A monthly bouquet showcasing seasonal flowers starts today! Find out what’s flowering in the UK in Janauary and has the wow factor that is WIGGLE!
Why choose and use locally grown flowers?
Read why I love using my own and other local flowers and why and when I may choose to use flowers from further afield.
Pic of the week February 2nd
First snowdrop spotted 30th January on a prowl around my garden…. It’s not the best photo I’ve taken this week, but it was a eureka moment! I’ve been envying the snowdrops populating the social media feeds of many flower folk
Growing flowers: getting the plot ready for 2019
An organised start to the New Year – read more about getting my flower plot onto the straight and narrow.
Being a florist – a dream or a nightmare?
From time to time I receive emails from people who remind me of myself. People who love gardening and/or flowers, who dream of being a florist, and of leaving their current jobs or careers behind. When I do farmers’ markets
After the Beast’s departure: frozen spring flowers
The Beast from the East has blown its way across the British countryside, leaving thigh high snowdrifts barring paths and roads, and my workshop with iced buckets holding their few flowers in a cement-like grip. I’m normally crouched in my
Seasonal spring flowers: Ranunculove
I’ve got things sprouting in the porch. Little alien claws which swelled when soaked are now layered in a pot, hopefully doing their rooty thing – but I guess I’ll find out in ten days time when I tip them
Flower growing season ends (and another begins)
When you get to the end of the flower growing season and the blooms are starting to flag in the face of murk and drizzle (and that was just August this year…), the time for much clearing and resolving draws
Bloomin’ lovely
Here’s a small snapshot of my corner of the world this week. The recent sunny weather has got all the tulips galloping at a hundred miles an hour, regardless of me wanting to rein them in for May weddings! Everything is
Out with the old
My hands are battle scarred from DIY this week, having just about recovered from the wear and tear of wreath making over Christmas. Stem scratches are replaced by sanding grazes, and pine resin by the whiff of turps. I’m making