Woods Hill Cutting Garden

18/08/2021

So satisfying doing a pick in the cutting garden! Just look at this bucket of cosmos!!! The bees love it too 😍.
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24/07/2021

This is from a few days ago but I thought I’d better do something with the leftover flowers I’d picked from earlier in the week. It’s pretty much a bit of everything in the garden at the mo: calendulas, cosmos, ammi, hypericum berries, zinnias, antirrhinums, bunny’s ears, fountain grass, achillea, dahlias, cornflowers…
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08/07/2021

I have finally picked a bucket of cutting garden joy!

This year feels like it has been so slow and the plants have been reluctant to get going - not knowing whether summer is actually here. It’s not helped by being in a dip and having our own micro climate, which is usually a couple of weeks behind everyone else anyway! But hopefully this bucket heralds the start of woods hill cutting garden’s summer season.

These beauties will be available from Allan Martin Meats in Ashurst Wood from tomorrow. And jam jars and small posies are available just by getting in touch with me…
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13/06/2021

So things have been ticking along in the cutting garden, though I feel like I’m really behind in everything! Still a few things are starting to do their thing and I’m particularly loving the Euphorbia oblongata. It’s been in for a couple of years and has never looked so good - and I haven’t really done anything different!
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29/05/2021

The sweet rocket has held out until now and is now blooming wonderfully! Love it.
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18/05/2021

Ooooh, I’m loving this tulip!!!
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04/05/2021

Quick update! The greenhouse is beginning to burst at the seams! Lots of potting on going behind the scenes but this year I’ve had some seeds just not germinate- possibly because the seeds weren’t fresh out of the packet! My dahlias in the greenhouse are beginning to emerge, which is super exciting, though no idea where I’ll put them in the cutting garden but I’m sure I’ll find space 🤣.
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20/04/2021

The evening light on these tulips is 👍! I’ll need to remind myself what they are, as my carefully written plant marker has completely washed off 😬. One thing is for sure, though, I need a much bigger plot if I am going to sell these beauties, as the 200 odd tulips I planted last autumn just don’t cut it!
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20/04/2021

What with homeschooling, Easter hols and general lack of inspiration, I have finally mapped out this year’s cutting garden!!!
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10/04/2021

Some of the tulips are about to pop! So excited. But they could do with some warm weather, which I’m hoping will give them a bit more height.
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24/03/2021

This dahlia was a cutting last year. I left it in the ground over winter but I’m now moving it, while I plan out the cutting garden, but look at the size of the tubers!!! That’s literally one season. And they all look in tip top condition, which is great. Let’s hope all the other tubers that have been over-wintered are in good condition too!
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04/03/2021

Very excited about the progress of my tulip beds! They all seem to be growing and the chicken wire appears to have kept those pesky squirrels away...
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15/12/2020

There are a few hanger-on-ers in the cutting garden!
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23/11/2020

Thinking ahead to spring and have planted some beautiful tulips across 3 different beds! Fingers crossed they don’t get munched by the squirrels 😬.
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05/11/2020

Christmas wreaths now available to pre-order. And if you’d like to go all out with Christmassy decorations just let me know and we talk through your ideas. Please contact me through (my main project) either by email [email protected] or give me a call 07870 271212.
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09/10/2020

The dahlias are still going! Let me know if you’d like some 😁. Local delivery available.

03/10/2020

Pinks and whites! Cosmos and dahlias still going strong in the cutting garden. This large jam jar made the perfect birthday pressie.
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01/10/2020

Today’s birthday bouquet straight from the cutting garden!
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27/09/2020

Things are beginning to wind down in the cutting garden. But the dahlias are still going strong, there’s some cosmos and the rudbeckia look fab in among the fountain grass!
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24/08/2020

16/08/2020

If you’re in Ashurst wood today, I’m selling freshly picked dahlias and sweet peas. Dahlias - £10 for 10 stems. Sweet peas - £8 for 20 stems.
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13/08/2020

Yesterday I delivered this dahlia and herb bouquet to a lovely lady celebrating her 14th wedding anniversary. I had know idea that the dahlia represents 14 years of marriage but her husband did and clearly had done his research 😁!
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10/08/2020

Fizzy white cosmos. There are some plants that work really hard and keep giving all summer - cosmos is one of those. This year, with weddings in mind, I sowed fizzy white, purity and dazzler - and they look amazing combined together.

Don’t forget you can still order flowers from the cutting garden. Just DM me or give me a call. I can deliver locally or send you some in the post!
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09/08/2020

A rather pollen-laden bee loving the harlequin sunflowers 😁🐝
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06/08/2020

Birthday bouquet ready for collection, packed with cosmos, zinnias, sweet peas, snaps and fountain grass.
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31/07/2020

50 stems ready for collection! Absolutely love the Cherokee rudbeckia 😁.
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29/07/2020

Towers of white larkspur... Amazingly this bed is all white and none of the pesky deep purple one has crept in - which seems to self seed everywhere!
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I’m picking pretty much daily, so do get in touch if you’d like to order some flowers!
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29/07/2020

Buzzzzzzz!

21/07/2020

An ecofriendly basket of flowers, using leftovers from a pick a few days ago. The basket is filled with jars and the flowers arranged using them instead of oasis 😁. A lovely arrangement for a table! Let me know if you’d like something similar...
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19/07/2020

It was a very soggy pick this morning! But 260 stems later, I have two buckets of gorgeousness. Let me know if you’d like some. Call 07870 271212 or dm me.
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