How Much Do Wedding Flowers Cost in Detroit?
What goes into wedding flowers, from sourcing and design time to installation, and why a full-service minimum needs to account for the labor.
Tips for Ethical Wedding Flowers
What can your florist verify about the farms, labor, and breeding behind your wedding flowers? Practical questions about sourcing, company exclusions, mechanics, and what happens after the wedding.
Winter Down
The garden beds look finished, but there are still seedlings, wedding proposals, and catalogues. Winter brings the work indoors, along with questions about family, land, and Palestinian return.
Ball Seed: “Do Not Buy” List for Cut Flowers + Bulbs
A supplier-specific boycott reference covering Ball’s Danziger assortment, Yodfat anemones, Helix waxflower, and bulb-origin checks.
How to Fight Antisemitism as a BDS Supporter
Opposing oppression, not identity: how to keep pro-Palestine solidarity spaces free of antisemitism.
Terra Nova Nurseries, Danziger, and My Sourcing Exclusion
Terra Nova breeds and introduces plants; Danziger produces some of that material under a licensed cutting program. Here is what the partnership establishes and why I exclude Terra Nova from my sourcing.
Farmer Bailey: “Do Not Buy” List for Cut Flower Plugs
Scoop scabiosa, Magical yarrow, Kaneko statice, and other Farmer Bailey listings, checked by variety and commercial relationship for my Palestinian-solidarity sourcing criteria.
Baby’s Breath, Danziger, and BDS
Danziger breeds baby’s breath, licenses plant material, and promotes varieties for wedding installations. An examination of its commercial network, Bayt Dajan, and the products I refuse to buy.
Inside the Supply Chain of the Global Flower Industry
A flower can be bred, propagated, grown, and sold through different businesses. Following those roles explains what an origin label can tell you and where an order needs more documentation.