New York City : Recycled Newspaper Flowers
Recycled Newspaper Flowers

Coming Up Roses

05.06.2009

Submitted by bdisylvester on Tue, 05/05/2009 - 11:00pm.
The Bite:
Aiming for a favorable result this show-Mom-the-love day? It'll go well if you hand over a bunch of roses handmade by the teens from the Lower East Side Girls Club. Sure, these crafty recycled-newspaper roses might not smell as good, but hey, unlike conventional buds, they're "grown" locally (sans pesticides, natch), and they'll last a really, really long time. And as luck would have it, all proceeds support the LESGC.
Why Care?: 
Real, conventionally grown flowers use 1.2 billion pounds of polluting pesticides each year just in the United States - fakes reduce the need for more of 'em.
We plan on picking up paper roses for our mama and grabbing a few baked goods made by the LESGC's Sweet Things Bake Shop - it's for charity after all.
Wanna Try: 
Recycled Newspaper Roses available at La Tiendita, Essex Street Market, Booth 13, 120 Essex St. (212-982-1633). Recycled Newspaper Roses, $3 each.

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Cocktail Fact

Rose hips have more vitamin C than any other fruit or vegetable.

Small Changes Add Up

If 10,000 NY Biters buy a dozen recycled-newspaper roses instead of a dozen conventionally grown flowers, we'll keep the weight of 100 moms in pesticide-sprayed bouquets out of our homes.

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