CUNDINAMARCA, Colombia — Buying flowers on Valentine's Day is a classic gesture of love. But the beauty of these bouquets comes at a cost. In Colombia, high in the Andes Mountains, a delicate cloud ...

They traveled thousands of miles — roses from Colombia, carnations from Ecuador ... to spend $2.9 billion on flowers this Valentine’s Day alone, a record-breaking sum according to the National ...

The flowers are traveling thousands of miles from Colombia and Ecuador for the love holiday, Valentine's Day, which is celebrated this Friday.

Valentine’s Day is one such example. With sales of flowers hitting the roof, there’s a high probability that the bouquet of roses you just purchased may have been sourced from a different continent ...

The high altitude and mild weather in Colombia’s so-called savanna make the country one of the best places to grow flowers in the world. There, an hour north of Bogotá, a group of women measure ...

It is one of the most important celebrations in American culture. It impacts not only the local economy but also the entire ...

CUNDINAMARCA, Colombia — Buying flowers on Valentine's Day is a classic gesture of love. But the beauty of these bouquets comes at a cost. In Colombia, high in the Andes Mountains, a delicate ...

The beauty of bouquets comes with a cost to the cloud forests of Colombia, the largest exporter of flowers and foliage to the United States. The truth behind your Valentine's Day flowers ...