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Handy Harvester
Harvesting flowers is one of the most important parts of the whole growing process. Cutting for quality, colour scheme, an eye to continuity and the customer's needs are all constantly being juggled in the picker's brain, alongside the quantity of stems required....
Everybody’s Secret Garden
We were delighted Shannon Lee Robinson of http://www.slr-photography.co.uk revisited us to take these stunning shots of the cutting gardens. Jo Wise
A Rockin’ Rapunzel
We were recently invited by Shannon Lee Robinson of SLR photography to participate in a fantasy bride shoot. I immediately liked the idea, it was something a bit different and sounded fun. Shannon had teamed up with stylist Georgina Webb of Ruby Weddings and...
Icelandic Poppies
I cannot let May come to an end without a blog about my favourite flower of the month, the enigmatic Icelandic Poppy. A flower that looks so delicate and ethereal that any kind of vase life seems a far-fetched notion. Unlike other members of its family, they can give...
To swoe or to hoe?
Ever since working on a large market garden, I have been a staunch fan of the swoe, that golf club of precision and surgical application. I used to do all my veg with it, leaving it standing up and proud at the end of the row, marking where you had got to. The...
Anemone crush
I have always been a fan of the anemone, partly because it is one of the first flowers to break the drudgery of our winters. It's jewel-like colours and velvety centre are both a welcome relief and a signal that it is time to step up the pace . They are...