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Hi, I'm Clare and I run a micro flower farm growing beautiful seasonal blooms in Fort William in the Scottish Highlands.

Gift bouquets, elopements, subscription flowers - please message me to enquire.

31/10/2025

Here's a tough post to write. You'll understand why in a sec.

You may have known were were in Australia visiting my family this October. About 3 weeks into our trip I found a breast lump, and some scans and biopsies (fun!) followed. The results came back confirming breast cancer that's also spread to my lymph nodes. I'm awaiting results of more scans to see if it's gone wandering to other parts of my body too.

We've made the decision to stay here so that we can be surrounded by my family while I go through the first round of treatment, most likely surgery. Their love and support is making the load of this journey so much easier to bear. It was so hard cancelling my wreath workshops and markets - they're my favourite thing to do! But there's always next year.

I knew I wanted to share this news with you all because another friend shared her news about her breast cancer diagnosis and surgery recently, which prompted me to do a self check. Only through checking ourselves in conjunction with tools like mammograms, can we pick up on these things quickly. If I can get one person to do their self check or book their overdue mammogram, then it's worth doing.

I know lots of you might want to help in some way. The flower farm is going to need a lot of work when I get back, so let me know if you're up for some working bees! Also, one of my uni friends has set up a crowdfunder for us, to help towards living expenses while we're here (we can't earn anything for a few months). Here's the link where you can read a bit more about our situation...

https://www.mycause.com.au/page/383649/help-clare-and-her-family-through-an-unexpected-breast-cancer-journey-far-from-home

I'll pop the link in my bio too.

Love you all!
Clare 💐

Ps - I'll try and post updates here. Sorry if I don't get back to everyone but know that I will read all messages and appreciate your love for our little family.

10/10/2025

Tickets are now live!

I'm so excited to be holding this year's workshop at the Highland Soap Company Larder Cafe. It'll be a lovely cosy space to get creative and make something fabulously sustainable for your door.

What: Wreath Workshop
Where: Highland Soap Co Larder Cafe
When: Sunday 7th December, 5-7pm

11/09/2025

Some of the moody Autumnal tones are creeping in amongst the brights. These dahlias are so dark they're almost black!

04/09/2025

My fav dahlias are ones that have gradations of colour. Some fade in an ombre effect and some are lined around the edges ( Word of the Day - 'picotee' from the old French picotè 'marked with points'.) This dahlia isn't strictly a picotee but those pink edges just draw my eye deep into the centre. Hypnotic!

03/09/2025

No, I haven't put vaseline on the lens. Peaches is actually tucked up in her own personal organza bag.

A lot of my plant pests nibble leaves and stalks, but it's the dahlia petals that are irresistible to earwigs. I can live with nibbled leaves because I just strip them off when I cut the blooms. However, a dahlia with the middle nibbled out of her is just not cricket.

It does take a bit of extra time to tie all the bags, on, but because I don't use pesticides, these are the measures I'm willing to take for my favourite divas.

02/09/2025

Phew! I've had a couple of days to recover now, so I've had time to reflect on what a fab day we had on Sunday. Thanks so much to everyone who came along to play with flowers with me at the workshops. It was so lovely to see everyone helping each other, and hearing compliments flying across the room. I loved how everyone gravitated towards different colour schemes and combos but ended up with equally beautiful arrangements.

My fresh flower season ends with the markets at , Torlundy on the 13th September (due to family commitments into October) but I'll be back with dried flowers galore in November onwards. 💐

01/09/2025

People have been chatting to me about wreaths already! Yay!

I don't really want to mention the C word just yet 🙊, but I thought I'd throw some ideas out there so I could be nice and organised so everyone who wants to make a wreath of their own, can.

I'll start the workshop dates in late November.

Some options for you think about
:
- traditional classes held in a group of 12 where you can buy individual tickets

- a class for people who have made a wreath before and are confident in their skills but need me to provide all the materials

- a private gathering in your home for you and your friends where you can be around the table, with your own music, snacks, onesies, drinks, and I bring the wreath making materials (please someone go for this - it will be so fun! )

- work parties with a difference (we could time it so you can go out for a meal or drinks afterwards)

- workshops further afield - Spean? Glenfinnan? Glencoe? Balla?

There will be a limited periods of about 3 weeks or so where I can physically do these so get chatting to your friends and colleagues sooner rather than later!

Clare x 🌲

30/08/2025

Let's take brief hiatus from the diva dahlias to have a moment to appreciate the marigold (not the pot marigold, but tagetes).

The seeds for these tall marigolds are always labelled as 'African' marigolds, which I've since found out is a bit of a misnomer. They are actually native to Mexico and Central America. They were introduced to Africa and then made their way via trade routes to Europe and ultimately over time their Aztec origin was mislabelled. The Aztecs called them cempasúchil, which means"twenty petals". They didn't mess around did they?

Marigolds aren't show offs like the dahlias (also native to Mexico!), but gee whiz I love them. Their distinctively pungent smell puts some people off, but it reminds me of the shorty varieties we'd grow in the garden at home, so, nostalgia. The strong smell is what the Aztecs believed would guide their dear departed back to their homes for a visit during the Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) festival, so their ofrendas were heavily decorated with them.

Now I just have to get my hands on the seeds for some white ones to try...

28/08/2025

In my last post I mentioned that although I don't label my dahlias, there are a few I recognise. This is one of them.

I think Labyrith has to be my absolute favourite dahlia of all time.

There is no mistaking this absolute stunner of a flower. A huge bloom of twisted peachy ribbons with raspberry on the backs. Even in her wet, bedraggled state, she takes my breath away. Don't worry, I'll get another 1007 pics of her flowers before the end of the Summer. And I will show all 1007 to you until you all agree with me that she's the one.

I've bought tubers for this variety for the last three years but for some reason, I never got any of them to flower. Until now! And seeing it in person is everything is hoped for. Good things come to those who wait. 😁

26/08/2025

A bright and happy birthday bunch from the other day.

23/08/2025

Dahlias baby! I so look forward to them every year. And they always, always, always live up to the hype. There's going to be a lot of dahlia over the coming weeks. Not sorry at all. 😆

I'm a sucker for the ones with rows and rows of petals, muti-toned or contrasting petal backs. If I had a huge space to play with I'd love to grow loads from seed and breed some new varieties. Instead, I live vicariously through breeders around the world, creating the most incredible flowers.

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Camaghael
Fort William
PH337

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