Jen Stuart-Smith

Whether or not you realise it, it’s the Oscars season (we’re not totally parochial, you know 🙂 ). So what better timing for a huge, heartfelt thank you to all those ‘behind the scenes’. Last Thursday was the ‘premiere’ of My Dream Farm, in which Bek and I appeared in technicolour on Channel 4. We […]

This week I went out on my bike, to meet up with an old family friend who has created an amazing wedding reception venue on his farm… and wants our help with flowers. It’s so nice when we meet like-minded people, with a similar appreciation of vibrant, rustic style. Sam Wise, who has started up

First of all, Happy New Year, to all followers of the Blooming Green blog. Like many of you we were nestling under a blanket of snow for a week or so… It was very beautiful, but it’s nice to think that Spring may now be on the way. Last week Bek and I went up

We’re almost out of winter wreaths for Christmas 2009. Although it’s a relief to think we are one step closer to putting our feet up, we’ll both miss the days spent twining willow into bases, gathering materials and then concocting individual wreaths to sell to friends, family and through various Christmas markets. (One of our

Over the last few weeks I have rapidly learnt why farmers, like my parents and uncles and aunts, are so affected by the weather. In the past I’ve huddled indoors, in a warm house or office and marvelled at the drama and gloom of stormy weather. Now that our livelihood depends on the elements, it’s

In the last few days we’ve planted nearly 1000 tulip bulbs – by hand – and a fair few Allium bulbs as well. Highest priority this week were the alliums, which needed to go in earlier than the tulips and were also starting to go a little moldy. We’ve left our Allium ‘Sphaerocephalon‘ in from