by greenandgorgeous | Dec 30, 2016 | Blog, Cut flowers, Pottery
January Cutting back perennials and making pots (by Harriet Coleridge). February Hellebore appreciation and plant dyeing silk to make into ribbon. March Seed sowing, picking the first Anemones and the first wedding of the year. April...
by greenandgorgeous | Apr 21, 2016 | Blog, Cut flowers, Floristry, Floristry Courses, Ranunculus
I met Jo Rodwell last summer when she came to the farm with a lovely group of linen-clad ladies on a floral foray with Sarah Winward. After bonding over peachy-coloured roses and poultry I asked if she would like to collaborate on a workshop the following season. She...
by greenandgorgeous | Feb 28, 2016 | Anemones, Blog, conditioning, Cut flowers, Polytunnels
I have been picking Anemones in our tunnels today, they have started flowering a month earlier than expected this year, which to be honest is a bit of a pain as I am not in the full swing of weddings, farm gate sales or deliveries. So that means I get to have them in...
by greenandgorgeous | Dec 11, 2015 | Blog, Cut flowers, dahlias, Weddings
During the season Fridays tend to be rather frenetic with weddings to arrange and flowers to be picked for our Saturday shop, last minute pick ups and arrangements to be made for all the Saturday goings on and of course there are still the plants themselves that need...
by greenandgorgeous | Nov 27, 2015 | Blog, Cut flowers, dahlias, Floristry
After falling somewhat behind with the blog this year I have decided to catch up over these quieter winter months starting with the latest news and working backwards. The reason for this retrospective is that it has been another incredibly productive and creative year...
by greenandgorgeous | Feb 16, 2015 | Blog, Cut flowers, dahlias, propagation
This time last year I introduced my first Grow Along with a real garden favourite – Sweet Peas. Now is the perfect time to start a new one with the first flower I ever grew for cutting twenty years ago – the Dahlia. Although dahlias were deeply unfashionable...
