Card or flowers? Now you don’t have to choose

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This article was published 02/05/2009 (6369 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

Why give your mom another Mother’s Day card that’s likely to end up buried in a drawer when you can give her a greeting that she can bury in the dirt — and end up with a bed of wildflowers?

Botanical Paperworks cards are not only "tree-free" (made of post-consumer waste), they’re embedded with North American wildflower seeds, including poppy, snapdragon and bird’s eye, among others. When they’re planted in a pot of soil or small patch of garden, the seeds will germinate and colourful flowers will grow out of the paper.

The Winnipeg company, owned and operated by mother-daughter team Mary Reimer and Heidi Reimer-Epp, was recently featured in a Wall Street Journal article about eco-friendly stationery. Its clients include Starbucks, Sony and TimeWarner,

Botanical Paperworks also offers plantable business cards, calendars, journals and invitations, as well as Yummy Cards, which are lined with seeds for herbs. Garden Greetings cards are $4.95 each, $19.95 for a set of six and $24.95 for a pack of eight.

 

For more information, check the web at www.botanicalpaperworks.com.

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