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The Green Door Flower Co. Artisan flower farmer and florist: bouquets for local delivery/collection & events. For more info: www.greendoorflowers.co.uk

Growing environmentally friendly within Ashampstead Common, near Yattendon, West Berkshire.

20/02/2025

February's posy.

I haven't really managed .y weekly/fortnightly posy like I had hoped, mostly because, as you can see here, the flowers available for me in my patch right now have not changed much since the last !

My daffs are only just starting to break the surface of the soil as they were planted super late last year, so are a way off flowering yet.

So, more gorgeous hellebores, hazel catkins and some viburnum tinus foliage. Still beautiful in February.

14/02/2025

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

I always find it such a privilege to be asked to create flowers for people when they are conveying such an important message of love and appreciation. Thank you to my lovely customers!

Also thanks to for the gorgeous blooms!

Lots of love as always ###

02/02/2025

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Roses are red, violets are blue,
But they're not in season,
So what can you do?

Go local, seasonal, and chemical free,
With a floral subscription for six months or three.

No air-miles, no plastic,
With lots of scent too;
Seasonal blooms in wonderful hues.

For the cost of 12 roses,
Imported, over-treated,
But British fresh flowers,
Your love, not depleted.

Show that special someone,
How much they are worth,
By buying British blooms,
And cherish our Earth.

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Just a reminder to all of the lovers out there... My pre-orders for British-grown Valentine's Bouquets close this Friday at noon! That's less that's less than 5 days folks!

Just send me a DM if you have any questions on this (or anything else).
You can order on the website (link in bio) and have a choice of three different options/sizes!

I also have some dried flower arrangements in a variety of shapes and sizes on the website, and can make them to order also.

Thanks for continuing to support my local small business, located just between Ashampstead and Yattendon, West Berkshire ###

28/01/2025

10 days left to pre-order your Valentine's Day bouquets now for a stunning British-grown tribute to your favourite person!

When you order flowers from me, they are cut for you especially. Deliveries will take place on the 13th and 14th February and collection is available too from my home in Upper Basildon.

Just over one week left to order so do get in touch soon to avoid missing out. Or send this on to your loved one for that helpful hint!

Xx

https://greendoorflowers.co.uk/products/valentines-bouquet

24/01/2025

My limited 2025 workshop dates have been released!

Join me to explore the cutting patch, located between Yattendon and Ashampstead in West Berkshire, seeking out beautiful British, seasonal flowers. Learn how to cut and condition to ensure the best vase life, and learn how to arrange your blooms into the perfect spiral stemmed hand-tied bouquets. Plus, enjoy yummy home-made cake!

Class spaces are very limited (just 5!), so do book on now to avoid disappointment.

I cannot wait to show you around my patch soon!

16/01/2025

Valentine's Day bouquets are open for pre-ordering!

Stunning British flowers without the air miles and providing a more unique, scented and stunning bouquet to show that special someone how much you care ❤️

This year bouquets will be made up from a selection of tulips, narcissi, alstromeria and anemones, and all grown in Britain.

All bouquets need to be pre-ordered by the 7th February please, and will be available for collection or delivery (to local areas) on the 13/14th Feb.

Love love xx

07/12/2024

I have sadly had to cancel my spot market today due to the wind and childcare issues.

This means that my fresh winter wreaths and swags are all dressed up with nowhere to go!

If you would like to have one of these beauties, please let me know! I will happily deliver for free to anywhere within my delivery areas below:
Ashampstead, Upper Basildon, Lower Basildon, Beedon, Beenham, Bradfield, Bucklebury, Burnt Hill, Chapel Row, Chieveley, Compton, Curridge, Cold Ash, Frilsham, Goring, Hampstead Norreys, Hermitage, Marlston, Pangbourne, Purley, Streatley, Whitchurch on Thames & Yattendon.

The wreaths are all made of completely natural ingredients, on a willow base. The only thing non home-compostable is the binding wire that holds them together. Some come with a hand-died velvet ribbon. They cost £55.

Do let me know if you are interested, I can deliver once this weather calms down, on Monday.

Xx

05/12/2024

It isn't crazy to buy and install a new door, just to have a nice way to display my Christmas wreaths surely...?! 😂

I kid - the door was to let the cat have a cat flap too. 🐈

I'm ramping up to my final Christmas market of the season this Saturday - it's a short and sweet 2 hours of christmassy joy in Chieveley - starts at 10:30, do come and say hi!

My Winter Wreaths are still available to purchase directly via my website too - just take a look under 'Wreaths' on the website, for local delivery or pickup from Upper Basildon (my home address).

I think this is my favourite one yet, a combination or arbutus, laurel, viburnum, spindle, pyrocantha (firethorn), p***y willow and pheasant feathers (obtained as surplus from the local shoot by a friend).

Enjoy!

03/12/2024

The sun is shining and there is so much winter beauty to be found. I have just been foraging spindle berries for my wreaths - they're such a gorgeous pop of colour in an otherwise rather drab winter colour scheme.

As I am cold, I am thinking of the warmer months to come, and the flowers they will bring with them 💐❤️

On that note, my 2025 flower subscriptions are now available for purchase - you can choose to have flowers delivered every Friday, every other Friday, or every first Friday of the month, for 1, 3 or 6 months starting in April.

They make a wonderful treat for yourself, or for a loved one - do you know of anyone that would love a pick me up? Head over to my Instagram page for a competition to be in with a chance of winning a 3 month subscription worth £90

*Delivery to local villages surrounding Ashampstead Common, West Berkshire only. For more information on delivery locations, please see website FAQs. Deliveries will commence on the first Friday of April.

22/11/2024

Hampstead Norreys Candlelit Market is now indoors due to the bad winds forecast tomorrow (nobody needs my gazebo landing in their tree!.)

BUT it is still going ahead in the village hall! I will be located upstairs, accompanied by baby Clemmie, so please do come along and keep me company if you are local. I will be selling fresh wreaths, dried flower arrangements and a few extra bits and bobs!

X

19/11/2024

Wreath making has begun in earnest here at GDFC HQ!

If you would like to get your hands on a 99% compostable* wreath, all with British grown foliage, please do let me know as I only have limited availability. As you can see, all of my wreaths are one of a kind, and come with a beautiful hand-died velvet ribbon too.

I will be selling wreaths at the Hampstead Norreys Candlelit Market this weekend, but you can also get your hands on one via the website (link in bio), with delivery to the local villages too.

*The only thing non-compostable at home, is the binding wire (which can be removed). You could even hold on to the British-grown willow wreath base for next year's wreaths too!

16/11/2024

Just two weeks since my last wedding of the year ❤️

I don't usually take on weddings this late in the season (the will-they, wont-they of the flowers being good enough as the weather worsens and the nights draw in makes it super stressful!), but for a local couple, how could I say no? Especially as their brief was 'seasonal hedgerow' - finding the variety of colours and textures available at this time of year was wonderful.

Congratulations to Natalie & Alex, I hope you have had a wonderful two weeks of married life thus far!

If you are planning a wedding for 2025, do let me know as I still have a few spaces available. I can provide full floristry services, DIY flowers buckets, or as N & A had, a mixture of both!

Love love 💕

Photographer:

28/10/2024

This weekend saw my final wedding of the year. A wonderful seasonal hedgerow theme - right up my street!

If you are planning a wedding in the next year or two, please do get in touch as I would love to hear from you!

21/10/2024

The days are getting shorter and the blooms are coming less thick and fast, but they're hanging on!

Plans for next year's fresh flowers are already well underway with a greenhouse full to bursting with hardy seedlings and a vast quantity of spring bulbs to get in the ground as soon as possible next month.

If you would like to receive some of these fresh blooms next year, why not consider one of our flower subscriptions? They provide fresh, chemical-free and locally grown flowers for you to enjoy at home, without lifting a finger! And come with more character, variety, scent and wiggliness than you can find in the supermarket too! They also make excellent gifts for those people who you really can't think what to buy for.

Exciting change is afoot, so join the journey!

10/10/2024

A symptom of this mild and wet year we have been having - vivipary in my poppies (also in my wrinkled cress)!
This is when the seeds germinate while still attached to the plant. These two poppy heads had escaped my secateurs as they became hidden under a rampaging thistle, hence the seeds remaining unharvested.
Discovered whilst clearing the beds this afternoon.

08/10/2024

That's a wrap for my flower subscription service this year.

Thanks so much to all of my loyal customers! Subs are a huge part of my business.

If you would like to have a flower subscription for next year, these are now live on the website! You can choose from delivery every week, fortnight or month, from the first Friday of April 2025. Link in bio.

Address

21 The Common, Ashampstead Common
Reading

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Website

http://www.greendoorflowers.co.uk/

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Nature's Maracas - the humble poppy seed head 🪇 I am working on some dried flower arrangements that will be available at the @hampsteadnorreysshop18 Christmas market on the 23rd Nov. #flowerfarmer #driedflowers #interiordesign #naturaldesign

New home! I will still be based on Ashampstead Common, but just on the other side! Based on a private property behind their walled garden,I can't wait to turn what was a derelict weedy jungle into a pollinators dream of flowers, grasses and shrubs 💕💐 #berkshireflowerfarm #ashampstead #yattendon #westberkshire #westberkshireflowerfarmer

Sweet dreams my darling girl ❤️ You pecked me in the eyeball, but made up for it with 3.5 years of being the friendliest, lovely henny penny. Night night Daffodil ###

May update from the farm x #berkshireflowerfarm #westberkshire #ashampsteadflowers #yattendonflowers

The glamour's of flower farming in Britain know no ends...! Brrrrr... #cold #flowerfarmer #hardy

March update from the farm! Apologies about the lack of makeup but when the soil and worms are the only ones to see me, I really can't be bothered! #flowerfarmer

Pricking out some of my early Jan sowings. I made a stupid error in not checking my seedlings on the window sill over the last week or so as I have been really unwell so understandably distracted! So whilst my scabiosa were so dry they were close to death, the snaps next door were so wet that the soil had gone anaerobic and the roots started to die. Luckily some still had some short roots clinging on to life, so I have pricked them out and will hope for the best. Leaving them in the greenhouse now as it's so mild too. #flowerfarmer #flowerfarmerfail #berkshireflowerfarm #snapdragon

It seemed a good time to remind all of the lovebirds out there that you don't just have to show your special someone that you care on one day of the year, but remind them throughout the year! Shirk the scentless, chemical-dipped imported roses (which frankly are a bit predictable by now surely?!), for a summer of beautiful flowers changing with the seasons and delivered to your door. Delivery within 10 miles of RG8 8qy and order via the website ### #love #valentines #valentineflowers #locallygrown #environment #berkshireflowerfarm #sayitwithflowers #loveflowerw #lovelove

Stupid winds :( #flowerfarm

I flowered quite a few weddings last year and I hope to flower more in 2024. Whilst I adore growing and arranging my flowers into something that my wedding couples will love, I also really enjoy getting feedback - weddings are nerve wracking occasions for all involved (granted, mostly for the wedding couple!, but your suppliers are also likely to be on tenterhooks hoping you love their service as much as you hope!). If you are newly engaged, or perhaps you have been planning for a while, do get in touch if you need help with your flowers for your special day, or even a workshop for the hen party! Lots of love ### #westberkshireflorist #westberkshireflowerfarmer #westberksweddings #newlyengaged #imgettingmarried #weddingflowers #yattendonflowers #pangbourneflowers #countrywedding #weddinginspo #wedding2024 #isaidyes #ido #britishweddingflowers #localflowers #localweddingflowers