprise your partner with a most extraordinary bouquet for this Valentine's Day!