Article 4H2GN UK flower-growing industry in full bloom and worth £121m

UK flower-growing industry in full bloom and worth £121m

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Rebecca Smithers Consumer affairs correspondent
from Environment | The Guardian on (#4H2GN)

Homegrown stems accounted for 14% of 865m worth of flowers sold in Britain last year

The British-grown flower industry is now worth 121m - up from 82m in 2015 - following years of decline owing to imported stems, figures reveal.

Last year homegrown flowers accounted for 14% of the 865m worth of all stems sold in the UK, compared with 12% three years ago, according to a report by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

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