Jen Stuart-Smith

Bek and I were shocked, delighted and rather chuffed to come in at Number 13, in The Independent’s list of Britain’s 50 Top Florists this last weekend. In case you missed it, this is what they said: Since appearing on the series ‘My Dream Farm’, presented by Monty Don on Channel 4 last year, Blooming […]

We’ve spent today huddled in our cosy office, hatching plans for 2011. It’s been snowing all day and the view from the office window is something special. To celebrate the end of the year (and getting our accounts done) we thought we’d have a spot of mulled wine on the plot. With the help of

Now’s the time, not for picking tulips but for planting. Bek and Gary have been hard at work planting over 2000 bulbs in two days. Bless Gary, he just keeps on smiling, whatever we throw at him. Even if that means tulip bulbs. As well as tulips, we’ve been planting Dutch Iris and Allium bulbs

The frost has made our minds up for us, as to whether or not we are seasonal florists! The zinnias have copped it, as have the dahlias… so now we are concentrating on gardening, ordering seeds and plants, and gathering goodies for our Winter wreaths. In case you haven’t seen one of our funky wreaths

It seems it’s not just in the city that you find guerrilla gardeners Yesterday, I’d just nipped out for an hour, when I got a phone call. “There’s a man here, says he’s got some delphiniums,” said my friend Adrian. By the time I’d got back, this kind gentleman – who wants to remain anonymous

Last week we ran our first-ever hand-tied bouquet course at the gardens… and were chuffed to bits by how things turned out. We had 11 people on our course, who all learnt how to make a simple hand-tied bouquet using seasonal, local flowers. Everyone seemed to have a fun time, and we have had several