The Knowledge — #Evolving

Evolve Flowers Ltd, founded by Helen Chambers, recently collaborated with Easton College, part of City College Norwich, to provide a group of students with training in British Sustainable Floristry techniques. Helen has had a long-standing relationship with Easton College, making this partnership a natural choice for inspiring the next generation of florists in the UK. A Flourishing Collaboration Helen Chambers, with her extensive background in floristry and design, shared her wealth of knowledge and passion for sustainable British blooms with students at Easton College. The partnership aimed to educate students on the importance of sourcing local flowers, reducing waste, and...

For Evolve, Christmas is the lull before the storm which marks the start of the busiest six months of the year - there's plenty to do!

As you’re my tribe and I specialise in authenticity I'm going to tell you a story - aka tell it how it is! And I’m going to come clean - I really dislike Christmas - there I said it - out loud! well it’s not Christmas itself - it’s the run up ….it simply is too much of everything with grotty weather on top ! I'm not a Grinch. The run up just goes on far too long and we get so very tired, like really tired. 

Here’s my why, an insight into the backstory...

At Evolve we aim to be as planet-friendly as possible with everything we do - after all we need to Save The Earth - It's the only Planet with Chocolate!! If you are an eco-conscious business and projecting sustainability then it is worth considering using bio-degradable labels from our local label supplier who is based near Boston, Lincolnshire - Sticky Labels https://www.stickylabels.com/biodegradable-labels/ Product packaging can be detrimental to the environment and we must remember that even though the packaging is compostable the label attached to that packaging is either non-recycled or may take a great number of years to decompose....

If you've seen the Evolve video you will know our founder Helen is a bit of an old hippy! Born in the flower power era to parents who constantly re-used, recycled and repaired as well as having a large garden, kept chickens, baked bread from scratch and grew vegetables; this foundation shaped her life and was probably why in her teenage year was nicknamed Hipz or Hippy Helen. How it started... "During early childhood I remember my parents taking me to a huge tumbledown commune, I'm not sure if it was out of curiosity or if they were thinking of...