by greenandgorgeous | Feb 9, 2015 | Blog, Cut flowers, Polytunnels
After an article in the Organic Grower last year I started dreaming of more protected cropping and I started talking to Haygrove Polytunnels. I had never approached them before as I thought they would be way too expensive, but I was proved wrong and wish I had done so...
by greenandgorgeous | Jan 29, 2015 | Morning Glory
We have been lucky to have had a few weeks looking at our seed catalogues abroad and just wanted to share about an amazing farm stay we had in the Overberg (SA). This is a wheat growing area and quite different to the coast and the Karoo we had been travelling through...
by greenandgorgeous | Dec 13, 2014 | Blog, Cut flowers, Floristry, Weddings
I have done some requests for wedding photos from some of our brides this year as we often don’t get to see full story of their day amid all the bridal hustle and bustle of the summer season. Afterwards, it’s great to observe how many plans were fulfilled...
by greenandgorgeous | Dec 3, 2014 | Blog, Cut flowers, Floristry, Floristry Courses, Photography
I know it has been an age since my last post, I guess I have been busy with the doing rather than the thinking or writing about it. Anyway, now things have slowed to a respectable part time (!?) pace I have some reflecting and planning to do. 2014 will go down in my...
by greenandgorgeous | Oct 1, 2014 | Blog, Floristry Courses
Our Flower Farming courses have proved very popular and we have been surprised by all the interest this year. There have been a wide range of people with hugely different life stories and dreams of growing flowers to make a living. We recently completed two days with...