Florist & Flower Grower
Much as we love our flower plot, we always like to get out and about, speak to other flower growers and get inspiration from other interesting businesses. So, at the latter end of the wedding season, Bek and I have managed to clear a few days in the diary and do just that. Last week […]
Looking outside the plot… Read More »
Beata Andrews, former head gardener for Sarah Raven at Perch Hill now runs Botanika, her own, unique floristry business where she uses flowers from her allotment and garden to make her arrangements more than a little bit special… What’s behind the boom in British cut flowers? Everyone thinks it’s a nice lifestyle to be growing
Beata Andrews of Botanika: Perch Hill and beyond Read More »
If I were to instigate a thriving cut-flower garden at my home, Doddington Place Gardens, near Sittingbourne, I would look to Parham House, West Sussex (www.parhamhouse.co.uk) for inspiration – although I very much doubt I would need the prodigious quantities of flowers that Parham grows. An astonishing 20-25 buckets of cut flowers from the garden
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Do you feel overwhelmed by your garden at this time of year? Or maybe your back’s playing up? Take the no-dig approach to gardening and your will find you have time – and more produce – on your hands Experienced gardeners and anyone who has ever trained with the RHS will find it hard to
No-dig gardening: less work, fewer weeds and more produce Read More »
To get our new website and blog off to a flying start, we thought we would interview one of our favourite bloggers, seed purveyors and flowers growers…Benjamin Ranyard of Higgledy Garden in Cornwall. He’ll be a hard act to follow but we like to aim high. So, what gems did he have for us? So,
Blooming Green meets… Benjamin Ranyard of Higgledy Garden Read More »
While I was away last week, Bek decided to take advantage of the snowy weather, hole up in our office and sort out all the seeds she had collected in October. She says she’s trying to be super-organised this year: “I’d put them all in separate envelopes, labelled and dated them… the snowy weather was
New year, new life… Read More »
