31/08/2024
At last a day that feels like summer! Some posies in late summer colours delivered to Wigtown Market this morning for Giles of Elmlea Plants to sell on his stall.
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I grow flowers for cutting and make posies and bouquets to order. Also Christmas wreaths.
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17/08/2024
Some posies that will be on sale at Wigtown Market today. Giles of Elmlea Plants who usually very kindly has my posies on his stall will not be at the market today, but Jim Johnstone of Galloway in Photographs, another friend from my market days, has generously offered to have them near his stall. I was sad not to have any posies on sale at Galloway Heathers Garden Centre in Minnigaff last weekend. The weather had been so poor that some of my flowers weren’t blooming and a lot of those that had were too damaged by rain and strong winds to sell. Iona has some lovely posies this week.
The posies in this photo are still conditioning in buckets. I like my flowers to have a good long drink before they go on sale. I cut them and put them into a bucket of water immediately. Then I cut them to roughly the length that I will need and strip off any foliage that will be below water and they go back into buckets. After I have arranged the flowers they go into individual buckets of water and then I pop them into clean jam jars for sale. These little buckets are sold as paint kettles but they are a perfect size for conditioning jam jar posies!
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11/08/2024
These Helenium are too far out for me to cut them, but it was so good to see the bees enjoying them in the sunshine yesterday afternoon.
10/08/2024
A pair of pretty posies which will be on sale at Wigtown Market today. Giles of Elmlea Plants kindly has my flowers on his stall at the market.
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03/08/2024
Jam jar posies that will be on sale at Wigtown Market today with Giles from Elmlea Plants. I have some dahlias at last!
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27/07/2024
Yesterday the weather was a little brighter and I was out cutting flowers, deadheading and weeding. I made up these 6 jam jar posies which will be on sale at Wigtown Market today from Giles at his stall from Elmlea Plants.
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26/07/2024
This was a jug arrangement that was delivered yesterday. Friday is my usual day for deliveries, but this order was for Glentrool Village so close to home. Definitely no air miles here! All grown in my garden. Every year I like to try new plants or varieties that I haven’t grown before and every year there are “triumphs and disasters” as Kipling put it. A triumph this year has been these scented apricot coloured stocks which I grew in the polytunnel. The purple and white ones were also lovely and definitely on my list of what to grow next year.
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26/07/2024
Summer still seems to be noticeable by its absence here in south west Scotland! Most of my plants would so appreciate a bit of sunshine and so would I. I was out cutting flowers yesterday between rain showers but so many blooms were damaged by wind and rain and couldn’t be used. On a brighter note, nothing is completely wasted because everything that doesn’t get used in my arrangements is composted and will go to feed next year’s plants. These two cheerful posies are off to Galloway Heathers Garden Centre and will be on sale today.
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20/07/2024
Four posies delivered to Wigtown Market this morning. Elmlea Plants are not at the market this week, but Jim Johnstone of Galloway in Photographs has very kindly agreed to have them on sale at his stall.
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19/07/2024
Some posies which will be on sale at Galloway Heathers Garden Centre today, sunny, summer flowers. The weather while I was cutting the flowers and foliage for them yesterday was anything but summery, and unfortunately it doesn’t look much better today so far!
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13/07/2024
I delivered these six pretty posies to Wigtown Market this morning and managed to be on time this week! Giles of Elmlea Plants will have them for sale on his stall. Elmlea Plants will not be at Wigtown Market next week, but another old friend from the market, Jim Johnstone of Galloway in Photographs has very kindly offered to have some for me.
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12/07/2024
Posies for Galloway Heathers Garden Centre which will be on sale today. I cut my first dahlias yesterday and some sunflowers.
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08/07/2024
I am delighted that my jam jar posies are on sale every weekend at Galloway Heathers Garden Centre and at Wigtown Market from Elmlea Plants, but if you want a larger arrangement I am still delivering my Friday Flowers locally. This enamel jug of flowers went out on Friday to a lady celebrating a special birthday as a gift from a friend.
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06/07/2024
I was short of both time and flowers this week, but I did manage to deliver these four posies to Wigtown Market this morning, although unfortunately I arrived rather late. I was pleased to hear that Giles of Elmlea Plants had already sold three of them. A big thank you to Giles and to everyone who buys my flowers.
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05/07/2024
Three posies off to Galloway Heathers Garden Centre this morning. I used some lavender in these. Lavender dries beautifully of course and retains its delightful fragrance, but it makes an excellent long lasting cut flower too. For drying it is best cut in bud but as a fresh flower it can be cut fully open.
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29/06/2024
Finished posies which will be on sale at Wigtown Market today from Giles of Elmlea plants.
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29/06/2024
Flowers and foliage that I cut yesterday ready to make jam jar posies for Wigtown Market today. They were all stripped of leaves that would be under water in the jar or vase, cut to approximately the right length and left to condition in buckets of water for a few hours before I set to work making up the posies.
28/06/2024
Some sunny flowers! I cut these in the rain yesterday. They will be on sale at Galloway Heathers Garden Centre today.
22/06/2024
6 pretty posies went off to Wigtown Market today where Giles of Elmlea Plants will be selling them on his stall. I used some of the hardy geraniums that I bought at Elmlea Plants some years ago. They seem to like my garden and have self seeded. They are such easy trouble free plants and the come in all my favourite colours.
21/06/2024
Jam jar posies will be on sale at Galloway Heathers Garden Centre at Minnigaff, Newton Stewart today. Thank you to everyone who bought posy last week.
15/06/2024
Unfortunately the weather isn’t particularly summery today, but these posies delivered to Wigtown Market this morning are. Giles from Elmlea Plants will be selling them on his stall.
13/06/2024
Posies that will be on sale at Galloway Heathers Garden Centre at Minnigaff tomorrow.
10/06/2024
These were the leftovers, just for me.
08/06/2024
Delectable posies on sale at Galloway Heathers Garden Centre in Minnigaff today.
07/06/2024
I often think that floristry is a lot like cooking. To make a delicious concoction, you must have good ingredients. Here are my ingredients for the posies that I made up yesterday. The flowers and foliage are cut and placed immediately into buckets of water, which I take out into the garden with me. Then l strip off any foliage that will be below the water the posies will be in and cut to approximately the right length. After that they sit in buckets of water in a cool place conditioning for a few hours before I get to work on the floristry part of the job. If you would like to see what I rustled up from these ingredients, Iona has some of my jam jar posies for sale at Galloway Heathers Garden Centre today. Unfortunately Wigtown Market has been cancelled this week due to the forecast of high winds, so I won’t have any posies on sale there.
02/06/2024
A gift bouquet being delivered today. Friday is my usual day for flower deliveries, but these will be delivered by my eldest son and they are a gift from me to someone who has done us a favour. I hope the recipient will like them.
01/06/2024
Flowers delivered yesterday. Two generous jam jar posies in a little wooden crate. I deliver locally on Fridays and I cut all the flowers and foliage to order, so it’s really helpful to have last orders by 10pm on Wednesday. For contact details see my website
www.flowersoftheforest15.co.uk
31/05/2024
Elmlea plants will not be at Wigtown Market tomorrow but some of my posies are on sale at Galloway Heathers Garden Centre today and tomorrow. I have just delivered these to Iona.
25/05/2024
I didn’t have as many flowers to play with as I would have liked this week. The unseasonably chilly weather these last few days has meant that some plants are not blooming as abundantly as I would have hoped yet. However, these four little beauties will be on sale at Wigtown Market with Giles from Elmlea plants. £10 each, a lovely gift or just a treat for yourself.
23/05/2024
A mixed bunch! Just a simple jug of flowers in the bedroom to welcome guests. I often cut some flowers for the house midweek so that I can see if anything might be likely to wilt, in which case I won’t use it for my Friday Flowers deliveries. Here I cut some mint, lemon balm and bronze fennel. I think the bronze fennel has gone rather droopy. It often does this early in the season. In a few weeks time it will be fine.
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