Well done Jen for giving an excellent interview on the Radio 4 PM program on Saturday, talking about British flowers and how their popularity has grown!
Swipe to hear her! 🎤
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This giveaway is now CLOSED.
**GIVEAWAY!**
Win a PYO & Pizza experience!
You’ll win
💐 A container of flowers to pick (or share!)
🍕 A wood-fired pizza with your choice of toppings
🥂 Two glasses of Prosecco
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Enjoy your prize on any of our Thursday evening PYO & pizza events from 28th May - 3rd September 2026.
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How to enter..
👍🏻 Like this post
✔️ Follow us @bloominggreen
✔️ Follow chef Neil @kampa.coffee.shop
💐 Tag a friend you’d like to pick flowers & eat pizza with (each tag is 1 entry, so get tagging!)
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Entries close at 10am on Tuesday 5th May. The winner will be contacted by DM.
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Happy World Earth Day!

The very fact that our planet is called ‘earth’ should remind us what it is made of — and the importance of our soil. The health of our soil is key to the health of humans and our planet. So, just as we can do an awful lot to improve our own physical health so we can do loads to improve — or maintain — soil health.

When we took over a former Bramley apple orchard, here at Blooming Green, we took over a patch of land that had worked hard feeding apple trees and had compacted strips of grass where tractors had been driven over the years. Monty Don, when he was here filming My Dream Farm for Channel 4, was clearly horrified by our growing medium. It certainly didn’t look like the well-tended soil he’s used to on Gardener’s World.

Now, after nearly 20 years of no-dig growing and the addition of a whole lot of compost, the soil is almost unrecognisable — in a good way. We now have light ‘friable’ soil that looks worthy of a TV gardening show — as well as plants that thrive. Our no-dig approach works hand-in-hand with growing organically — so our soil hasn’t been treated with pesticides, herbicides or fungicides — and the soil structure is left undisturbed.

Earth worms, micro-organisms and bacteria are free to do their thing, breaking down organic matter and improving fertility — whilst the addition of compost helps to retain moisture. The compost also suppresses weeds which, if they do raise their cheeky heads, we can easily lop off with a hoe! We don’t mind weeds, but we do want maximum space for our cultivated flowers, so we’ve got more for cutting.

At this time of year, as our flower beds come back to life, it feel like a time to celebrate and look forward to months of abundant and colourful blooms from now until November. So, happy world earth day!

Comment below and tell us what you are doing to make your soil happier & healthier for years to come 🙂

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#worldearthday
#soilhealth
#nodig
#biodiversity
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Then join us on our DIY Wedding Flowers workshop part 1 on Saturday May 8th 9:30-12:30
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This workshop isn’t just for brides to be!! If you’ve always wanted to learn how to make a bouquet, this is the workshop for you. We’ll teach you how to choose your stems and to condition them. How to make a bouquet using the spiralling technique and how to tie off and gift wrap. A skill which is perfect for whipping up a gift from the garden.
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Book via our website. £100pp.
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