Meadow At Moss Lane

Meadow At Moss Lane Rebecca Ellis 🌱 Flower Farmer and Floral Event Stylist 🌸 Mobberley, Cheshire 🌺

Farewell flowers for Carla on the last day of January. This casket arrangement was filled with lots of foliage, and (as ...
02/02/2025

Farewell flowers for Carla on the last day of January.

This casket arrangement was filled with lots of foliage, and (as my flowers are a few weeks off being ready) narcissi and alstromeria from Cornwall and tulips from Lincolnshire.

The arrangement was made in such a way that it could easily be taken apart into six shareable bouquets after the service and given to family or friends, or used at the wake if they preferred. And of course, no floral foam was used.

I thought twice about sowing any sweet peas this year. They are fiddly. Fiddly to tie in, fiddly to pick and fiddly to k...
27/01/2025

I thought twice about sowing any sweet peas this year. They are fiddly. Fiddly to tie in, fiddly to pick and fiddly to keep on top of to stop them going to seed.

But of course I found myself with five varieties in my online shopping basket and couldn’t resist.

Controversially, every variety that I’ve chosen is simple cream, white or with the faintest hint of peach or pink. In past years, I’ve enjoyed the full sweet pea rainbow but this time the simplicity and elegance of whites appealed.
And one thing I’ve definitely learned over the years is to only grow what you really love.

Three days ago I lay the seeds on damp kitchen paper and left them somewhere warm. Within a day most had germinated and today I potted them up and moved them into the greenhouse.

I’m sure most people have sweet pea seedlings well ahead of mine, but a January sowing and a coolish summer last year meant I was still picking sweet peas into September.

Today we focussed on the roses. We pruned them back, shaped them to give an outward growing habit and removed dead stems...
21/01/2025

Today we focussed on the roses. We pruned them back, shaped them to give an outward growing habit and removed dead stems to improve airflow and limit risk of disease.

We moved some plants to a better home in different flower beds. Now is a good time to move roses whilst they are still dormant.

We w**ded around them (roses do better when they aren’t competing with grass and suchlike) and mulched them with rotted grass cuttings and brown leaves.

We’ll keep mulching throughout the year - roses are hungry things and it helps with the w**d pressure too.

Thanks to my helper . It was tough in the mud today.

This is a photo from June last year… half way there…

Another memory from RHS Tatton Flower Show last year. A July meadow arrangement of pinks and whites with malope, cosmos,...
16/01/2025

Another memory from RHS Tatton Flower Show last year.

A July meadow arrangement of pinks and whites with malope, cosmos, gaura, achillea, daucus, snapdragons and sidalcea.

All grown gently in the meadow, and all from seed with the exception of the sidalcea which started life as a few plug plants and is now an enormous swathe of vigorous, reliable, low maintenance perennials. My kind of flower.

Robert’s family also requested a wreath for his funeral, to sit alongside his wellies. This one used the same flowers. A...
12/01/2025

Robert’s family also requested a wreath for his funeral, to sit alongside his wellies.

This one used the same flowers. All British grown - narcissi, tulips and alstromeria, eucalyptus and pittosporum and round leaf holly from my tree.

The wreath base was made from bracken foraged from our hedges. It was full of snow when I picked it, and this moisture made it the perfect material to keep the flower stems hydrated during the ceremony.

Bespoke funeral flowers for Robert who spent his days in these boots.Farewell flowers don’t have to be impersonal, picke...
12/01/2025

Bespoke funeral flowers for Robert who spent his days in these boots.

Farewell flowers don’t have to be impersonal, picked out of a catalogue. They can be anything that truly reflects the life that was lived.
In this case, Robert’s family asked me if I could create something with his wellies. He was a farmer and they were well worn.

Ordinarily, I would have used my own flowers grown in the meadow, but with it being January and a foot of snow outside, I used other British stems: scented narcissi from Isles of Scilly, tulips from Lincolnshire and alstromeria from Cornwall.

The arrangement was fully reusable or recyclable - no plastic, no floral foam, and once the flowers have been and gone, the wellies can be refilled with more flowers once again. An everlasting memory.

In June, I was asked to create a series of bowl arrangements for display in one of the show gardens at RHS Tatton. This ...
06/01/2025

In June, I was asked to create a series of bowl arrangements for display in one of the show gardens at RHS Tatton. This one was my favourite as I loved the colour palette of caramel, burnt toffee and lilac.

All the flowers were picked from my meadow the day before, including annual phlox in the best n**e tones, campanula lactiflora Loddon Anna (one of my faves), sweet little calendula, sanguisorba and gaura grown from seed the same year, nepeta nuda, bronze fennel, sweet peas (Cathy), veronicastrum, wild grasses and some other bits and bobs I can’t remember.

As I check on the greenhouse one last time this year, I pray that in 2025 the weather is kind, the slugs are few, the cu...
30/12/2024

As I check on the greenhouse one last time this year, I pray that in 2025 the weather is kind, the slugs are few, the customers are many and the flowers are bountiful. 🤞🏻

My diary for 2025 is open and I’d love you to help me fill it with workshops and talks, hen parties and events, team bui...
29/12/2024

My diary for 2025 is open and I’d love you to help me fill it with workshops and talks, hen parties and events, team building and seasonal gatherings.

I want to meet more of you and spread the word about the beauty of British flowers, especially mine grown here in Mobberley.

Do you want to learn how to make a meadow box, the perfect hand-tied bouquet, a centrepiece or a spring wreath?

Or learn about what to grow, how and why?

DM me with any idea or suggestion. I’d love to hear from you 💌

My phone threw up this photo as a memory from July 2021 when I was in a glut of dahlias! Oh to be back there, or in the ...
17/12/2024

My phone threw up this photo as a memory from July 2021 when I was in a glut of dahlias! Oh to be back there, or in the future with the summer flowers. Can’t wait to see bright colours in nature again. Also a good reminder that I *can* grow dahlias when the slugs cut me some slack 🙏🏻

Daylight has been in short supply this weekend. Lots of heavy grey skies and rain, but a welcome, restorative two days, ...
24/11/2024

Daylight has been in short supply this weekend. Lots of heavy grey skies and rain, but a welcome, restorative two days, nonetheless. Walks around Mobberley and Tatton Park, baking with the children, an evening out with good friends and time reading my book.

Excitingly, I have a (very) limited number of honesty wreaths available this year. These wreaths are special. Intricatel...
20/11/2024

Excitingly, I have a (very) limited number of honesty wreaths available this year.

These wreaths are special. Intricately handcrafted by me, using honesty grown in the meadow.

They’re a statement piece and can be used for many years if cared for properly. I recommend hanging indoors only, for that reason.

To discuss a pre-order, please message me. 💌

I’m not sure if last Thursday in Haworth was real, or just something I read in a book. Still thinking about the cobbles,...
18/11/2024

I’m not sure if last Thursday in Haworth was real, or just something I read in a book.

Still thinking about the cobbles, candlelight, beaver full moon and the old post office.

As the night is darkening 🕯️

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Where I’ve been lately. An Italian adventure from Rome to Sorrento, Positano, Capri and Pompeii. And Monte Carlo too 🇮🇹 ...
15/11/2024

Where I’ve been lately. An Italian adventure from Rome to Sorrento, Positano, Capri and Pompeii. And Monte Carlo too 🇮🇹 🇲🇨

October funeral flowers for Mark. Simple but effective layered sheaves of seasonal flowers to sit atop the coffin, which...
07/11/2024

October funeral flowers for Mark. Simple but effective layered sheaves of seasonal flowers to sit atop the coffin, which can be shared with family after the service.

All grown in Cheshire and all fully biodegradable 🌎🌿

October funeral flowers. Simple but effective layered sheaves of seasonal flowers to sit atop the coffin, which can be s...
07/11/2024

October funeral flowers. Simple but effective layered sheaves of seasonal flowers to sit atop the coffin, which can be shared with family after the service.

All grown in Cheshire and all fully biodegradable 🌎🌿

65 bunches and a gift bouquet for a corporate event. What a great way to thank your colleagues.
14/10/2024

65 bunches and a gift bouquet for a corporate event. What a great way to thank your colleagues.

Roses grown under this Cheshire sky. That’s what makes my flowers different. They aren’t imported from another continent...
14/09/2024

Roses grown under this Cheshire sky.

That’s what makes my flowers different. They aren’t imported from another continent. They aren’t sprayed in pesticides and preservatives. They aren’t wrapped in plastic or stuck into a block of Oasis.

Grown simply, gently and seasonally.

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