Welcome to Blooming Green, a flower-growing and floristry business with a difference
Whether you want wedding or event flowers, a bouquet, or flowers for your home — we can help. Our flowers are seasonal, chemical-free and grown by us, here in Kent
BRITISH FLOWERS WEEK JUNE 12TH - 19TH
...AND OUR PYO FLOWERS SEASON STARTS ON
SATURDAY JUNE 25TH
Although we are 'by appointment' during the week, the farm shop will be selling our flowers too. We tend to re-stock on a Thursday but while we have sweet peas coming out of our ears, you will find them earlier in the week too. So, why not grab a bunch when popping in to do your shopping...
And while you're here, on our new-look website, take a look around at our weddings, workshops and lots more flowers.
Postings from the plot ...
Did you know that this week is Insect Week 2022? (June 20th-26th) Recently we were lucky enough to interview Dr Erica McAlister, senior curator at the Natural History Museum, and also a very old friend of Bek’s. An initially reluctant group of children were given the task of grilling her and started with the slightly …
Cover crops! During a webinar with @oxton.organics this week Bek was inspired to try some exciting new annual, low growing cover crops and has got the perfect bed to try them in. Last week she cut back the final delphiniums (some had mildew), gave them a feed and covered with a thin mulch. These seeds will be sown directly into the mulch.
Cover crops will
🌱reduce weeds
🌱reduce disease
🌱provide a variety of roots & shoots structures, improving the overall soil health.
Will the second flush of delphiniums in September be healthier? We love an experiment so watch this space…
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#chemicalfreeflowers #covercrops #soilhealth #bloominggreenaboutus #coursesandworkshops #growyourown
Drum roll please… For our second week of PYO flowers! (Scuse the pun, for those who recognise this as Allium sphaerocephalon — or the drumstick allium). The plot is full of other stunning blooms inc cosmos, echinacea, achillea and verbascum, amongst others. Please book your space online (link in bio) #pyoflowerskent #pyoflowers #seasonalflowers #june #chemicalfree #july #gardenofengland #shoplocal #freshlypicked #handpicked
Apparently today was national ‘take your dog to work’ day… according to Diggsy the Blooming Dog who came for part of the day in the air-conditioned van. His apprentice, Blooming Dog II, went to an office, to work on his secretarial skills. As you can see from the photo, the van was so stuffed we even had to have buckets in the cab. #takeyourdogtoworkday #nationaltakeyourdogtoworkday #bloomingdog #kentweddings #bespokeweddingflowers #seasonalflowers #clematis #junewedding #weddingflowerdelivery
Just a flavour of one of our June bride’s bouquets… Every one’s a favourite as far as we’re concerned. (If it’s not, we’re not doing our job!) #junebouquet #junewedding #kentwedding #bespokeweddingflowers #seasonalflowers #chemicalfree #slowflowers #britishflowers
Look what’s just landed! (Just in time for Insect Week 2022 🙂 ) Some gorgeous new @brieharrison prints, cards and mini cards for our shop. Also as part of Insect Week we have interviewed the renowned entomologist @ericamcalister for our blog… (Link in bio) We’ll be sharing our love of insects all week as well as offering 3 lucky people the chance to win a copy of Dr Erica’s latest book The Inside Out of Flies #insectweek2022 #pollinators #biodiversity #insects #plantlife #wildaboutgardens #wildlifegardening #slowflowers #nodig #juneinkent
It’s officially PICK YOUR OWN FLOWERS Season here at Blooming Green as of next weekend ! Please book your time slot on our website if you’d like to spend a morning or afternoon peacefully picking your own bucket of british blooms grown here on the plot with love. The plot is filled with cornflowers, achillea, delphiniums, larkspur, feverfew, herbs roses and more … #flowerfarm #bloominggreenflowers #britishflowersweek #pyoflowers #pickyourownflowers #kentflowers #flowergrowers
Look at these!!
We were thrilled to create a beautiful Indian inspired wedding last week for the lovely N&A. From the beginning, their priority was using British sustainable flowers, so of course we fitted the bill perfectly. These Indian inspired garlands were worn by the bride & groom instead of a bouquet and buttonhole. Fully taped and wired, the garlands took many flowers and many nimble fingers to create! It was all worth it, as the happy couple were absolutely delighted. Modelled by our lovely Barbara & Emily, their smiles say it all.
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