The Ledbury Flower Farmer

The Ledbury Flower Farmer As your local flower farmer I grow beautiful seasonal scented English garden flowers for you to buy I offer pick you own flowers in the season too.
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I am available for small private events such as hen party flower crown making or flower farm tours for small groups or societies. Please contact me to arrange a convenient time to suit you. I am able to discuss personalising farewell flowers.

It’s just over 3 weeks until I start to offer Christmas wreath and door swag workshops here on the flower farm in the ne...
10/11/2024

It’s just over 3 weeks until I start to offer Christmas wreath and door swag workshops here on the flower farm in the newly refurbished studio.

There will be mulled wine, teas, coffee and mince pies with delicious home made Christmas pudding truffles.

I will provide all materials for you to create a gorgeous festive wreath from fresh foliages, pine cones, feathers and a selection of dried flowers.

I do still have some spaces on the various dates and times offered so please do take a look via the link to my website in the bio at the top of my page.

I look forward to helping you create a gorgeous welcome for all of your festive guests on your house door.




I’m delighted to be at Holloway’s on the 21 November. If you would like to come follow the link to book your ticket, I l...
05/11/2024

I’m delighted to be at Holloway’s on the 21 November. If you would like to come follow the link to book your ticket, I look forward to seeing you there.

Floral workshops are a definite favourite of mine whether fresh flowers or dry as we are now arranging with. When people...
03/11/2024

Floral workshops are a definite favourite of mine whether fresh flowers or dry as we are now arranging with. When people come into the flower studio they often comment on the wonderful smell of the flowers drying.

It’s always a pleasure to see the colour combinations that people create - yesterday we had brights, pastels and neutrals. Next week we are creating flower panels or meadows to hang on a wall or door and the week after hanging mobiles which are just beautiful hanging by a window or over a table or kitchen island.

In the spring we will return to arranging with fresh flowers all with sustainable techniques and never using floral foam. They are perfect if you arrange in churches or wish to learn how to create your own wedding flowers and want to create something larger scale and with impact.

Also coming up and available to book are the Christmas wreath and table arrangement workshops. Please click on the link at the top of my profile to take you to booking on my website.





Erin has summed up the year and job of flower farming here. I’ve still got gorgeous chrysanthemums, some celosia, Michae...
19/10/2024

Erin has summed up the year and job of flower farming here.
I’ve still got gorgeous chrysanthemums, some celosia, Michaelmas daises and until the frost some cosmos.

I am also very busy clearing and mulching beds, the dahlias have now all been lifted. In the greenhouse I’ve been able to plant out some of my young plants ready for flowers next spring and there are lots more growing ready to be planted in the spring. I’ve also got the ranunculus and anemones chitting ready to plant out in a week or two. January is the time of rest for a flower farmer.

As the season has slowed recently with the end of my wedding season I’ve been able to enjoy more time with the children at weekends - Tilly and I competed in a pairs competition recently 🐎 which was nerve wracking but great fun and I’m looking forward to catching up with friends for the dog walks that we’ve been delaying.

I’m also already looking forward to flower dates in the diary for next year. The diary is almost full for weddings with 2 in the diary for 2026 already. I’ve some other exciting plans for 2025 which I will share soon. For now enjoy those autumn walks and rides and a slightly slower pace. 🍂

We are coming into a very busy period on the flower farm. There are still lots of flowers growing at the moment and the ...
14/10/2024

We are coming into a very busy period on the flower farm. There are still lots of flowers growing at the moment and the chrysanthemums are only just starting to flower but there are still some autumn flowering perennials and shrubs to pick from too along with a few annuals not caught by the frost yet.

There is also next years planting and growing well under way- the tunnel has young plants in it ready for early spring, the ranunculus and anemones are starting to come and the staging in the greenhouse is full of those that will be over wintered to be hardened off and planted out at the end of winter.

Meanwhile there are gorgeous dried flowers stored away for overwinter creative projects in the flower studio.

If you would like to venture into growing to provide fresh flowers for the house and plenty of surplus to give to friends next year then join myself and Jo on November 6th for our introduction to growing cut flowers course. If you can’t make that date then there is another on March 1st. These are all day with a locally sourced lunch and we discuss everything from our favourite flowers and perennials to suppliers of tools, seeds and compost that we couldn’t be without.

We go through our methods of growing, how we plan our plot taking into account the conditions that we have and how to tackle the pests, wind and water logging. The day finishes with a demonstration of how to make a handtied bouquet and questions and answers too. There is also a hefty handout to take home with notes that you’ve made on the tour and during the day.

To book your place drop us a message and we can share the link or go to our websites and follow the link to workshops.

We look forward to seeing you and discussing everything flower growing with you.








Gorgeous photos from a wedding 2 weeks ago at the Orchard at Munsley wedding venue and Munsley church.
02/10/2024

Gorgeous photos from a wedding 2 weeks ago at the Orchard at Munsley wedding venue and Munsley church.

It’s been quite cold today hasn’t it. We may have had some sunshine and no rain but the ground is sodden and I can’t get...
27/09/2024

It’s been quite cold today hasn’t it. We may have had some sunshine and no rain but the ground is sodden and I can’t get onto my clay without causing compaction and problems for the future so other than picking I am keeping off for now. We’ve a few drier days forecast. I created my last bridal bouquet of the season this morning ready for tomorrow- it’s beautiful pastels. However I feel that the shrubs and temperatures are definitely more autumnal which made me think about these 2 farewell arrangements that were made in August.

The first is a large single ended sheaf in rich golds and burgundy with the cherry caramel phlox that bridges the two colours so perfectly. The flowers are very simply tied and are delivered in water to keep them really fresh to the last minute. They can easily be untied and the flowers shared afterwards if you would like or with no wires or plastic they are perfect for a green burial and are 100% home compostable.

The second tribute is arranged in damp moss in the leather cartridge bag. It’s full of August seed heads, with wheat and the delicate grasses and hedgerow blackberries yet to ripen. There is a dog lead and some spent cartridges from a day enjoyed in the outdoors. I now have lots of pheasants strutting their stuff around the flower farm - they are having dust baths in the dry soil in the poly tunnels and waiting eagerly for me to plant the ranunculus- a favourite of theirs, mine and yours so we do have words about that when I find them with pecked leaves.











Single ended sheaf photos

This was on the BBC website yesterday
27/09/2024

This was on the BBC website yesterday

Women work long and gruelling hours to grow the flowers sold across Europe.

17/09/2024
Soft summer pastels (without peach/apricot) were the requests for this funeral sheaf that I delivered yesterday. I was w...
14/09/2024

Soft summer pastels (without peach/apricot) were the requests for this funeral sheaf that I delivered yesterday. I was worried that there may have been a frost calling an early end to the season but these were safely tucked in my flower shed.

There are still lots of flowers on their way- the chrysanthemums are budding up really nicely and the asters are alive with bees. A frost would bring an end to the dahlias and cosmos who are true work horses at this time of year and the dahlias have had a really tough year due to the slugs so the few that I do have are working very hard for me.

We survived the frost and I’m busy clearing beds and preparing them for the winter. I’ve seeds germinating and being pricked out ready for the next spring and the cycle of another year starting when you may think that it’s coming to an end but there really is a constant renewing and cycle to the flowers and their different seasons.








Jo and I are teaming up again this Autumn at Wye valley flowers and with me at the beginning of March to offer this grea...
01/09/2024

Jo and I are teaming up again this Autumn at Wye valley flowers and with me at the beginning of March to offer this great growing workshop again

Our workshops are really popular and a great way to network with other flower friends. But don’t just take our word for it!! (Thanks Sarah for the review 🌸)

Beautiful summer pastels. Did you know that the UK imports £750 million of cut flowers each year. (Sustainable cut flowe...
27/08/2024

Beautiful summer pastels.

Did you know that the UK imports £750 million of cut flowers each year. (Sustainable cut flower project Coventry university). Choosing a bouquet of seasonal flowers from a local grower can reduce the carbon footprint by up to 90% compared to imported flowers (research by Lancaster University 2017).
If you choose farewell or any flowers from me then they will always be floral foam and single use plastic free too, for example this pretty wreath is made on a willow and moss base. The flowers are seasonal August flowers grown here on the flower farm.

The perfect tribute to a loved one that is gentle on the 🌍 that we all enjoy.










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It’s been a really busy couple of weeks on the flower farm and I haven’t shared with you the weddings or goings on. So h...
26/08/2024

It’s been a really busy couple of weeks on the flower farm and I haven’t shared with you the weddings or goings on. So here are some of the goings on….

I’ve been picking to dry- my hanging racks keep being rotated from fresh flowers to dry going into their boxes ready for winter workshops- more on those soon. I’ve some really exciting ones planned for next year.

As well as drying flowers for my lovely customers I’ve had some lovely florist orders leaving the flower farm.

I’ve also been saving seeds - so far I have orlaya, ammi, daucus, calendula, nigella and poppies to name a few. I look forward to sowing some of them in September.

I’ve built the greenhouse staging that came with my recent Facebook market place purchase- however they have gone into the big seed sowing greenhouse.

I’ve also been clearing beds where the flowers have gone over - out with the cornflowers and larkspur - on with plenty of mulch ready for planting for next year.

This coming weekends I’ll have 2 weddings to share with you in different colour palette so I’m looking forward to picking for them on Wednesday evening and Thursday this coming week.

New flowers this week will be china asters and celosia which is great.

I hope you’ve all had a restful bank holiday. I’m up to date with admin and the house clean which was well over due and I’m going to risk taking my horse out this evening and hope he’s not feeling too fresh!




I’m not sure what I make of this article but the last thing we need is plastic wedding flowers! I’d say if the budget is...
15/08/2024

I’m not sure what I make of this article but the last thing we need is plastic wedding flowers!

I’d say if the budget is tight then choose arrangements that can be moved from church/ceremony to the reception afterwards and chose a time to be married when flowers are in abundance. In the UK that is between the end of March and the beginning of October.

But please always have real flowers that are sustainably arranged and ideally local.

One bride says she would've spent close to $20,000 on real flowers if she got everything she wanted. A Los Angeles-based florist explains where the sticker shock is coming from.

I have come to really enjoy making farewell flowers. Each piece presents a little challenge to me to create them sustain...
08/08/2024

I have come to really enjoy making farewell flowers. Each piece presents a little challenge to me to create them sustainably of course but more importantly to reflect the life well lived.

Farewell flowers for me often start with a phone call when we will pop a time in the diary to meet or chat about the loved one who has died. We talk about them, their loves, hobbies, interests, favourite colours or flowers if known but if not we can still create flowers tailored to the individual.

These boots for example are prefect for someone who loves walking in the countryside, they contain pretty flowers and lots of textures and seed heads that are found in hedgerows and sunny verges.

The flowers in the boots are arranged in water in jam jars with raffia, they can be lifted out and placed on to a table at the funeral reception. The posies on the sides of the coffin were popped into bud vases and again can be popped on a table where they hopefully can bring a smile or happy memory in the days after a memorial service.

My flowers are always sustainably arranged and once removed from the jam jar these are 100% home compostable.
Thank you for Ledbury Funeral services for the use of the coffin and for the photo. Also to .thecelebrant who was great company on this day. (although not in these photos)






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