For the love of bees
We are so enchanted by flowers it’s easy to forget they don’t give a fig what we think about them, because the audience they are really trying to p...
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The Electric Daisy Wood Nymph – A True Story
Have you ever seen a wood nymph? I am lucky enough to not only have seen one, but to have had one as my muse for the past four years…
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A flower farmer’s guide to dressing for the weather
There’s no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing.
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Time to batten down the hatches…red warning tonight
Gareth, Hannah, Idris, Jane, Kevin, Lily, Max, Niamh, Oliver… That may read like the guest list of a middle-class dinner party, but these are names...
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Roses and Violets? My heart swoons for the forest’s sweetest flowers…
February is such a bleak month on the flower farm: it’s cold, wet and muddy (oh so muddy). Mud glorious mud may be the thing for cooling the blood ...
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Happiness and Joy
Being a flower farmer is much like being an artist, I’m always looking for ways to keep my pallet of colours fresh and vibrant. I need a planting s...
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