Sow Happy Blooms

05/02/2025

Winter wonderful colour amongst the grey days, although the sun did come out for a bit today it’s still a bit grim. For the first time this year I was actually woken up by light seeping in round the window, I’m so looking forward to brighter days 🙌

02/02/2025

Getting started on a new project…keep your eyes peeled for something new. Valentine’s Day treat for myself? Yes please! 🥰

29/01/2025

In every child there are seeds of great potential 🌱

22/01/2025

We have been starting a new compost bay and I wanted to keep it looking very natural, we have a lot of branches and left over green waste to deal with over winter which we love to compost but why not make your compost bay like this? Your will need some sturdy posts, these were £1 each but you could easily use some hefty branches of hazel or similar, they need to be knocked into the ground every foot but with each alternate post they need to be either side of an invisible central line; so you could weave the branches in and out of them. These eucalyptus are perfect for this as still flexible enough. Continue to stack each branch on top of another to create a strong fence. We will use this on three sides of a compost bay and keep adding to them but you can also do this twice over around a foot between each row and you can ‘fill’ the middle of the dead hedge with other clippings trimmings etc. the wildlife loves it and it continues to break down so it’s a perfect solution to needing a barrier which also serves as a compost area. We find this kind of thing particularly useful for the wiggly branches that the shredder hates but will take a lot longer to break down than the other compost material! I’ll try to post a reel on this to explain further 🌱

09/01/2025

Despite some very busy wreath workshops we still have plenty of dried flowers left and I’ll be running some workshops over the next few months using our dried stock. Keep an eye on our website for details www.sowhappyblooms.co.uk

08/01/2025

Looking over the plot this evening, don’t like the chances of the seedlings 🌱 in the greenhouse but hoping the snow will insulate them!

08/01/2025

Happy New Year! Hoping you all had a wonderful Christmas and are having a positive start to 2025. We gave ourselves a break and headed to sunnier climbs while the garden has a long deserved sleep. Christmas was spent just our little family on the beach with the sun ☀️ on our backs. It’s been a bit of a shock coming back to the 🥶 chilly weather but we have been out collecting cones to dry in front of the fire ready for next year’s wreaths. I just love the cracking sound as they open up on the warm floor in front of the log burner. The tree is down now and the cottage living room is once again bare, we have a lot of snow up here again and I’m just hoping that the dahlias I’ve stored are not frozen as it’s -6 out there!

23/12/2024

Some beautiful wreaths made on our workshop, hope everyone is getting ready for the festivities.

15/12/2024

Another stunner, this time from one of our wreath kits. I love how different each Christmas wreath turns out, there is something special about using all natural and homegrown materials.

14/12/2024

Perfect Christmas colour combination 😍 🎄

12/12/2024

Textural natural wreath finished off with a deep green velvet ribbon

11/12/2024

A beautiful wreath made from one of our wreath kits, we love seeing your photos!

06/12/2024

Just a little glimpse of the stunning venue and beautiful natural wreaths made this evening at Family Fun at Life Church

11/11/2024

It’s going to be a lovely festive evening in Matlock, get in touch for tickets before we sell out, this is a heavily subsidised workshop and a chance to enjoy a festive evening with a Christmas message.

We’re hosting our first ever wreath making event at Life Church this year and we’d love you to be there 🎄 Pippa from Sow Happy Blooms is very kindly doing it for us at a discounted price and church are subsidising each ticket too so it really is a very good deal! Booking is essential as there is limited space. Hope you can be there! X