Blooming Cow

28/08/2024

I love his words about his garden and what the space means for him…

21/06/2024

Some recent work… Thanks for being here my lovelies!

14/05/2024

🌞 + 🌧️ = 🌺 = 🙂

05/03/2024

The bumblebee queens have awoken from their winter slumbers and have been buzzing about during our sunny spells… Hellebore, Autumn flowering cherry and early crocus seem to be on the menu. Their next course: Forsythia which is just starting to open around the farm 🤗

Have you ever wondered how bumblebees collect pollen? 🤔

👑💼 Queen and worker bumblebees have pollen baskets—shiny, fattish segments on the hind legs used to collect pollen.
🧺 Pollen baskets are a fringe of stiff hairs around a bald, flattened leg. A bumblebee mixes the pollen with nectar and glues the mixture onto the hind leg.
🚹🚺 You can tell whether a bumblebee is male or female by looking at its legs. Only female bumblebees collect pollen and therefore have pollen baskets. Male bumblebees are often seen dusted in pollen.
🌷 The fine hairs on a bumblebee’s body also collect pollen unintentionally. The pollen is transferred from one flower to another. In this way males can also act as pollinators.

🔎🐝 Great Yellow bumblebee
📷 Pieter Haringsma

04/03/2024

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Chipped teapot...don’t landfill it...donate to a bird 😀❤️....

It even has its own drainage system...

31/01/2024

To all my lovely customers,

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10/12/2023

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10/12/2023

The holly berries are abundant this year… A couple more frosts and they will soon be dropping to the ground for the blackbirds and thrushes to enjoy. I have some holly lining the edge of my cutting garden which is positively bursting with berries at the moment!

I love the teal of this front door, contrasting with the wreath and of course the red berries!

It’s a bit damp out today… I think I will have a good sort out at home today and save the gardening for tomorrow. I still have lots to do in terms of putting my flowers to bed for the winter… I also have flower bulbs still to go in and am trying to resist the temptation of buying more before I’ve managed to plant the ones I already have, but I have to say it is difficult to resist when they’re are often reduced at this time of year!

Have a relaxing Sunday all xx

09/12/2023

Now this really is a bit fancy! With real cymbidium orchids and sea holly… I’ve made this to feature in my online shop for pre-orders next year… If anybody would like it I’m offering it to the first person who messages me at only £65 🙂

The orchids will last for a minimum of two and a half weeks and are in their own little test tubes with water. Delivered within five miles FOC or posted out to you (mainland UK) for £10

08/12/2023

It’s not too late to order a wreath from me! All the foliage is locally grown and sustainable… The Nordman Fir is from in Elstead and all the rest has come from the farm where I grow here in West Worldham, Alton… See my Christmas range on the website or drop me a message 🙏

08/12/2023

Just look! This gorgeous wreath created at one of my workshops in the perfect place! 😍

02/12/2023

This past week I’ve been off with a bug 🐛 his name is Jim! I’ve managed a few flower orders and a wreath workshop and even took a few pictures! Here they are 🙂

02/12/2023

Brighten up their January with this flower arrangers subscription! With English grown scented narcissi and fresh foliage from our Hampshire farm. For a limited number of local customers within these local postcode areas:
GU30, GU33, GU34 & GU35 (Liphook, Liss, Bordon and Alton)

Brighten up their January blues with this flower arrangers mix! Delivered every Friday throughout January 2024 (5th, 12th, 19th and 26th) Offered here at a snip! Only available for local customers with the following postcodes: GU30, GU33, GU34 and GU35: Alton, Liss, Bordon and Liphook What they'll g...

02/12/2023

Brighten up their January with this flower arrangers subscription! Only available to a limited number of local customers with the following postcodes:
GU30, GU33, GU34 and GU35 (Liphook, Liss, Bordon and Alton)

Brighten up their January blues with this flower arrangers mix! Delivered every Friday throughout January 2024 (5th, 12th, 19th and 26th) Offered here at a snip! Only available for local customers with the following postcodes: GU30, GU33, GU34 and GU35: Alton, Liss, Bordon and Liphook What they'll g...

01/12/2023

This lovely goat needs a home with his kind x

30/10/2023

Just going to put this here! 😊

03/10/2023

The first picture is the one! 👌… My first day back after a week off and the cutting garden is still producing lovely flowers for today’s deliveries🙂… Little bit cold on the fingers this morning! That reminds me, I must buy some new gloves!

25/09/2023

We are two days into my favourite season and the bouquets are definitely taking an autumnal turn… With dark foliage, seed heads and rose hips. This is also when I turn into a squirrel and start collecting all sorts of autumn treasures! To be honest it can get a bit silly with bits of this and that drying all over the place! I will also be running an autumn wreath workshop later in October with the date to be announced soon! Hopefully we can put some of my autumn hoarding to good use! 😆

24/09/2023

A lovely flower crate which was delivered last week for an anniversary present 💝

18/09/2023

I have lots of flowery highlights to post but for now here’s a picture of Anna’s bridal bouquet from Saturday’s wedding … I like it very much! With aster, fever few, dahlia, roses and sweet peas from my flower garden. Congratulations to the new Mr and Mrs Rogers! 💐 🥳 💐

11/09/2023

Picked this morning straight from our purpose grown and pollinator friendly flower garden! Ready to be delivered as a thoughtful gift 🙂

15/08/2023

Been having a little sort out and tidy up in the workshop today… It’s so nice when everything is in order again!

The dahlias and sanguisorba are going strong in the cutting garden at the mo 🙂

04/08/2023

An arrangement that went out as a present today… Everything in it was grown here on the farm without the use of any chemicals 🙂…

The dahlia in the centre is ‘Crème de Cassis’. A new one I’m trying this year, she’s been a little slow to get going but still worth the wait!

27/05/2023

Somewhere in Hampshire… 🙂

My little workshop / shop, full of flowers for an upcoming wedding.

The cutting garden is also looking lovely 😊

I’m still operating as appointment only if anyone would like to pop over for flowers or a little look I am around until 3pm:

You can WhatsApp me or call: 07896 555459

Or order online x

26/05/2023

Half way through with the woodchip on this bed… Two more to go! 😅

26/05/2023

Someone would have gotten a lovely surprise when they got home yesterday…

The Alium and Cirsium (thistle looking flower) are grown by me at the cutting garden… You can find out more on my new garden advice page here

25/05/2023

Little sneak peek for you at what’s going into an upcoming wedding… 🙂

30/04/2023

Some flowers from yesterday’s wedding Gilbert White's House & Gardens… The first wedding of the year! 👏 Listen to all those birds!

At the moment I still have dates free in my diary for this July and August… Please share this post with your friends! 🙏

There are also lots of flowers coming on in the cutting garden waiting to fulfil their flowery destiny!

More pictures to share with you later from this wedding 🙂