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22/06/2025

We're closing with some info about how you can support buying British.

If you are interested in buying seasonal, local flowers, or finding out more about the British cut flower movement, please visit the website.

And if you know any brides getting married locally, who might want to buy buckets of flowers to decorate their own wedding, please share my details! Links are in the bio for buying buckets or registering for a wholesale account.

Thank you to everyone who has engaged with my posts this week - it's been great to share a bit more information about what we do and why we do it. We welcome visitors to the farm if anyone wants to come and take a closer look.

21/06/2025

COLLABORATION

Day 6 of , and today we're celebrating our community of local flower farmers and florists.

This beautiful picture taken at a wedding we flowered a couple of weekends ago perfectly sums up my experience of the British flower community.

Our beautiful bride had an amazing colour palette in mind for her DIY wedding and chose to use British flowers for her celebration. The wonderful Kate used our flowers to create this gorgeous bouquet and buttonholes. The bridesmaids used our DIY buckets to make their bouquets and extra table decorations the day before the wedding.

Our flowers were supplemented with some extra blooms from fab local growers and . All the flowers were gathered only a few miles from the wedding venue. It's wonderful to have such a supportive community of British flower enthusiasts around us.

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20/06/2025

BEHIND THE SCENES

Day 5 of and today we're sharing a behind the scenes look at working with British flowers.

Whixh is the perfect opportunity to share these absolutely stunning pictures that were taken earlier this spring, when the creative genius that is Jodie from came to the farm for an editorial photoshoot. Using our early spring flowers and blossom and other materials foraged from the woods, our barns provided the backdrop to her stunning creations, all captured perfectly by .

Usually, I pick flowers and pass them on to florists or brides, never seeing the end result - so for me, it was a real joy to see firsthand my flowers being used so creatively.

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19/06/2025

WHY BRITISH?

Celebrating - Day 4. So, what difference does it make as to where your flowers come from?

British flowers are grown and picked in step with the changing seasons, without the air miles and chemicals that come with most imported blooms we see.

It's illogical that 85% of the flowers we buy in Britain have travelled from elsewhere in the world, often sprayed with pesticides, for us to buy a 'natural' product. Imported flowers are usually bred to survive long journeys in refrigerated conditions, so they have none of the scent that you would expect from a bouquet of flowers, and a narrower range of varieties.

By choosing to buy local flowers, you are:

🌼 Supporting local biodiversity in your area
🌸 Cutting the long supply chain and reducing your carbon footprint
🌻 Giving a boost to the local economy
🌹 Getting a wider range of flowers that will smell amazing

I have learnt a lot through being a member of , who have a friendly network of over 1,000 growers across the country. Next time you're sending flowers, check out their website directory to find a local supplier. There are growers the length and breadth of the country.

Nigella shown in a beautiful vase by

18/06/2025

CORNFLOWER

Day 3 of and today I'm sharing my favourite British flower, the humble cornflower 💙

It's a bit of a marmite one, this. Lots of flower farmers hate cornflowers because they are such a pain in the bum to cut (they are!). Despite this, I absolutely love them. They are a quintessential British wildflower and bring a beautiful meadow feeling and movement to any bouquet or display. Although the true wild blue form will always have a place in my heart, in floristry, the colour can be quite hard to pair with, but you get such an amazing range of other colours too - from white to almost black, pinks and mauves.

They are so easy to grow, completely unfussy, produce masses of flowers, and they are absolutely amazing for pollinators - our bees can't get enough at the moment. And it's a flower you won't find imported from any wholesaler or in any supermarket bouquet. So, a perfect symbol of the British flower movement.

Do you love or hate cornflowers?! What's your favourite flower?

16/06/2025

MEET THE GROWER

It's this week! A week to champion the UK cut flower industry and celebrate all the growers and florists who work with British flowers. I'll be posting all week about the flower farm and why buying British flowers is so important.

I'm kicking off by being brave and sharing my face for the first time on these squares! I usually prefer to let the flowers do the talking, but I thought it was about time I introduced myself properly.

I'm Bec, and this is my third year of growing flowers at Southleigh Farm, situated in a beautiful corner of the Chew Valley, between Bristol & Bath. My partner Simon and I bought the farm as a complete wreck over 5 years ago. It hadn't been lived in for nearly 10 years, so we have quite a project on our hands!

I spent over 25 years working in the Environmental Sector, first as an ecologist surveying protected habitats and species, and then as a regulator at the . I have always loved being outdoors and am happiest when surrounded by nature. When our daughter started school a few years ago, i decided i wanted a career change where i could enjoy being at the farm but also do something positive for biodiversity. So the flower farm was born!

It has certainly not been an easy change - as any flower farmer will tell you, it is definitely not flouncing around a field picking flowers! And, there is a constant juggle between renovating the farm and turning it into our family home while also starting a new business. But flower farming has allowed me to connect deeply with our new land and surroundings, and brings together my botanical training and love of horticulture with my environmental background to do something really positive with our space, which I am very grateful for.

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15/06/2025

I DO...

Since the yurt reopened this spring, we have been getting some amazing feedback from our guests - but our first yurt propsal this week (that we know of!) was really special! We think our little corner of the world is magical, and we love to share it with friends and family. But to know that the farm will forever hold really special memories for one couple, really is the cherry on the icing on the cake!

If you know any lovebirds looking for a relaxing, peaceful space to spend a few days, please mention us! Link in bio to book. We are filling up fast over the summer.

Does anyone else have a romantic proposal location they'd like to share?!

09/06/2025

WEDDINGS

Wedding season is well under way, with 2 Somerset weddings flowered from the farm last week. This first order was an absolute riot of colour, which was exciting to pick amongst the usual orders of pastels and whites!

This was the perfect collaboration, with providing DIY buckets for the bridesmaids to make their own bouquets, and making the bridal bouquet and buttonholes using flowers from the farm.

Swipe to see the full range of colour - all in beautiful brights of pink and orange.

Special thank you to who provided the most incredible snapdragons, and who provided an extra orange hit with Geum and poppies

If you know anyone who needs flowers to do their own wedding arrangement this summer, get in touch!

23/05/2025

FRIDAY FLOWERS

I have been asked a few times recently if I am selling Friday flowers at the gate this year.

So far this season, everything I've grown has gone to florists or brides for their own creations. But this week I have a surplus of deliciously scented sweet william, so it's time to open the farm shop again! Gorgeous bright bunches ready for the bank holiday weekend. Available on Birchwood Lane, Pensford all weekend.

I'm hoping to add other flowers and plants throughout the season. And of course, continuing to sell fresh free range hen eggs - if you're lucky, we might sell duck eggs too, if I don't eat them all myself.

06/05/2025

BLUEBELLS

We have reached peak spring in the Chew Valley. The bluebells are looking glorious in the woods, the hawthorn blossom is a dazzling white in the hedges.

But don't be deceived by the sunny weather; we had a ground frost first thing this morning, with probably more to follow this week. Good job I haven't planted out any of the half hardy seedlings yet, even though I desperately need the polytunnel space!

01/04/2025

AVAILABLE THIS WEEK

Our hedgerows are currently filled with blackthorn blossom, soon to be followed by cherry and apple blossom. It smells divine, and the bees are gorging themselves.

The birch leaves have also started appearing, along with their gorgeous catkins, and we still have willow available, too.

For any florists out there interested in branches, we can cut to whatever size suits your design.

Long stemmed anemone and ranunculus are just getting going in the tunnel in a range of pastel shades. And we have loads of fancy narcissi available. Link in bio to register for wholesale prices.

27/03/2025

SPRING

It's been a while since my last post. But we've started picking spring flowers this week - just in time for Mother's Day - so it seems like a good time to re-start the flower spam! Don't these butterfly ranunculus look incredible?! Also pictured are fistfuls of anemone from the tunnel and sumptuous buckets of hellebore.

Behind the scenes, last winter and early Spring have been very busy. We've been creating new beds, sowing, splitting perennials, installing a mega polytunnel and generally planning our flowery empire expansion. We have some REALLY exciting news about the flower farm to be announced soon, so watch this space...

In the meantime, if you know any Bristol/Bath brides looking for wedding flowers for this year, be sure to mention us 😉 We love working with brides and florists looking for sustainably grown, seasonal flowers

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