why flowers & sustainability
Photos: (top) Meg Sperry, (below) My Parents
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Ways I approach being more gentle with our Earth as a floral designer -- whose supply source is gifted to us from Earth in the first place -- is recognizing how consumption intersects with other systems & issues. To support sustainable environmental, social & economic practices I source within a concentric model of local-seasonal farms (one of which I work at, Long Walk Farm) & beyond that from American/domestic farmers during dormant seasons. Doing so:
To lessen waste, vessels are pre-loved & designs are free of: single-use plastics (ie. foam, plastic picks, synthetic ribbon), & artificially bleached/"tinted", dyed or painted flora. Excess stem & foliage trimmings are composted through Hillside Solutions. Read more about this on the Blog! I believe Love is Love. I believe all Black Lives Matter. I believe in intersectionality & transformative justice in our community. I believe the deepest wisdom around environmental stewardship is led by Indigenous leaders. I am committed to growing an inclusive connection with one another, Land & Water by offering gestures of beauty through a lens of environmental justice. A portion of all sales are shared with the Honor Native Land Fund as a voluntary land tax for Native-led land rematriation efforts. Happy you are here! Holly Lukasiewicz (she.her) Omaha, NE |
Land Acknowledgement
District 2 Floral Studio serves the community living on the beautiful Plains of Nebraska,
named from the Indigenous words Ñí Brásge ("flat water") describing the waters flowing through these ancestral lands of the
Umoⁿhoⁿ (Omaha), Ponca, Lakota, Pawnee & Ioway people. Acknowledging this is a commitment to uproot the ongoing legacies of
colonialism through affirming relations with each other, the Land we live & Water that sustains us & from which flora is grown.
This is also home to Nebraska's Congressional District 2, where our name gets its inspiration.
named from the Indigenous words Ñí Brásge ("flat water") describing the waters flowing through these ancestral lands of the
Umoⁿhoⁿ (Omaha), Ponca, Lakota, Pawnee & Ioway people. Acknowledging this is a commitment to uproot the ongoing legacies of
colonialism through affirming relations with each other, the Land we live & Water that sustains us & from which flora is grown.
This is also home to Nebraska's Congressional District 2, where our name gets its inspiration.
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