Flowers from No. 8

17/11/2024

Looking for that unusual and perfect gift this Christmas? 🎁My flower subscriptions have become increasingly popular gifts for the flower lovers in your life.

It’s all very straight forward, you have a choice from 3 packages. The recipient can decide when to receive their bouquets between April and September 2025. It includes free delivery (* up to 5 miles from my home address).

Each package comes with a beautifully presented gift voucher. You have the following options to select from:
🎁 2 month flower subscription - £40
🎁 3 month flower subscription - £60
🎁 fortnightly flower subscription for 3 months - £120

You have the option to increase these subscriptions.

*additional cost may be charged if delivery is above 5 miles.

15/11/2024

The weather has been too damp and mild to plant my tulip bulbs. With a cold snap forecast next week, it’s the perfect time to plant. This hopefully 🤞will prevent the bulbs rotting and slow down growth. I’ve gone back to growing in crates. This saves space allowing me to plant more perennials and spring annuals. I use tulips as an annual rather than letting them naturalise. This gives me a longer stem length and I can sell or store them with the bulbs to last longer.

14/11/2024

Don’t forget to preorder your door swags. There are two styles available: Nordic and traditional. These will be available from 2nd December to 13th December with free local delivery. Please contact me to preorder or for more information.

🎄Door swags -£25

Deposit of £15 will secure your order and final payment by Friday 22nd November .

Just to give you the heads up, I will be offering Christmas bouquets, memorial wreaths and bouquets, plus a flower subscription Christmas gift. Look out for posts.

09/11/2024

Hapy Saturday. You still have time to preorder one of pre-made mossed door wreaths and door swags. These will be available from 2nd December to 13th December with free local delivery. Please contact me to preorder or for more information.
🎄Wreaths - £40
🎄Door swags -£25

Deposit of £15 will secure your order and final payment by Friday 22nd November .

Just to give you the heads up, I will be offering Christmas bouquets, memorial wreaths and bouquets, plus a flower subscription Christmas gift. Look out for posts.

04/11/2024

Good morning
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02/11/2024

Good morning. My festive wreath workshops sold out before I got time to advertise them! Sorry if you were looking to join me. I am going to make a limited number of pre-made mossed door wreaths and door swags. These will be available from 2nd December to 13th December with free local delivery. Please contact me to preorder or for more information.
🎄Wreaths - £40
🎄Door swags -£25

Deposit of £15 will secure your order and final payment by Friday 22nd November .

Just to give you the heads up, I will be offering Christmas bouquets, memorial wreaths and bouquets, plus a flower subscription Christmas gift. Look out for posts.

01/11/2024

Before I dug up my dahlias I managed to cut a few stems. The quality of the blooms weren’t good enough to sell, but they’ve given a little bit of sunshine to my kitchen during this gloomy weather. I literally plonked them in a vase, so no prizes for arranging.

You may be surprised to hear, that I don’t often have flowers in my house. They either get sold or I just simply run out of energy. This has been a reminder of how much joy flowers can bring. 😊

15/10/2024

Farewell flowers to celebrate the life of a loved one. A red ribbon to reflect a favourite song. All my floral tributes are made to reflect the personality of the life being celebrated. You don’t have to pick from a catalogue.

12/10/2024

This week’s frost has brought an end to this year’s cut flower season. There will be plenty of things to come for Christmas and I am continuing to make farewell flowers. If you are planning a life event in 2025 and would like to discuss flower options, my diary is open.

Thank you to everyone who has supported me and my small local business, it really does mean a lot. It has been a very tough year with the weather and slugs and has needed a lot of resilience. It’s now time to slow down and rest.

11/10/2024

Another fab veg box delivered by Neil Yemm.

09/10/2024

09/10/2024

Sweet peas 2 🌱

Sweet peas like deep pots for their root growth. I use a pot that is 10cm deep. This year I’m trying out some root trainers which someone gave have to me. Fill your pots with a peat free multi purpose compost mixed with perlite and I add a bit of builders sand. I’ve pre watered my compost.

Add 3 seeds per pot or 1 to each root trainer. There is no need to water them in. That’s it! I will leave them in my greenhouse until April. Check if they need watering, but taking care not to over water, I leave them slightly on the dry side. I will make sure my greenhouse is well vented over the winter, even giving my plants a blast in the sun on warmer days. Sweet-peas can stand temperatures as low as -4C, but I will cover with fleece or use a sheet on days where we have consistently low temperatures. Yes, they are divas and a plant/flower that takes a lot of my time as a cut flower. But, they are the flower that fills my garden with the most amazing scent and colour, and creates endless conversations with my customers about their beauty and past memories.

Mice love sweet pea seeds. Even though I don’t have a huge mice problem, it’s best to take precautions. I create a shelf with an overhang which makes it difficult for mice to climb up. At night at add covers for extra protection both from mice and the cold whilst they germinate.

08/10/2024

Sweet peas 🌱

A lot of people tell me they can’t grow sweet peas, so I thought I’d share how I sow mine. They are a little more hardy than most people think, which is why I sow in the autumn and in the spring. They do need some protection if over wintering, either in a cold greenhouse, a zippy greenhouse or a windowsill in a cool conservatory.

Sweet peas have a hard outer shell, soaking in water for a couple of hours helps to soften the shell and speeds up germination. You can skip this stage, they will just take a little longer to germinate.

I soak each variety in a separate container with a label, the idea being I can plant out in colour blocks and record how each variety performs - it never quite works out like that 🤔. Tomorrow, how to sow the seeds and tips on protection from mice.

06/10/2024

Thank you to everyone who came along for a chat or pick up a bouquet at Stone Farmers Market. Thank you to Rosie park_lane_flowers for your fabulous dahlias. I even had time to make an autumn wreath. I’ll be back in December with festive wreaths, bouquets and decorations.

05/10/2024

The sun is out, the dahlias are blooming. Pop along to Stone Farmers Market for a bouquet of locally grown flowers.

04/10/2024

I’m back at Stone Farmers Market tomorrow. Pop along and pick up a locally grown bouquet.

03/10/2024

Enjoying a bit of sunshine this morning. A great day to harvest raspberries, collect seeds and clear some beds.

01/10/2024

A funeral sheaf to celebrate the life of a much loved mum, who loved gardening and colour.

I love to make funeral flowers which reflect the personality of a loved one. My arrangements are plastic free and use my locally grown flowers or British grown. I always encourage families to repurpose the flowers at the wake and to share sounds family and friends.