Each poppy starts as a plastic stem, imported into the factory. The paper leaf and petal are cut out using machines. The factory assembles these together using a plastic button. Around 140,000 ...

In 2023, the legion started making fully recyclable paper poppies. In 1926 in Scotland, Lady Haig opened Lady Haig's Poppy Factory, employing former veterans to make the flowers out of tissue.

Poppies grew on the barren fields of World War One and are used to remember soldiers who died in battle. Paper poppies are still sold today for charity. Large crowds gather to remember the war ...

If you’ve watched BBC news recently, or followed Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex’ tour of Australia and New Zealand, you will have many people with a paper flower pinned to their top.