Trees of Love

Roses are red, violets are blue. Flowers are great, but a rainforest is… even better? Roses, as beautiful as they are, come with a high carbon footprint – all the travelling and refrigeration they endure. With Valentine’s Day coming up this Tuesday, why not be a good little ecoista and find or ask for native Australian flowers instead? Alternately, you could give a sweet growing gift such as this little herb garden window box or a GrowBottle? (Give herbs and you might just be given a delicious meal in return). But if these ideas still don’t express how great your love is, why not give a whole rainforest tree? Your feelings would be forever represented in a beautiful tree which will surely outlive any sad roses wilting on the mantle piece in days to come…

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