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Local, seasonal flowers Hampshire/West Berks border
Supplying bouquets, DIY buckets, weddings and funeral flowers.

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30/11/2025

Sunday 30th November

We have had the first of our wreath workshops this weekend. It was lovely to see new and familiar faces.

A little over a week ago the workshop was full of dahlia tubers drying and tulips ready to be planted. The dahlia are now all boxed and the tulips planted. The workshop has beed decorated with greenery and lights. We constructed a tree using wooden poles, chicken wire and all the left over bits of foliage that weren't suitable for wreaths.

A big thank you to friends and family who have helped out over the last couple of weeks. There has been a lot to do and it has felt an uphill struggle at times but it makes it all worth while seeing people enjoying being creative and having the satisfaction of taking a beautiful wreath home.

More workshops and wreaths next week. There will also be planting to do in the polytunnel.

The eucalyptus and rosehip bundles were very popular this weekend and I am hoping to have more available Friday and Saturday next week.

Rebekah

27/11/2025

27th November

Bunches of eucalyptus and rosehips available on the farm stand tomorrow.

23/11/2025

Farm update 23rd November

This week we've cleared the farm polytunnel, ready for planting next week. We've had a delivery of compost (thanks Chris!) which meant we could get on with planting the tulips both in crates and out in the field. I had intended on digging shallow trenches for the tulips but due to injuring my knee doing pilates with the cat (don't ask, the involvement of the cat was unexpected!) we have gone back to pushing the tulips into the clay soil and filling the raised bed with compost.

The last few days have all been about preparing for the Christmas wreath workshops. I have picked lots of foliage - eucalyptus, ivy, holly, various firs and in the week I am expecting a delivery from Newbury Christmas tree farm of bundles of fir and a selection of other British foliage from one of the wholesalers in Cornwall (-heather, pinus, pittosporum and skimmia). The workshop is smelling lovely. Its always a highlight of the year - decorating the dairy. This year there is quite a lot of mud to sweep up first due to the dahlia which have been drying in there, these are finally all cleaned up and stored in their boxes.

The farm gate stall will be back again for the next couple of weekends (Friday/ Saturdays) if you would like to buy a plain willow wreath to decorate yourself or eucalyptus and rosehip bunches (£15). Cash or payment by QR code.

I'm looking forward to seeing everyone who is attending the workshops over the next two weekends.

Rebekah

21/11/2025

Last shout out for wreaths and wreath kits

FINAL orders being taken this weekend (last date Sunday 23rd November).

Please order via website
www.headleyflowergarden.co.uk

16/11/2025

Farm update 16th November

Lots of clearing this week. On Thursday I had lots of help in the field and we finally got thalspi, feverfew and orlaya planted out. Harry and Zeb cleared the hypericum which had unfortunately succumb to a fungal disease that is common in hypericum. In their place they planted more snowberries and cotinus. I planted another 20 peonies. It will be a few years before we can cut from these perennials but they are all plants that are tried and tested in the field and like our conditions, so worth investing in. We now have nearly 200 peony plants, when they are all finally in production they should give us hundreds of blooms.

With the cold snap due this week there was a race to get the low tunnels up. These are like a mini polytunnel. The sides can be lifted up to allow good air flow to prevent mould. I have used these over the outdoor ranunculus and campanula. Thanks to Suzy@fromgarden2vase, who has an excellent tutorial on instagram showing how to make them.

We have planted the first batch of bare root roses. These are all David Austin roses. The majority of our roses are used in our wedding work so the roses have been selected with this in mind.

Christmas orders

Wreath workshop
There is one space left on Sunday 30th 2-4pm. £65pp

Christmas Wreath and Wreath kits
Thank you to everyone who has ordered. I will be closing the order book for wreaths and kits on Sunday November 23rd. I will have a small number of willow wreaths for £15 for you to decorate yourself. Please message me if you would like to order one of these. Collection from Friday 28th November.

Rebekah

09/11/2025

Farm update 9th November

This week we have continued to clear beds in the field. We plant half hardy annuals over the daffodil beds in the summer so these all need to be cleared and weeded. There are already a few green shoots coming through the soil. The iris bulbs left in from last year already have shoots 20cm tall, I've added more iris bulbs this year. We've also been planting allium bulbs - many of our allium return every year but there are a few varieties that aren't reliable and we have to replant.

I have received my first order of bare root plants today - another 20 peony roots as well as symphoricarpus (snowberries) and continus (smoke tree), they will take a few years to be ready to cut from but I try to add a few more useful plants each year. I have also ordered a few more bare root roses. Not all roses types are good for cut flowers but I ordered a few more of the types that I know grow well in my field and produce quality stems for our wedding work. Bare root plants tend to be cheaper than ones in pots and, I think, they often find it easier to get established. Bare are root shrubs should be planted Nov-March, when they are dormant.

I have planted out another 30m of ranunculus, these are all going to be grown under low tunnels I do have a few spare sprouted corms of various colours if anyone would like to try growing them. They can be divas and need a bit of practice. These are corms I've saved from last year. They will need either potting up or planting out ASAP. Message me if you would like a few to try, they will need to be collected from the farm Thursday/Friday this week.

I started paperwhites last week and they are sprouting really well. They are supposed to be ready for Christmas, although given how warm it is at the moment, they may be ready well before that! I grew Muscari hydroponically last year for the first time and they were really useful so I am doing the same again this year.

I have a few orders this week but this is the last week I will be selling fresh flowers. Yesterday was the last day for fresh flowers on the farm gate stall. Thank you to everyone who has supported the stall. I am very grateful to everyone who has bought from us and who has told other people about our flowers.

Rebekah

02/11/2025

Farm update 2nd November 2025

What a week!

I was very grateful to Maddy, Sue and Zeb for helping me dig up all the dahlia on Thursday. We don't dig them up every year but I want to move them to the sunnier end of the field and I want to review the colours we grow. Fortunately the weather held and, all things considered, it wasn't too bad a job!

I've been busy getting some bulbs potted up for spring pots - the ones in the photo were going to grow whether I was ready or not. I've finally got my sweet peas in. I usually only grow autumn sown sweet peas but this is a bit later than most years (according to my records).

We've planted up one of the polytunnels - lots and lots of ranunculus. The first outside ranunculus have also been planted but we are still trying to decide the best way to build the low tunnels - lets hope the weather doesn't get too cold before we decide. Ranunculus are ok down to about -5C so there isn't too much to worry about, however they will grow much better with some protection.

The other poly still contains chrysanthemum so it will be a few weeks til we plant up that tunnel.

Thank you to everyone who attended my talk for the Friends of Hannington Church. It was lovely to see such a good turn out, hopefully people enjoyed it. I love growing flowers and am always happy to answer questions (if I can).

I think next weekend will probably be the last of the fresh flower bunches on the farm stall.

I am still taking order for Christmas Wreath kits and wreaths.

Rebekah
www.headleyflowergarden.co.uk

26/10/2025

Farm update 26/10/2025

Later this week I am giving a talk to Friends of Hannington church so I've been having a look through photos of the field. It is so surprising how quickly the foliage area of the field has grown. The first photo was spring 2023. The second photo was this week. The eucalyptus you can see towering in the background didn't get planted until summer 2023. We cut a small amount from them last autumn - mainly to stop them rocking too much in the wind (eucalyptus actually have quite shallow roots). This year there will be more to harvest.

Usually pruning of eucalyptus is done in the middle of March so by cutting for Christmas there is a chance of damaging the trees. In the really harsh winter we had a few years ago we did lose some of our established trees. Some of the others lost their main stem but started shooting at the base in the spring.

I've cut back and weeded the peony plants this week and we have finally got round to cutting the grass in the field, it was a bit of a struggle! We are planning on digging up all the dahlia later this week - I'm watching the weather report - I'm hoping it will be dry for the dig, its hard enough digging in our heavy clay without the additional challenge of rain. We haven't yet had a hard frost to take out the dahlia foliage but it becomes a race to get everything done at this time of year.

I have now uploaded Christmas wreaths and wreath kits on to the website - well done those eagle eyed people!

See you at the other side of the dahlia dig.
Rebekah
www.headleyflowergarden.co.uk

12/10/2025

Farm update 12th October

Monday we had a Flowers from the Farm meet up at Marlston Farm girl, a fellow grower based in Hermitage. It was great to get together with lots of other growers. There was 2 and a half hours of non-stop chatting. It is always so interesting to visit other farms and to hear what other people are doing. It was glorious sunshine. Flowers from the Farm is a trade organisation whose members are farmers from across the UK. Its a great source of knowledge and support.

This week I have been digging in all the white mustard green manure that I sowed outside and in the polytunnel a few weeks ago. This needs to have a few weeks to break down before I plant the ranunculus and poppies out. I've had a struggle to get the colibri poppy seeds to germinate this year, they are notorious for being tricky but I thought I had cracked it after so many years. All the other types of poppy I've sown are looking great but their flowers are usually much smaller than the colibri type.

On Saturday morning we held our dried flower wreath workshop. Everyone created beautiful, unique wreaths that if kept somewhere dry will last for several years.

We are still selling flowers. The dahlia, having survived the couple of light frosts, are still flowering albeit at a slower rate. The chrysanthemum are coming on nicely. I now picking some types of eucalyptus and rosehips. The stall will still be open on Fridays and Saturdays for the next few weeks (except on Friday 24th due to other commitments). Bouquets can still be ordered through the website.

Rebekah

05/10/2025

Farm update 05/10/2025

This week on the farm we have been splitting perennials, originally we started with 12 geum plants now we have 150! its taken a few years to get to this point but hopefully we will be better placed to keep up with demand for these lovely small orange flowers that provide a little pop of colour in spring.

Quick reminder to everyone who needs it - make sure your dahlia are labelled if you are going to lift them. When we have a hard frost they all look the same - a soggy mush. I've started attaching labels to the dahlia I want to keep, I'm trying something different this year and using coloured labels, in the hope it makes sorting them out next spring easier. I don't lift my dahlia every year but I have a few gaps in the beds and want to increase the colours I use most and get rid of the ones I don't. Its important the tubers are allowed to dry and stored somewhere frost proof. I'm aiming to dig them up at the end of October whether or not we've had a hard frost.

I've started off my ranunculus - soaking the claws ready to sprout them before planting in the poly and outdoors. They are quite hardy but benefit from some protection outside.

The field is still producing a reasonable amount of flowers. It was lovely to supply table decorations this weekend in bright jewel colours. Thank you to everyone who bought flowers from the stall, it was a busy weekend.

Next weekend we have the dried flower workshop, which is now fully booked.

Rebekah

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