A bucket of locally grown British cut flowers by Ravenshill Flower Farm

Summer abundance

Summer sees flower plots brimming with glorious annuals nurtured from seed in spring and July heralds the start of the dahlias which will continue to crop in every size, colour, shape and form right through until autumn.

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Summer superstars

There are so many gorgeous blooms to choose throughout the summer months but here we’re giving some love here to just two of its main focal flowers. We simply can’t get enough of them!

Roses

Victoria Martin of Stokesay flowers shares her favourite scented roses for cutting.

Dahlias

Find out why Philippa Stewart of Justdahlias is obsessed with these flamboyant blooms.

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A round up from our flower farmers on the busiest season in the cutting calendar.

A pink dahlia is the focal flower in this shot of the dahlia bed at Meadows Flowers.

4 September, 2023

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 […]

Rozanne, The Ledbury Flower Farmer, holds a bouquet of bright late summer flowers in blues, pinks and whites wrapped in vibrant blue tissue.

25 August, 2023

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 […]

Jam jars hold brightly coloured summer blooms of garden gathered flowers. They're on a wooden table in front of a window which looks out onto the garden where they grew.

28 July, 2023

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 […]

A bridal bouquet for a June wedding features garden-gathered roses, astrantia, Sweetpeas, grasses and lots of other examples of seasonal bounty! by The Cutting Garden, Gloucestershire.

15 June, 2023

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 […]

Dramatic deep pink red peonies are stars of the May and June cut flower patch.

8 June, 2023

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 […]

19 May, 2023

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 […]

17 April, 2023

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 […]

Rozanne Delamore of The Ledbury Flower Farmer holding two stunning bouquets of her flowers against the rural backdrop of her flower farm

9 September, 2022

Stories from the Flower Farmers’ Big Weekend

Rozanne Delamore of The Ledbury Flower Farmer shares her stories from the Flower Farmers’ Big Weekend over the past three years, charting the growth of her business and everything she gains […]

The volunteers from the FFTF East Anglia region who helped to create the stunning display at the 2022 Sandringham Show

15 August, 2022

Report: FFTF at the Sandringham Flower Show

Jenna Walker reports on the outstanding efforts of our East Anglia region at this year’s Sandringham Flower Show. After 2 years of cancellation the 139th Sandringham Flower Show took […]

Amber Partner of Howe Farm Flowers cutting Verbena bonariensis in her flower field

28 July, 2022

10 of the best: Pick-Your-Own Flowers events for the FFTF Big Weekend

Over 110 events will be taking place on working flower farms across the country for the Flower Farmers’ Big Weekend on 5th-7th August this year with our artisan growers welcoming […]

Alice Antcliff of Meadowfolk demonstrating a seasonal floral tables cape at the RHS Flower School at Hampton Court

9 July, 2022

NEWS from the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival

Flowers from the Farm are at the 2022 RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival and we’re having a floral blast! The Royal Horticultural Society invited us to stage the RHS […]

Some of the Flowers from the Farm members featuring at the 2022 Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival

18 June, 2022

Join us at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival

Flowers from the Farm are thrilled to be working with the Royal Horticultural Society to stage the RHS Flower School at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival. The show […]

9 June, 2022

Manchester Flower Show

Flowers from the Farm for the first time this year took a stand at the Manchester Flower Show, a long standing celebration of all things floral that has recently taken […]

1 September, 2021

Late summer flowers

Charlotte Hart of Hart and Wild Cut Flowers takes us through some of the flowers available from British growers in late summer, and their amazing generosity of colour and scent. […]

A huge suspended floral garland by Moat Farm Flowers showcases the impact of working with British flowers and foliage on a large scale

22 August, 2021

Summer foliage

Frances Boscawen of Moat Farm Flowers in Suffolk offers a few suggestions for summer foliage to upsize and elevate your floral creations. Whilst flowers are what we all love to […]