Life for many of us, doesn’t offer much magic, especially in this day and age…
But magic is all around you, it lives alongside us, and it’s something we can create for ourselves.
It is a state of mind that came easy in childhood, but the heavy responsibility of adult life means we lose this.
For me I find magic in growing flowers, focussing my attention on the wonder and hope that placing a tiny seed into soil will create an abundance of beautiful blooms in a few short weeks. Going into the garden and looking for new shoots or buds, watching the flowers bloom and bringing them into my home or drying them to preserve their beauty. It’s enchanting and magical ✨🌸✨
Where do you find your magic?
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Be careful out there 👀💐
I mean there are way worse things I could be into, let’s face it 😂 and at least this addiction results in beautiful blooms filling my home! 🩷
Who else is flower obsessed? Come and say hi in the comments ⬇️⬇️⬇️
And follow @ethicalflorist for lots of flower growing and arranging content 🌸✨💐
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After all the rain and now the sun, gardens are growing fast!
But as all our gorgeous plants grow, so do the weeds and that can quickly start to feel very overwhelming. So here are my top tips to manage this:
🌱 break your garden into chunks. Just look at one small area at a time and work on that. Looking at the whole garden can often feel like too much work but it’s amazing how quickly you can get through jobs when broken down into manageable chunks.
🌱 give yourself a certain amount of time. 20 minutes on your lunch break or at the end of the day. You will find you’re so much more productive when you have a time limit.
🌱 remember it’s never going to be perfect because it’s nature and nature is supposed to be a bit wild and free!
What are your top tips for managing the overwhelm? Share in the comments ⬇️
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Mine is definitely flowers 💐💐💐
Planting a seed and watching it grow into a beautiful flower is pure magic to me ✨
And having pretty flowers I’ve grown from seed in vases around my home is just heaven!
Have you tried growing yourself flowers? I highly recommend you do 😁
Follow @ethicalflorist for lots of flower growing tips and tutorials 🌱✨🌸
What’s your little slice of heaven? ⬇️
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Summer where are you??
Flower gardening this year has been wild! From the slug invasion, cold temperatures and the endless rain… it’s been a tough growing season!
But the flowers are finally starting to hit their stride and I’m not giving up hope for warm sunny days when I can flounce around my flower plot in a summer dress, picking pretty blooms 💐🌞
Do you think summer is coming or have we skipped it and gone straight to autumn this year? Let me know what you think in the comments ⬇️
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Now is the time to start sowing biennials 🌱✨🌸
Im getting started right now and my brand new quick guide to growing biennials will help you get going with these beauties too!
Biennial flowers are plants that complete their life cycle in two years. In the first year, they typically grow foliage and establish their root systems, while in the second year, they bloom, produce seeds, and then die.
You may think that’s a lot of work for only 1 year of flowering but biennials are the masters of self-seeding so once you have these flowering they will self-seed and flower every year after 🌸
Biennials make fabulous cut flowers and my favourite are these Sweet Williams 😍😍😍 bridging the gap between spring bulbs and summer annuals 🩷
For a quick and easy guide on what biennials to sow, how and when to plant out, check out my brand new quick guide! Comment BIENNIAL below and I’ll send you the link or head over to the link in my bio 🌱✨🌸
Are you sowing biennials this month? Let me know in the comments ⬇️
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British Flowers Week 2024 🌱✨🌸
Did you know that 80% of the UK’s cut flowers are imported from other countries? This fact baffles me as British grown flowers are stunning and full of colour and scent.
When I started working as a florist I was disappointed to learn about the emissions created to produce cut flowers across the world and the sheer amount of chemicals used to grow them. So I found a small patch of land and started to grow my own cut flowers.
There is a huge sense of accomplishment in growing your own cut flowers and I believe anyone can achieve this, even with just one small bed dedicated to cut flowers.
So to celebrate British Flowers Week I have 10% off all of my growing guides this week with code BRITISH. So ditch those chemical soaked imported flowers and get your hands in the earth 🌱💚 head over to the link in my bio now or comment FLOWERS below and i’ll send you a direct link to my guides.
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May is the month to direct sow your seeds straight into the flower bed 🌱🌸
So if you think you’re too late to grow a flower garden this year, think again! Here’s what I’m direct sowing this month:
🌸Zinnias
🌸Calendula
🌸Poppies
🌸Sunflowers
🌸Cornflowers
🌸Nigella
You can also sow cosmos, scabiosa and more! For a guide to direct sowing and what to sow this month, click the link in my bio.
And don’t forget to follow along for more flower growing tips 🌱✨🌸
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There’s lots going on at the flower plot at the moment…
Planting out, direct sowing, staking and slug patrol… it’s an exciting time with the anticipation of the flowers to come!
What are you up to in the garden at the moment? Let me know in the comments ⬇️
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The amount of joy my flower patch has brought me over the past few years is second to none! And I want to share the joy of growing your own flowers with you. And you don’t need acres of land, with just one small flower bed dedicated to cut flowers, you can become your own florist!
Click the link in my bio to get started with my quick and easy growing guides ✨ and don’t forget to give me a follow for lots of gardening tips and flower fun 🌸🤩
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These are my top 3 flowers for providing endless bouquets this summer:
🌸 cosmos because they flower prolifically from early summer all the way through to the first frosts and are oh so pretty!
🌸 snapdragons because they are usually the last flower standing on my plot come winter and they add dramatic and height and structure to any arrangement.
🌸 dahlias because, well they’re dahlias, don’t need to say much more! 😍🩷🌸
What are your top 3?
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Happy May! 😎🌞🌸
And welcome to one of the busiest months on the gardening calendar. This month we can finally plant out our seedlings that we’ve been nurturing all spring. They’ll be fledging the nest to the big bad flower beds!
But first we need to harden them off for a good few days before they can be planted out. And once they’re planted out, I’ll be putting in lots of plant supports (my preference is a horizontal trellis over the beds).
This month the comfry will be in full growth on the edge of my plot. I use this to make plant feed (it stinks but is worth it!) I’ll be bringing out a quick guide on how to do this in the next few days so keep an eye out for this. Comfry plant feed is so effective and will save you having to buy expensive synthetic feeds. You’ll find it growing in most hedgerows and edges of fields.
By the end of the month, if we’re lucky, we may be able to start picking a few flowers. Things like roses, Californian poppies and a few early sweet peas. Bring it on! 🌱✨🌸
For step-by-step instructions on some of these jobs for May, check out my growing guides by clicking the link in my bio.
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I don’t want to jinx anything but it looks like the weather might be getting warmer 🤐🌞🤞🏻
Which means we can finally start to move our plants outside! I get to this point in the year where my polytunnel and windowsills are crammed with seedlings and I’m still worrying about whether I’ve grown enough to fill my plot (when I’ve probably have grown enough to fill 5 plots 🤪) but I’m going to start hardening off some of my more hardy annuals this week (sweet peas, sugar snaps) before my more tender plants in the weeks to follow when the ground is properly warmed up and night time temp is consistently higher.
And then in a blink of an eye my little seedlings and bloomed and the best flower filled months of the year are upon us 🌱✨🌸
How are your seedlings doing? Drop any questions you might have in the comments and I’ll get back to you asap. You can also have a look at my flower growing guides by clicking the link in my bio 🌸🫶🏻
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Who else has been partying with their plants this weekend? 🌸😂🌱🩷
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That is a problem for future me 😎
Happy Saturday flower friends. I hope you’ve managed to get out and enjoy some sunshine today, my seedlings certainly have! 🌸🌞
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Things are progressing…
Today I have finally got round to doing a really important job on the flower plot that I’ve been meaning to do for weeks! I’ve mulched the flower beds and covered them in membrane.
The layer of compost I’ve mulched the beds with will add nutrients to the soil, and we want nutrient rich soil to grow the best flowers! 🌸
The membrane has 2 jobs…
~ it will suppress any weed growth in the beds (although, thanks to do the no-dig method last year, there are thankfully very few weeds).
~ it’ll help warm the soil up so I can get my plants into the ground as soon as any threat of frost has gone.
Have I used every heavy thing I could find at the plot to weigh the membrane down in these annoying high winds? Yes. Did I get absolutely soaked in the process? Also yes… the reality of gardening in England these days 🙄
I’ve also sown a lot of hardy annuals today including cosmos, zinnia, dahlia (seeds sown and tubers potted up), marigolds and china asters. Seedling watch continues 🌱✨and soon the plot will full of flowers again 😊🌸🌼
Make sure you’re following to watch the flower plot progress through the seasons. And if you love flowers as much as me, check out my Etsy shop for all things flowers and floral related! 🌸✨🌸
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Did you know you get a dopamine hit from just looking at bright colourful flowers (scientifically proven 🤓) so imagine if you filled your garden and home with them 🌸✨🌼
When I don’t have flowers on the plot, I have my digital flowers all inspired by my flower plot to give me that happy feeling. Click the link in my bio to check them out whilst we wait for this year’s flowers to grow!
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I think I found it!
After waking up to heavy rain this morning (seems to be the norm these days 😒) I jumped at the chance to get outside as soon as the sun came out! And it felt like spring 🌼 daffodils, warm sunshine and the smell of blossom in the air, all the good things 😎And with the spring equinox this week, I am not sad to be waving goodbye to winter!
I hope you’ve managed to enjoy some early spring sunshine this weekend ☀️🌼✨what spring flowers have you spotted?
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There is lots of very good and sensible advice for flower gardening all over the internet and in books but I think they often overlook the most important one…
My number one piece of advice for growing flowers is to grow blooms that you love and that make you feel happy!
You could have the most perfect flower garden but what is the point if you don’t love the flowers? So forget about perfect planting plans and colour schemes and grow what you love! My flower plot is a riot of colour and blooms randomly dotted around flower beds because I simply pick to grow flowers that make me happy (hence a lot of pink 😉🩷).
What are your favourite flowers? And give me a follow for more flower gardening inspo and all round floral joy
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