Florist & Flower Grower
Recently, most of our time has been spent sorting out our new website (we hope you like it as much as we do), but there’s still masses to do outside the warmth of our office. Stage 1 of making our plot more welcoming has involved putting in a new gate and posts of local chestnut. […]
In case you thought we'd had our feet up… Read More »
Excuse the delay in blog posts, but we are busy redesigning our website and planning an exciting year ahead. Much as we like to lock the door to our office at this time of year, and keep our heads down, we cannot ignore all the lovely people who have got in touch asking for up-to-date
The other day we got a last-minute invitation to a Belgian plant fair, from our gardening guru Anke. Beervelde is held near Lochristi and, dare we say it, leaves Hampton Court in the shade and, erm, looking a bit tacky. Plant sellers gather in the mature parkland around a country house, with the whole event
Belgian blooms (and the odd waffle) Read More »
We have just received this link, from the lovely girls at the Festival Bride blog. They came along to our open day, and seemed to have a rather lovely time. Hope you enjoy reading it as much as we did! Read what they said
What others said about our open day! Read More »
Ooops. I had a feeling this might happen… Though being engulfed in hops is not an entirely unpleasant experience.
Last week we went to Stuart and Linda Highwood’s hop farm at Collier Street, to pick hops for a wedding. There’s something magical about wandering through the towering hopbines… and the smell in the hop garden (never called a field) is wonderful. This area was once covered with hop gardens, though they are now a
What happened next? Read More »