Helsthorpe Farm Flowers

Name: Helsthorpe Farm Flowers
Address: Leighton Buzzard, LU70QL, GB
Telephone: +447749853473
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19/02/2024

It’s a good job this lot of autumn sow hardy annuals and perennials are labelled, because there’s a few lookalikes going on. These are just a few of this years flowers ready and waiting to be planted out in the field in a few weeks. The last two photos are just a few trays out of the many seeds sown last week once the critical date of Valentine’s Day was reached and there was enough daylight to start seed sowing again. Amazing germination thanks , and . Back now to my endless weeding, and mulching of the beds.

10/02/2024

Hellebore don’t you just love them? They are one of the first troopers, an indication that spring is in its way…. Need to get out and cut back the leaves but they honestly don’t seem to care!

02/02/2024

Just a few brave anemones starting to pop up and one crazy rose in the polytunnel which is determined to keep flowering through the winter. Time for a bit of a radical prune to reset its time clock! 🤦🏻‍♀️

01/02/2024

Amazing skies tonight and the campanula aren’t looking too bad either. Just letting you all know I’m still here, I’ve been having a quiet time after Christmas just pottering and keeping my plants alive. Today was good feeling the sun on my face on the 1st day of February. Thank goodness what seemed like the longest January is finally over!

08/12/2023

Finally today was the day…. tulip planting day and I am very happy to say that the rain, frost or whatever else has been going that has stopped me getting on with this job held off and they are all in! I also planted some alliums,camassia and leucojums.
Looking back through the photos of spring I remembered just what a welcome sight the tulips are after the winter and how much I love them. Roll on spring! I Thought you would all enjoy some tulip mania too, I mean it’s a break from Wreaths 😆.

05/12/2023

This is a special wreath that I made today to say a huge thank you to my lovely Scottish Elf helper otherwise know as and longtime friend. I am so very lucky that she helps me out at workshops and open days with the food and drinks or just when I have run out of time getting crucial jobs done. Anyone who has ever been to a workshop at the farm will know how brilliant Gisele is and how I could not manage without her! Shown here last year, helping with the tulip planting. This year tulips are still waiting to get planted because of last weeks extreme frost. Hopefully get them in at some point this week, just saying Gisele…..🤣

27/11/2023

Workshop 2 and another really lovely and creative group of ladies whose wreaths will be the envy of their street! Lots of chat and laughter, such a great afternoon, thank you all for coming. X

19/11/2023

Last week I was very pleased to be asked to create a special and individual farewell flower arrangement for a beloved Dad who spent most of his life working as a milkman. The family borrowed a milk crate which they wanted me to incorporate and I suggested getting hold of milk bottles and putting a flower posy in each one which could be distributed amongst the family members afterwards. It was such an interesting brief which I absolutely loved doing. The mechanics involved a bit of a cats cradle to attach the moss but it all worked out. I used seasonal greenery around the crate to look like it was sat in someone’s garden. Funeral flowers can be anything and still beautiful as well as sustainable. 💚

15/11/2023

So that’s the first succession of ranunculus now all settled into one of the polytunnel beds, I can’t wait to see them in all their beauty early next year🤞🏻. Any available space in other beds is planted up with biennials for some early spring flowers to go with the tulips and daffodils.
There’s lots of baby hardy annuals and perennials ready for pricking out into there own little pots so that they can grown on into bigger plants for planting out. Only time will tell but let’s hope they all thrive and it doesn’t get as cold 🥶 as last year!

02/11/2023

A Survivor in the field!

31/10/2023

There’s something spooky going on at HFF. Happy Halloween! Regular followers might remember these little guys 🎃 who crashed my flower beds. I knew they would come in so handy 😂. Second outing this week as the local children had a Halloween 👻 party and did ToT at the weekend. I couldn’t resist a trick, eyeballs (not real but chocolate) in red jelly! Most of them went 🤣 so lots of sticky kids, sorry Mums.

27/10/2023

My favourite scented pelargoniums this year.
Both’s snowflake Charity Radula Last year I lost them all even though they were in the polytunnel. It was in that very cold frosty ❄️ spell where they were frozen solid for days, hoping it doesn’t get that cold this winter!! The silver lining was it gave me the opportunity to try some new varieties. Have you got your pelargoniums all tucked up somewhere frost free for the winter yet? 🍂

25/10/2023

Rose hips for Christmas wreaths 🤞🏻. Hoping the birds don’t get there before me. These are from “Rosa Brunonii” commonly called Himilayan musk rose.

24/10/2023

Bees 🐝 enjoying the foxgloves.

23/10/2023

Saturday was a brilliant day spent with the lovely Zanna Hoskins learning all things foliage and boy did I learn a lot! So many interesting varieties now on my wish list for growing at the farm.
Such a good day with a great group of like minded growers in a stunning locations, what is not to love! 🌿

17/10/2023

You may think that nothing is going on at Helsthorpe Flower Farm because I’ve been quiet but it’s been busier than ever. This time of year it’s all about sowing Hardy annuals , planting bulbs, clearing this years flowers and getting ready for next year. Lots of daffodils and narcissus planted this week. I have started to pre sprout one of my favourites the ranunculus and with them go the anenomes. I have got some really beautiful butterfly ranunculus from the fabulous and I just can’t wait to see them in the spring 😍, thanks Auntie Zoe it’s always so exciting to get new varieties . A delivery of compost to get mulching the beds has arrived not quite where I wanted it 🤦🏻‍♀️! What I thought was a final pick of the best flowers from the field before the frost but HFF seems to have escaped a heavy frost, I am sure it won’t be long! Sonfor the moment I am loving these colourful beauties.
Final photo, a treat for me to keep me warm, because it’s is definitely turning cold. Just gorgeous thick socks and gloves from ❤️.

04/10/2023

Just had this letter in the post from MND, feeling just a little emotional and very proud. I want to say such a MASSIVE THANK YOU to everyone who came visit us for the flowers from the farm big weekend and as part of Wingrave open gardens. Just look at how much money we raised for MND! This money will help make a difference to fighting this disease and caring for those suffering with it and because of it. I know at first hand how devastating this can be so thank you so much for generosity from the bottom of my heart ❤️🙏🌸.

04/10/2023

Flowers picked this morning ready for bunching for tomorrows market at Wing. I am going to bring a few dried arrangements too. This will be the last of the fresh flowers this year and the end of my season. There’s lots of work to do getting the beds stripped dressed and hardy annuals in to overwinter for next year. Lots of beautiful tulips and narcissus to plant for the spring too. I will be back with some dried flowers and Christmas arrangements and wreaths. I am going to be a busy 🐝 .

29/09/2023

Fresh flowers just delivered to Wing post office and Wingrave stores. I might have one or two more weeks of fresh flowers, let’s see what the weather gods decide!

22/09/2023

A sustainable floral tribute, completely compostable. It is a lovely fulfilling item to create, you hear from family about the person whose life is celebrated at the same time as mourned and try to reflect a little of them in the language of flowers. This wreath was for a lady whose husband regularly bought her roses which she loved. It is an honour and privilege to create farewell flowers and it is one of my favourite floral jobs.

13/09/2023

Absolutely stunning blooms of Litchfield Angel rose from , I don’t think I need to say more 💗. 🌱

04/09/2023

I am flinging open the gates of my little flower farm as part of the Flowers from the farm Big Weekend celebrations. 2pm to 4pm on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th September. Come and enjoy a stroll around the beautiful flowers and find out how they are grown as sustainably as possible without any nasty chemicals. I might even manage a little demo around 3pm each day. Entry is free, please wear sensible shoes it’s definitely not flat! We will of course be serving the delicious HFF teas for donations to Motor Neuron Disease, whilst having tea you can enjoy the fantastic views across Aylesbury Vale. (Weather permitting). Flowers, honey and apple Juice will be on sale also. All places must be booked by emailing Jane at [email protected].

03/09/2023

Annual phlox, just love it, an essential filler flower. I try to grow different colours to cover all colour palettes. This year they have been really great with lovely long stems and come back well after hard cutting. 🌸 🌿 ❤️ 🌱

02/09/2023

Following on from yesterdays post, today we have leftover flowers and self sown squash, what’s not to love….. well maybe the squash which is really rampaging through some of the flower beds now! I think I need to make some homemade soup, these are just 3 of many, anyone got a good recipe? 🌿

01/09/2023

Some happy self seeders that just keep coming back around the field. I like to work with nature so if they are in a reasonable location that I can work around they are definitely keepers ☺️. Nicandra physalodes, commonly known as the shoo-fly plant, the flowers are a lovely violet pop of colour at this time of year and the seed pods are great for drying to add to designs. Sunflower earth walker, for the bees and I do pick the odd one for their lovely earthy tones. Symphyotrichum novi -Belgii or Michaelmas daisy, just such a useful filler and foliage. 🌸 ♥️flowers ❤️ 🌿 🌱

29/08/2023

Acidanthera Muralie, Abyssinian gladiolus, sword lily or peacock lily. Whatever you call it is blooming gorgeous and so is the smell! 🌸 🌱

27/08/2023

Anchusa offinalis, I did a direct sow of this at the beginning of April and there was no immediate germination but it just goes to show patience is a virtue because look what popped up a few weeks ago. I love the vibrant colour of these flowers and someone else loves them too 🐝. ❤️

26/08/2023

Celosia argentea var. spicata “flamingo feathers” seeds from and Alstroemeria , “peaches and cream”, from , both new to me this year but stunners. The alstroemeria is just huge each head is bouquet size!

25/08/2023

On the small side but so cute, they add a delicacy and dance to a bunch of dahlias. I grew these small dahlia from seed, bought from , “dahlia Pom Pom mixed”. I’ve got quite a few colours from one packet of seeds and they have got lovely long stems too that’s what I call a win win 🙌🏻!

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Leighton Buzzard
LU70QL

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+447749853473

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https://helsthorpefarmflowers.com/

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An amazing first Christmas wreath workshop. What a great group of ladies who created stunningly unique wreaths, can’t wait to see some photos of them all on their doors. A very chilly start but a lovely bright day warmed by lots of laughter. #christmaswreathmaking #wreathing #christmaswreaths #wreathworkshop #funcreatingtogether

I think I am going to call this one moon shadow, what do you think. I have lots of beautiful flowers that I have dried over the summer and am slowly creating arrangements. I will be at Wing market on the 7th December weather permitting with lots of dried flower and Christmas goodies, including wreathes and table decorations to order. Please do get in touch with me if you are interested in buying or commissioning a dried flower arrangement. #driedflowers #driedflorals #driedfloralwreath #driedflorals #naturaldriedflowers #sustainableflowers #naturalflorist

At Wing Market this morning, lots of lovely flowers in different sizes. Pop along and say hello. #helsthorpefarmflowers #slowgrownflowers #grownnotflown🌱 #britishflowers #buckinghamshireflowerfarm

A spring bouquet that went out from the farm yesterday. Beautiful flooffy ranunculus mixed with fresh spring foliage and Exotic Parrot, Crème Upstart and Spring Green tulips. #helsthorpefarmflowers #buckinghamshireflowerfarm #grownnotflown #flowersfromthefarm