A Flower Farmer’s Library
Mai from Bellhouse Blooms makes a different type of floral arrangement this season: a bouquet of books. As the evenings stretch and the hours of daylight fade, flower farmers are […]
Why I love Christmas wreath workshops…
Louisa Butcher, Brunstead Blooms The short days of late November and early December cannot fail to be brightened by a group of people fashioning their own unique Christmas wreath, […]
Winter Flowers Week at The Garden Museum
7-11 December 2023 Installation by Tattie Rose Studio London’s Garden Museum is set to host the first ever Winter Flowers Week exhibition on 7-11 December, shining a rare spotlight […]
An October bouquet
Tracey Mosley of Mrs Mosley’s Posies, Wiltshire, shares exuberant autumn bouquets as she celebrates the final fling in the cutting patch before the frost hits. Any October bouquet of British […]
A week at Sammie’s Flowers at Kiddal Quarry Farm
Sammie Hall takes us through an October week and it’s clear that no two days (or weeks) are ever the same in the life of a flower-growing business! Hello everyone. […]
A sustainable autumn arrangement
‘Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower…’ Albert Camus. Karen Ingall of Belton Blooms talks us through the making of a tall foliage inspired arrangement supported […]
Why flowers for funerals?
Karen MacKechnie of Floral Goat, Pembrokeshire, explores the history of funeral flowers and suggests ways to personalise these important final flowers to reflect a life. Flowers are wonderful, glorious, joyous […]
Strawberry Hill House Flower Festival – a showcase of sustainable floristry
We’re proud to be supporting the acclaimed Strawberry Hill House Flower Festival from 22-24th September. Arguably the UK’s most sustainable floristry show, the festival celebrates the very best in UK […]
Thanks for supporting our Flower Farmers’ Big Weekend
A big thank you goes out to all of you who visited your local flower farm last weekend as part of our Flower Farmers’ Big Weekend and to everyone who […]
Global stars seek local, seasonal flowers for Interflora World Cup
This week, as Manchester plays host to the Interflora World Cup, the world’s largest floral art competition, we are thrilled to reveal that at least two of the world’s finest […]
Dahlia mania
Jessica Hulme of Meadows Flowers, Staffordshire, explores why dahlias are so beloved by flower farmers, gardeners and florists up and down the country. When it comes to the world of […]
Get set for The Flower Farmers’ Big Weekend 8-10th September
Flowers from the Farm members are set to open the gates to their plots on 8th-10th September for the fifth anniversary of the Flower Farmers’ Big Weekend. From left to […]
A late summer bouquet
Rozanne Delamore, The Ledbury Flower Farmer, talks us through the abundance of her late summer cutting patch and what’s been inspiring her gift bouquets in recent weeks. I love the […]
Our Diversity Scholarship awards for 2023-2024
We are delighted to announce the successful candidates of the Flowers From the Farm Diversity Scholarship. As a not-for-profit co-operative of British flower growers, we believe in creating an inclusive […]
A week at Lotts and Lots
Charlotte Smith of Lotts and Lots shares a typical July week in the life of a back garden flower grower. Hello and welcome to a week in the life of […]
Join us for Flower School at RHS Tatton 19-23 July
We are thrilled to have been invited to host the RHS Flower School at the RHS Flower Show Tatton Park next week. Nearly 30 flower farmers across the North West […]
FFTF founder Gill Hodgson wins Points of Light award
Flowers from the Farm is delighted to share the news that Gill Hodgson has today, 14 July, received Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s daily Points of Light award for her work […]
Planning for our Flower Farmers’ Big Weekend in September
Sammie Hall (Sammie’s Flowers @Kiddall Quarry Farm) shares her plans to open up her flower farm to visitors as part of our ‘Flower Farmers’ Big Weekend’ – our annual celebration […]
Celebrating British Flowers Week with a Suffolk flower flash
Suffolk members of Flower From the Farm, working with the support of local charity Bury in Bloom, are today creating an immersive piece of public floral art on Angel Hill, […]
We’re back at Flower School at RHS Hampton Court 4th-9th July
Inspired by the success of last year’s collaboration with the Royal Horticultural Society, we’re delighted to be heading back to the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival on 4th-9th July […]
A year of bridal bouquets: June
Does June count as late spring or early summer in the growing calendar? Whichever you call it, it marks the time when seasonal abundance really starts for the flower grower […]
Why we love: peonies
Jessica Hulme of Meadows Flowers, Staffordshire looks at why we covet these divas of the flower patch. For a few fleeting weeks in late spring the blousy blooms of peonies […]
What we do: subscription flowers
Flower subscriptions are offered by many of our members – among them Meggie and Sam of Blodau’r Cwm in Wales, who tell us how they have gone about offering this […]
RHS Chelsea 2023: flower farmers bring the British blooms
The world-famous RHS Chelsea Flower Show is the highlight of the horticultural calendar. When Flowers from the Farm exhibited at Chelsea five years ago, over 70 members across the UK […]
An intimate wedding
Hati Colvin of The Dahlia Wood remembers her first wedding of the season, and the special feeling of flowering an event for only the closest friends and family. It was […]
Why we love: biennials
Lexi Morris of Little & Wild Flowers introduces a group of flowers no flower farmer would be without – the biennials, which bridge a potentially awkward gap between spring bulbs […]
The 2023/24 FFTF Diversity Scholarship
As a not-for-profit co-operative of British flower growers, Flowers From The Farm aims to represent individuals working across the floristry, horticulture and flower farming sector, but we are aware of […]
A May bouquet
In a slight twist to our monthly series on bouquets made from the best of British seasonal ingredients, Emma Monahan of Emma Jayne’s Garden looks not to her farm, but […]
Seasonal flowers for the Coronation
Sustainably-grown, scented, spring flowers are set to decorate the Quire and the Grave of the Unknown Warrior of Westminster Abbey for the coronation ceremony, a gift to Their Majesties King […]
Wearable flowers
Bored of bouquets? Tired of traditional wedding florals? Harriet Mullins has the answer: flowers as fashion. Wearable florals and floral jewellery are some of my favourite items to create. They […]
An April bouquet
Louisa Butcher of Brunstead Blooms in Norfolk embraces the gathering pace of the British fresh flower season, and picks out her favourite ingredients to use in an April bridal bouquet. […]
A woodland wedding
Fiona Porter of Cotswold Country Flowers shares her experience of flowering a magical woodland wedding in the summer of 2022. She sets a great example of the level of care […]
What we do: floristry workshops
Workshops are a key part of the offer from many Flowers From The Farm members, and an important form of outreach for the organisation. Sarah Smith of Eden Valley Flower […]
British spring flowers: blossom and flowering shrubs
Angela Brooke-Smith of Flower Fusions in Winsham, Somerset, selects some of her favourite spring blossom for cutting, and gives some handy tips for how to get the best from it […]
A year of bridal bouquets: March
Cate Johnson of Green Gate Blooms apprises us of the wealth of British-grown flowers available to a wedding florist in March, and how important it is to her to reflect […]
Why we love: anemones and ranunculus
These vibrant early spring flowers are always a welcome sight after the long, dark winter months, but growing them is not without its challenges. Susie Ross of Wivenhoe Flowers explains why […]
Actions stations: March on a flower farm
As flower farmers across the country gear up for the start of a new season, Jessica Roberts of Featherstone Flowers takes us behind the scenes and into a busy world […]
A winter wedding
Though spring may be fast approaching, here is a final reminder that winter can be filled with British flowers too. If you are planning your special day for winter 2023, […]
A year of bridal bouquets: February
Continuing our monthly series of bouquets made from the best of seasonal British flowers, Kate Hurst of Camomile and Cornflowers presents a late winter show stopper, mixing some of the […]
FFTF at the Oxford Real Farming Conference
Zanna Hoskins, who runs SPINDLE in Lyme Regis, Dorset, reports for us on this year’s Oxford Real Farming Conference. She explores how British flower farming intersects with a whole range […]
A year of bridal bouquets: January
Can you have British flowers for your wedding in any month of the year? Absolutely. And we’re here to prove it. Inspired by our own Cissy Bullock of Wildstems, every month […]
Winter reads
By Emma Greenshaw. Winter is one of few times in the growing year that us gardeners and growers get to absorb ourselves in a good book, or pick up […]
How to support FFTF members through the winter
Want to support British flowers this winter? Laurenne Hopkins of Happy Roots Farm offers some suggestions for how best to go about it. Winter can be a challenging time for […]
Looking ahead to 2023 with Wye Valley Flowers
The new year is going to be a busy one for Jo Thompson. She shares some of the changes afoot at her flower farm in Gloucestershire. 2023 will be our […]
Working with Bread and Roses
One of the proudest moments for Flowers from the Farm this year was seeing two of our members grow a relationship with a UK charity that supports women from refugee […]