First thing: the short circuits, as with food, buying plants directly from the producer is cheaper since there are fewer middlemen. See if you have a horticulturist near you. If this is not the case, you can also find some on the markets with prices that are also more attractive than in the garden centre.
Horticultural colleges also often offer live sales throughout the year.
It’s true and this is also an excellent way to buy plants or flowers at a good price. In the horticultural farm of Lomme (Nord) which serves as support for high school students, for example, you can buy a pot of carnations, geraniums, or lavender for only 3 euros…
After attention, the vocation of a horticultural college is obviously not to compete with the producers with whom they work. But the short circuit is in any case an anti-inflation weapon… This is what Aline Gironcourt, Operations Director of the Lycée Horticole la Tour du Pin, in Isère, explained to me.
Other good plans
The Too good to go anti-waste app that many listeners must know for food also works for flowers and plants. With in particular a partnership with Jardiland: you can buy baskets of plants that will not be able to remain on the shelves for long, or that have been slightly damaged and that you will pay 4 times less than the base price…
There is also the Société Protectrice des Végétaux in Lyon, a place where plants are saved from the trash and resold at low prices once they are back on their feet…
Finally, take a look at the donation sites, I’ve already told you about them: donnons.org or Geev, you can also find your green and free happiness there, which doesn’t spoil anything!
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