In a small corner of Yorkshire, Sarah Statham runs her beautiful flower business, Simply by Arrangement. After starting out to grow flowers just for her own floristry, Sarah’s flower arranging workshops now welcome florists and growers from all over the UK and across the world.
After reading ‘The 50 mile Bouquet’ by Debra Prinzing, Emma de Sousa was inspired to start growing her own flowers for her floristry business. She explains the challenges of being a grower in an urban setting and shares the benefit of her experience with would-be city flower farmers.
After doing flowers for a wedding and a funeral, Carole was amazed to discover how satisfying she found the experience, having only been interested in flowers previously from a gardening perspective. She leapt in at the deep end and has been swimming there ever since.