We think if Wilder could talk to us, he'd be whistling along with the birds and singing "Don't worry, be happy"!
#elfchristmasgarden #chillingelf #swingingaroundelf #Britishcutflowers #britishcutflowergrower #elfchristmad #elfantics
Here it is guys!! Our statement piece for today's grotto and fair!
And we are PROUD! The soundtrack is not Christmassy, but it totally encapsulates the overwhelming feeling I have after pulling this off. What a year it's been!
Those who know me, know I don't do well with praise, it makes me very shy! And at times, I let my anxieties take over. But I have had the most amazing friends and family support me, keep me on track and encourage me and I am always so grateful to have them in my corner!
This was an epic thing for me to do, 7ft x 5ft of beautiful natural, fresh foliage with twigs, dried gypsophila, pine cones, orange slices, berries and a few wooden snowflakes to add that extra christmassy touch.
The only elements that are not biodegradable are the few wires user for the cones and baked orange slices as well as the copper lights.
Our first ever door arch!! And eeek! We are so so thrilled with how it turned out!!
Materials foraged from Rubble Corner and home, conifer from a friends' neihhbour and holly berries free from someone cutting back theirs.
This was built onto a wooden frame kindly made by my friend's husband, as at the time of discussions, understandably we weren't allowed to put any holes in the Hall to make it onto rope and hang it, like our initial plans.
#sustainable #planetfriendly #seasonaldecor #grownwithnature #ididthat #homegrown #Britishcutflowers #Christmasinteriors #Christmasdecor #christmasgreenery #mytimetoshine #thankful
This is the 4th year we've painted our window for Christmas!
We know it's not December yet, and our lists have lists, but Mrs Wild put herself in time out today, as she can't sit still for longer than 10 minutes - the paints came out, mindfulness and mental health are so important. Sometimes you need to take a break!
Usually we go for a Disney/children's theme, we've had Rudolph and Santa with a sleigh, Olaf and Bluey in the last 3 years.
As we pulled in the drive our eldest Wild Bloomer screamed "Mummy its a forest! Can I go and look" and our youngest squeeled with excitement pointing out all of the animals he could spot.
We felt this year it was more fitting with the start of our new adventure into #britishcutflowers and our regular posts about the wildlife and insects too.
#windowpainting #woodlandchristmas #growingwithnature #Christmaswindow2023 #timetorecharge #mentalwellbeing
We were down the plot by 9.30am this morning, the children helped plant the tulips into grow bags.
Remember tulips should be planted around 3 times their height, deep.
The soil Mr Wonky dug for us was really lovely, we added some alpaca poo and a few handfuls of peat free compost.
Whenever you're planting in pots, or grow bags, the general guidance is an 80 to 20 ratio, 80% soil to 20% compost. This is what we've always done in our pots at home. So fingers crossed for thriving tulips in Spring.
Tulips should be planted a minimum of 2 inches apart. When growing for cut flowers we can reduce this to around an inch.
Tulips grown for cut flowers, require the entire bulb to be pulled for those nice long stems. So we didn't want to allocate them a dedicated bed.
The Wild Bloomers enjoyed playing in the pallet collars too, pretending they were driving a bus and more.
Another job ticked off the long list of tasks this morning.
#teamwork #familybusiness #britishcutflowers #seasonal #sustainable #tulips #plantingforspring #autumngardening
After our wander this morning, we decided to cut all of the dahlia 😱😅.
We've always wanted to have enough to play photography with, when you see all the gorgeous flat lays and more online!
With the 🥶 freezing temperatures forecast tonight and tomorrow night we may wake up to blackened, dead dahlia tomorrow or Monday morning.
It's Mrs Wild's birthday on Monday, so it will be lovely to have a house adorned with one of her favourite flowers, especially considering they'll likely be over in the garden! !
#dahliaaddict #dahlia #dahliabrackenballerina #dahliawestertonpearl #dahliadaisyduke #dahliabarbarrydamour #dahliapurplepearl #dahliasandra #dahliamylove #dahliawhiteaster #dahliarosemarydawn #dahliadahliadahlia #britishgrowncutflowers #homegrown #seasonal #sustainable #chemicalfree #grownwithnature #autumngarden
£5 DOORSTEP BUNCHES
GRAB 'EM WHILE YOU CAN!!
🌟 These are the LAST doorstep bunches of the season! 🌟
These are going to be the LAST of the MIXED bunches also for anyone who may want an order over the next couple of weeks. Autumn days have well and truly set in for the annuals/filler flowers and they are DONE.
We think we will be running on only dahlia now for the foreseeable after a wander and a cut today. We will keep you posted as and when flowers are available from now.
Thank you all for your incredible support this season, its been an absolute roller coaster. 💕
Keep with us for behind the scenes though!!
We got all 100 ranunculus corms sorted this morning, all now safely tucked in compost in a sheltered shady area.
Ranunculus are a cool weather cut flower, they dislike a lot of heat. Hopefully you'll be seeing some of these beauties in your Spring bunches!
We didn't water our compost today to dampen it for sowing, because it was a new bag it was already pretty moist and the corms had just been sat in water to re hydrate. We really don't want to risk mould and rotting.
#italianranunculus #italianranunculusuk
#Britishgrown
#seasonal
#autumnsowing #autumngarden #autumnplanting #britishcutflowers
We couldn't resist this audio 🤣
Busy morning planting out #springbulbs
#narcissis #allium #iris
We think Rubble Corner is going to be giving us rubble problems for the next 50 years! They seem to multiply!
Has anyone else started on their spring bulbs yet?
Most of these bulbs should naturalise over the years, meaning they will multiply and form clumps. We have planted around 500 bulbs today - it doesnt seem enough on that long stretch, but we hopefully have years to come to worry about more bulbs in subsequent years!
Then we moved on to booting some of the hardier annuals out of their cell trays and into the ground. In addition to some hardy perennial plug plants and dividing and planting sedum we purchased back in July.
It's been a busy busy day, Mrs Wild cannot wait for a nice hot shower once the Wild Bloomers have been collected from school!
#happyfriday #HappyPlanting #Britishgrown #seasonalflowers #britishgrowncutflowers
It really is feeling autumnal now isn't it? Much cooler days with a slight chill in the air! We love autumn; blankets, wood burner, the changing of the leaves, there is something just so magical about autumn and has always been our favourite season of the year personally.
Thank you everyone for your orders last night, we couldn't choose specific bouquets for each customer - they're all unique in their own ways, just like every body's tastes!
All orders have now been collected 💕 mostly all new customers too which is delightful 😊.
Happy 1st October everyone!
A little preview of some of the flowers you can expect to see in your pre ordered bunches tomorrow guys 😍 we got out before the rain just now!
We MIGHT have extra. If we do, we will post these after collections are finished. So if you missed out, keep an eye on the page for just in case!
We will finish cutting some more foliage and fillers tomorrow morning 💕 and then get these beauties made up for tomorrow afternoon!
As always, thank you for your support, it means the world 💕
We've been given permission to share a video of our littlest helper today 💕 he is starting to walk more and more and is super proud of himself, as he should be!
The giggle monster did a marvellous job, even if mean Auntie Danielle wouldn't let him or the gang of Wild Bloomers walk, run and play all over the newly rotovated and (mostly) stone picked beds 😄.
We have realised we haven't yet shared with you the DIY buckets from the beginning of September.
The flowers were for a cottage style, soft tones, textural and traditional style, to include seed heads and fragrant blooms. This was for a lovely customer who was using these, along with her community who had also ordered flowers from a local florist - to create arrangements at their church for a much cherished member of their village for her final farewell. The goal was to encompass her love of her garden 💕 we were honoured to provide flowers to fit the bill, as this style is also what has our heart and is typical of our own garden.
We have since seen a few pictures from the church arrangements and we were blown away. Every one has their own unique style, it was amazing to see our flowers used in pedestal arrangements and meadow style boxes. They all did an absolutely stunning job!
#Britishgrown #finalfarewellflowers #homegrown #chemicalfree #cottagestyle #sustainable #seasonal #dahlia #grateful #lovingcommunity #supportlocal #britishcutflowers #beautifulblush
Two bouquets left today 💕 loving #brackenballerinadahlia and #westertonpearldahlia from our @hallsofheddon mini plants. Bracken ballerina looks, just like you'd expect from the name, dainty blush pink with white waterlily shaped and westerton is a fantastic pink, orange.
Orders are still welcome, we will try our best to fulfil any requests, but please bare in mind the season is coming to an end imminently. We'd love to keep sharing the flowery goodness for as long as possible.
Please remember orders need a minimum 24 hours notice, especially now with the nights drawing in!
#Britishgrown #chemicalfree #homegrown #scentedflowers #sustainable #grownwithnature #dahlia #dianthus #feverfew #happyflowers #grateful #beautiful #ecofriendly #seasonalflowers #orangepink #autumngarden #britishcutflowers #grownbyme #supportlocal
A sneak preview of new beginnings, the next chapter, the dream slowly coming to life!
It's hard to believe that back in June this was so overgrown it was taller than Mrs Wild. However, Mr Wonky has worked tirelessly since the moment this little slice of happy became ours between work and family life. It has been a real family project, with the Wild Bloomers embracing all this space and our eldest Wild Bloomer with all of her amazing ideas for the future.
On Friday we had a tractor in for the 2nd time to disk. Over the weekend we raked the paths and layed the landscape fabric for pathways. We have been removing a barrow of rubble every meter 😭.
No easy task when each of these beds alone are anything from 12ft to 20ft in length each. There is a total of 14 beds, not including the narrower beds around the perimeter!
Today Mrs Wild arrived after taking the Wild Bloomers to school to find mother nature had ever so kindly lifted 3 whole runs of fabric over night - it had to be the long ones didn't it!
Queue relaying those 3, finding all the pins, plus raking and laying the bank side path. The other long path has to wait until we have time to raise the level!
All but three long beds have been raked while the Wild Bloomers are at school and Mr Wonky is at work. However, no time for rubble collecting today. That's tomorrow's job, as well as getting some alpaca poo put in the priority beds so we can get our biennials, shrubs and some perennials planted out ASAP.
It's been a long, hot, sweaty day, Mrs Wild has blisters on blisters and will be pretty disappointed if she doesn't have a 6 pack and regain her muscle tone after this!!
£5 bunches available!
Please continue to support us while we near the end of the season, it won't be long until the season is over. Today marks the Autumn Equinox, and as you all will have noticed the daylight hours are getting shorter and there is definitely a bite in the air now.
As we move through the next few weeks, our focus will shift to clearing, bedding down and planting our Spring bulbs, hardy annuals, biennials and perennials - along with a few shrubs for next year.
We have loads to do to get ready, including turning some alpaca poo into our new plant beds, this is so so good for the plants and we can't wait to see the difference in them next year!
We hope you'll stick around to follow our journey and all the exciting things we will be getting up to, to prepare for next season.
#britishgrownflowers #homegrown #seasonal #sustainable #grownwithnature #chemicalfree #autumnequonox #autumngarden #dahlia #newbeginnings #excitingadventures #support local
There is always the "other side" of being totally neglectful when we occasionally keep flowers for ourselves in the house.
They get left to fend for themselves, they dry out by themselves. However this year instead of composting them, we have now started to gently remove the dried petals to store! We have a very special reason for this that is top secret 🥰
#Driedflowers #driedpetals #britishgrown #chemicalfree #biodegradable #compost
#seedcollecting #seedharvesting
#almosttheendoftheflowers
#homegrownflowers
#britishcutflowers
Well this feels strange!!
This has felt almost anticlimactic, we knew this time would come, but we don't feel quite ready for it what so ever. Funny isn't it?
We now have 2 beds left in the main garden, only 2!! Leaving us with tinier than they should be zinnia and statice.
We don't feel ready to say goodbye to the blooms but we know the time is imminent and we can then truly focus on next year's exciting adventures - think 100s of spring bulbs, over 300 bare root and plug sized perennials, shrubs and our own sown seedlings - biennial, hardy annuals and perennials.
We have the driveway bed still trying it's hardest with fountain grass, tethers of phlox and that gorgeously scented dianthus.
We have the secret garden still hanging on in places - the ear wigs are taking over and with not wanting to use a pesticide it's very much them against us and they are winning 😭💔
We still have cosmo, which is getting shorter and shorter and the last remnants of the feverfew.
What a season it's been and funny weather wise!
We will continue to try fulfil any orders and doorstep bunches for as long as we can, but understandably these will be far and few between now 😪.
Much love from us all x
£5 doorstep bunches later on this afternoon. Keep your eyes out, there isn't many more weeks left, so grab them while you can!
We've cut before its gotten too warm, it's nearly "officially" Autumn so the plants are tired and slowing right down with the cooler temps and shorter sunlight hours.
So so many of the annuals are looking tired now 😪 so we've cut what's still looking good!
Okay, this is a gruesome one, so if you're easily offended, scroll past. But we were fascinated!
🐝 Video content; wasp eating dinner!
Wasps get a bad wrap, but they're a very important part of the eco system, read on to find out more!
Source: Natural History Museum
"Wasps are probably best known for disrupting summer picnics, but they are actually very important in keeping the ecosystem balanced.
Without wasps, the world could be overrun with spiders and insects. Each summer, social wasps in the UK capture an estimated 14 million kilogrammes of insect prey, such as caterpillars and greenfly. Perhaps we should be calling them a gardener's friend."
We went out with our phone torch to check if the feed stations needed a top up before bed, as we've had such a lot of activity in recent months.
We are elated, one asleep in the feed station - albeit we now can't check the food! One on it's way over and a third came in through the "hedgehog highway" - an all important gap left at the end to ensure easy access between gardens.
We cannot wait to show our Wild Bloomers in the morning 💕🦔 you can hear them sniffing around.
This is the importance of water bowls, supplementary biscuits in the feeding stations - and keeping them in the same place all the time, they know exactly where to go. And this proves that!
Here it is, "Ruddfest" Wedding, August 2023!!
We are very grateful the family sent us some pictures of the flowers in situ and the newlyweds have given permission to share them too!
As you know, the brief was wild, bright, festival and colourful. We were over the moon to see that they truly did fit the brief for this lovely couples festival themed wedding.
Everyone involved really did pull out all the stops, to ensure their wedding was perfect. We hope you enjoy watching the reel as much as we enjoyed looking through and selecting photos to share with you.
We have given you a bit of a behind the scenes of the flowers once they were cut into the buckets before the arranging began, and what they looked like all together lining the side once they were almost ready to leave us!
Thank you so much to the newlyweds and their families for trusting us, having faith in us being so new to the cut flower world and allowing us to be part of your memories on your special day! The feedback made us quite emotional after the event, thank you so much.
#Britishcutflowers #homegrown #seasonal #autumnwedding #festivalwedding #sustainable #grownwithnature #brightflowers #meadowcenterpiece #colourfulbudvase #dahlia #thankyou #supportlocal
More seed sowing!
We've been doing the math and oh my goodness we are going to have a serious amount of flowers for you next year, that's if you stick with us 😉.
The children helped again today, getting those #finemotorskills in with those tiny seeds, as well as #concentration as you can see on Peyton's face.
Both know how to sow a seed from filling a tray with compost to dibbing, sowing and patting down a layer of compost. Not every seed requires the same treatment so we always read our @chilternseed packets to make sure.
We believe every child should be able to learn to #sowandgrow whether that's flowers or veg. It teaches them #nature #nurture #logicalthinking #practicalskills #patience and pride when they see the end results. If they're old enough you can also instill the lesson of time/duration.
Is anyone #autumnsowing over the next few weeks? We would love to know what you're up to!
We don't feel you've had your fill of flowery goodness this week at all!
We had surplus from Tuesday's wedding - we cut enough for potential overnight wilting, petals dropping and snapcidents.
Events flowers are usually cut more open than what would be in a gift bouquet or doorstep bunch to give the wow factor there and then!
These were all cut on Monday, mostly all at their prime for an event, but some are still holding in there *of course 😉. Keen eyes will spot some drying heads, some blown centres and so on!
But this is all okay, because it has allowed us to have a play, some practice and allowed some calm and mental healness which are all really important!
It looks a bit chaotic, we just kept turning and adding, turning and adding until our hand could hold it any longer, this one's for us 😉💕.
We think the song is apt for our new journey, you've all been so amazing. And sad to say - it won't be long until the season ends for us until next year's exciting adventures!!
Some of our plants are starting to show exhaustion, and with the weather starting to cool off again now. Our first frosts feel like they're just around the corner in the flower planning world!
We released our injured, but rehabilitated soldier for Karen tonight.
Peyton was allowed to stay up for this special occasion.
To her delight, there was a regular in the main garden station and another making its way to the water bowl!
Shes going to be happy and emotional, she shares our passion for wildlife deeply.
Here is a video of our new member of the brood is either grooming or anointing himself.
Given his new surroundings we will assume he is anointing as we only videod with the help of the solar lights on the cane rose obelisk.
Self anointing is when a hedgehog covers itself in its own saliva, all over their spines, there are several theories as to why they could do this!
A pic of our new member crunching away is in our stories 💕
We have no issue admitting here we are the WORST bouquet carers once the flowers are in a vase that's it for us, they seal their fate! Which is why we provide every bunch or bouquet that leaves us, with a handy care guide to get the most of your blooms when you get them home.
Some of these were cut sever days before the event, used on the 6th for table decoration, brought home and sat on the windowsill and have been ignored. They caught our eye this morning so we thought wr would share! Fully direct sunlight, no water left in the bud vases 🤣.
So that's 18+ days for these beauties. Of course some flowers do dry very well and others not so much. Deliberately drying isn't something we plan to venture in any time soon.
We haven't decided whether to leave them, compost them, or break them down for confetti yet. What do you think?
We had the pleasure of creating a bouquet for the Reverand of Tom's Grandparent's Chapel as a thank you from Tom's mum to give to her this evening during a commemorative service for Tom's grandparents.
We don't often get to see the reaction from the recipient of our gift bouquets, so this was special in that sense too!
Katie loved the fragrance from the agastache, dill and dianthus. The car smelt heavenly on the journey!
We also managed to crack the "twist" as we call it when arranging to give that fuller, less squished and fuller look! And as you can see this was another luxury sized bouquet 💕
#grateful #fragrant #blush #homegrown #Britishblooms #grownwithnature #chemicalfree #sustainable #seasonal #herbs #dahlia #specialoccasion
Doorstep bunches are out lovelies.
£5 each, correct monies popped through the letterbox please 💐
We are struggling with Internet so may not be as responsive as normal so please bare with us.
#Britishgrown #chemicalfree #seasonalblooms #sustainable #homegrown #grownwithnatire
Sorry its late I've been flatting out the gift wrap that's been delivered folded 🙈 no one wants creases!
Here she is in her soft toned glory!
The first of the China asters - we are a bit unsure about these and how long until they'll flush again. Hopefully they really get going as we adore them!
Ingredients;
China aster
Phlox Isabellina
Nigella seed heads
Achillea Terracotta
Panicum
Rose foliage
Japanese Anenome
Bupleurum
Dahlia
Dara at varying stages
We have had feedback the recipient loved them 💕
#Britishgrown #seasonal #sustainable #chemicalfree #noairmiles #dahlia #softtones #happybirthday #grownwithnature
Goodness me, we love our "new to us" 100 cell trays and we may need to invest in more!!
So many seeds sown this morning! Fingers crossed for a steady germination and healthy perennials next year. They won't all flower in their first year - forward planning!
Total @chilternseeds addict and would be surprised if by the end of next year we don't have the whole catalogue 🤣
#seedsowing #britishflowers #chilternseeds
