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Faux me the money

Yes, there are rather graver matters at hand, but bustling its way to the front in Paris is civic concern about the growing use of artificial flowers. Shops and restaurants have increasingly resorted to flora made from le plastique to improve their Instagramability – and not just to spare themselves the faff of watering, feeding and dead-heading.

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