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The Garden Gate Flower Company

The Garden Gate Flower Company use British flowers including those grown in my garden at Duchy of Cornwall Nursery for weddings and special events.

We grow certified organic seasonal flowers for weddings, special events and mail order bouquets. http://www.thegardengateflowercompany.co.uk/

10/09/2024

Warm days, bare skin and dappled shade….I would say I’m missing summer but I’m not sure it ever showed up.

So, autumn let’s do this properly please 🙏

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06/09/2024

Next year I’m increasing the dahlia stock…yet again!! Mainly because it seems you can never have enough of these beauties. I think I say the same about roses too - yes I do have a problem ha!

So, the planning is starting for Autumn 2025. I’ve a few bookings in already but if you are looking to have an event in September next year drop me an email and I’ll tell you all about my exciting dahlia plans!

04/09/2024

When you can still make it look like summer in a bouquet but it’s actually more like autumn!

03/09/2024

The youngest teenager finally got round to visiting me in my new garden…it’s a running joke in the family that it’s only been 16months since I’ve been working on it!

He enjoyed capturing parts of the garden on his phone - so many ladybugs & the occasional one of me!

He also clocked the raspberries are not far away from fruiting so I have a feeling he may be back again soon!

02/09/2024

Icelandic poppies!! I’ve had a love hate relationship with them, mainly down to germination!! However, I have now successfully saved seed and got these babies through to tiny germinated plants.

As I mentioned before I like to sow little and often, so many things can still go wrong (damping off, slugs to name a couple!) so having a constant succession of plants is really handy. So, the second batch has been sown so fingers crossed for more germination soon.

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01/09/2024

Probably my favourite flower month….welcome September 🤍🍂

Ribbons

31/08/2024

The transition from summer to autumn is so real in the garden and the reason I started off my hardy annuals this week.

The mornings are cold, the days are warm and the light is low….it’s a beautiful time of year.

29/08/2024

Don’t panic!!!

I will be trying to save seed from that incredible cosmos…see previous post for her beauty! Thank you to everyone who commented - who knew one single flower would get us all chatting so much…I loved it!

So to carry on our thoughts of seed sowing and beautiful flowers, anyone else noticing how golden the light is starting to go and I’ve suddenly felt the need for these tones again.

28/08/2024

Sometimes when you grow flowers you grow ‘the one’. The one you will spend all season smiling at, the one that reminds you you are good at growing flowers, the one that you may well break from tradition and stake as you can’t bear to loose it & the one that maybe, just maybe, you will find the strength to dig deep and share!

Thank you beautiful cosmos you are quite perfect and worth the huge cosmos trial that I undertook 🤣

22/08/2024

August whites for a rather mizzle / autumnal day - however next week looks like summer is back!!

15/08/2024

August - so many flowers!

Changeable weather and the season seems to be shifting in Cornwall with the first haul of blackberries and the crabapples bending the branches!

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07/08/2024

It may be August but the September bouquets are not far away & it’s set to be my busiest month of the year!

I’m focusing a lot of time on getting the flowers ready. The tunnel is off the chart with Zinnas, dahlias, roses and snaps. Outside crops are looking really healthy too and well watered from our rather hectic summer!

Also, exciting news for my 2026 clients - I’ve a whole new section I’m turning over to annuals and bi-annuals and there is even a little tunnel on the plot! Super exciting….heaps more work but this week I’ll be planting out 260 foxgloves for you lovely spring brides!

Get in touch if you are interested in my flowers at your event next year x

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25/07/2024

Zinnias just basking in the sunshine….as I will be in 24hours!
Off on a little holiday trip with the family. No doubt you won’t keep me quiet all week but for now I’m off to have a G&T most the bags are packed. Instructions left on anything and everything for those lovely folks that are looking after stuff.

Ha I really will be out out and abroad 🤣

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P.s so much beauty to share from my shoot with .studio but I just need time to process it all. However if you want to see his little film it’s up on my website now - link in profile….it’s so beautiful 🤍

P.P.S these are the awesome zinnas - I’m gonna miss their happy faces!

01/07/2024

It’s here!!! Season 2: Episode 1 - Becca goes on a spree & Grace reaches a low ebb.
Head to wherever you get your podcast for the next season of Stuart & Alexander.

Also, bonus photo of us in my garden this afternoon a quick catch up / tour of my garden with a cuppa! Wonderful x

24/06/2024

The last of the butterfly rannunclus showing off in the large galvanised olive pot.

Here is your reminder to play with scale. Even a small garden can take a large pot!

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21/06/2024

Oh man this weather - I got back in wet suit boots today for my swim, which whilst fun with the girls, lacked sun!!

Tomorrow seems to look better again but it’s so damn changeable!

Not sure why these pictures go with my words but the dahlias are coming and I really love cranberry tones at the moment and thought I should tell you all….

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Image 1 .studio on 📷 with gorgeous ribbons ❤️

13/06/2024

I’ve just picked the last Clare de Lune peony of the season today. Their season is short but they are such a beautiful flower. I managed to get the flowers all picked before this awful weather front moved in.

Is it wrong to want to light the fire….in June???

Sharing these BTS of a beautiful shoot where the hero was Clare de Lune with - with looking forward to bringing more of my flowers this season to Tredudwell.

My flowers are grown under 10 miles from their venue and couples have the benefit of being surrounded by rolling countryside plus on the doorstep of cliff top vistas for epic photo opportunities!

04/06/2024

Part 2 of Sarah & Jack’s gorgeous wedding.

Using vintage marmalade jars and vintage bottles I created frothy May arrangements down long feasting tables.

Above the top table a foliage hoop dangled at just the right height to add some drama to the room.

Head to my website for the full gallery ✨🤍

Photography by .studio
Vintage vessels from

30/05/2024

Part 1:

Remember that hot May weekend a few weeks ago?

Well, Sarah & Jack timed it so well for their wedding. What a dream this was to create these installations with all those May beauties: Irises, peonies, apple blossom, cow parsley, ranunculus and so so much more!

The photos from the day made me grin from ear to ear when they dropped into my inbox…. .studio you superstar ✨

I’ve loaded lots onto the portfolio section of my website so go put the kettle on and take a look (link will be in stories).

Huge thanks to Sarah & Jack for letting me share these with you all xx

29/05/2024

Working that bouquet…. Mother the GG model (she had a special birthday next month so cue lots of treats and cake!)✨💥

Ribbons:

27/05/2024

This is why I grow roses!
The tunnel is producing armfuls of gorgeous roses at the moment. This one is champagne moment, not a heavy scent but a real work horse. Teamed with Emily Bronte & Everlyn the scent and look is divine.

It has been an incredible bank holiday of weddings & both my couples were wonderful to work with making my job very straightforward.

I’ll share K’s bouquet tomorrow as she only got married a few hours ago!

Now, for a cuppa and a scrub of my nails!!!

24/05/2024

It’s a bank holiday which means a busy weekend of weddings at beautiful - so excited.

Keep all your fingers crossed for sunny days ahead please.

Admin: I think I am all caught up - however drop me an email if you are still waiting on something. Lots of lovely quotes heading out for 2025 but please remember your date is not confirmed unless your contact is signed and a deposit received 🙏

Happy long weekend to you all xx

23/05/2024

A capture of the Victorian garden.

Drifts of sweet rocket moving amongst the Sutton’s apricot foxgloves, the first flowering sweet peas and the start of the violas.

Colour and froth returns to the garden!

18/05/2024

Another long day planting and potting on at the land and back in my garden.
Putting in the extra hours in the garden whilst I can.

Tomorrow I leave Cornwall for London and you can follow my adventures on my stories.

15/05/2024

Hi 👋 - lovely .studio snapped me setting up the first wedding of 2024 last weekend and I thought I’d share as most my profile pics are admittedly when I was younger 🤣

I’ve got a busy few weeks coming up now with around the corner - I’m heading up to London on Sunday with for Press Day (Monday) our tickets are part of some work we are doing with .co.uk and our new Stuart & Alexander podcast (which you can listen to if you click the link in my bio!). We will be doing a podcast recording before we arrive and I can’t wait to share more of what the show was like, with you, when I’m back!

Then it’s into a busy weekend of weddings

Roll on crazy season and do try and keep up! 👩🏻‍🌾 x

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Duchy Of Cornwall Nursery
Lostwithiel
PL220HW

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http://www.thegardengateflowercompany.co.uk/

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Videos

The 3G Grow Gang - today we (Emily @3acreblooms & I) headed out to the lovely Geoffs @growparknursery to check on our hardy annuals and make sure he was keeping up with all the winter jobs!!!! We thought you might like to see a little seed sowing on a rather dull winters day. It’s really exciting to kick off another year of #growingtogether in our quest to reduce our waste and ensure our methods are as sustainable as possible.

If you saw my stories this morning I mentioned heading out to visit Geoff of @growparknursery with Emily of @3acreblooms I know Geoff is a huge hit here so I thought I would share a little look around his tunnel and what he has been up to lately! #weallneedageoff