Florist & Flower Grower
As autumn leaves and colours give way to a crisper, more wintry feel our attention turns to seasonal ingredients for our wreaths – and festive foraging. We love showing people how to create a plastic-free, festive wreath using our home-grown willow and an abundance of winter foliage – but there’s still room for a bit […]
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For any of you following the RHS Chelsea Flower Show on the BBC, you may have heard Monty Don and Joe Swift talking about the Chelsea Chop. Even if you missed it, you will no doubt have heard the term used by gardeners. The Chelsea Chop took its name from a gardening technique that has
So, what exactly is the Chelsea Chop? Read More »
I am the daughter of an apple grower and with my lovely siblings, spent my school holidays working on the farm. I spent my winters pruning thousands of apple and pear trees and learnt about the complexity of achieving balance to encourage the tree to produce a good crop of apples each year. As each
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By Julia Till Spring is just around the corner and here at Blooming Green we have just started the seed-sowing season. A selection of hardy annuals (those that can withstand colder temperatures and can be sown in early autumn and spring) have been sown in seed trays and will be sown again directly into the
Easy peasy cut flowers to grow at home… Read More »
When we set up Blooming Green in 2007 / 2008 an eco-friendly and sustainable ethos was behind everything we did. As far as we are concerned there is no other option though, we were also very aware that we didn’t want to come across as ‘holier than thou’ or preachy. Our aim was to educate,
Sustainable weddings are the way to go… Read More »
I first learnt willow-weaving at the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) in Machynlleth, Wales. I spent a happy 9 months there in 1998 as a site maintenance volunteer which suited my ‘Jack-of-all-trades’ character. My role involved doing anything from maintaining the reed beds which treated the sewage, putting up signs on the visitor circuit, to
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