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Headley flower garden Flower grower and supplier
Local, seasonal flowers Hampshire/West Berks border
Supplying bouquets, DIY buckets, weddings and funeral flowers.

Workshops and pick your own days
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27/04/2025

Sunday 27th April

Another busy week on the farm. We were very happy to have some rain after a number of weeks without any. Watering is never as good as a good soak with rain.

Every day there are new crops flowering. I have picked geum, hesperis, allium, poppies, hare's tails (over a metre tall), briza and snowball viburnum - its only around for a couple of brief weeks so I've been making the most of it in my arrangements.

I have tried growing foxgloves in the tunnel for the first time this year and I'm pleased to see they are nearly ready, I think they will be a good couple of weeks ahead of the outdoor ones. When picking spiky flowers like foxgloves, lupins or delphinium it is best to pick when the flowers on the lower third have opened.

From the weather report it looks as though its going to be hot this week so make sure you are watering your baby seedlings. keep the frost protection handy though as the temperature is going to drop next weekend - just in time for the bank holiday weekend. I hope we don't have a frost but our last frost date in this area is near the end of May so its still possible.

British Flower week 16th-22nd June 2025

I am a member of Flowers from the Farm trade association and the association have taken over promoting British Flower week, an initiative that was launched by New Convent Garden Market in 2013. Would there be any interest in a farm open day over the weekend of the 21st/22nd June?

There will be flowers at the farm gate stall on Friday and Saturday, or order online for local delivery or collection.

Enjoy the sunshine this week.

Rebekah

21/04/2025

Happy Easter

I hope you have had a restful few days. We went out for a walk in the bluebell woods near us. It is was a beautiful sight and smell.

After weeks of no rain I was pleased that we had some although really we need a few days of steady rain. I have been spending a lot of time watering, not something I expect to be doing at this time of year.

On the farm I have pulled the last few tulips, so sad to to see them go until next spring. The ranunculus are still flowering well in the polytunnel.

We have cut the first camassia and I am excited to see the first of the icelandic poppies flowering. They are a bit short at the moment but the size of the flower is very impressive. These are colibri poppies that have been specifically breed for the cut flower industry. After picking I sear the stems in hot water, the vase life is usually 5 days.

The snowball viburnum is nearly ready for cutting. Over the next few weeks we will have allium, iris, foxgloves, orlaya, sweet william, hesperis and as you can see on the photo of the field the peonies are budding up.

Thank you to everyone who bought flowers this weekend. I would love to have some feedback on the farmgate flower stall. We started this last year and have been grateful for support from a band of people who buy regularly. We have been doing one size of bouquet (£15), there is the option to pay by cash or use the QR code (which has been by far the preferred choice). Going forward this year, it would be helpful to know if people would prefer larger bunches to be available or any other suggestions on how we can improve the service.

15/04/2025

Easter Weekend

There is still time to order Easter bouquets (£30) for collection Friday or Saturday. We also still have tulips, if you would like a bunch -either £10/£20.

If you enjoy arranging your own flowers we sell flower arranger buckets. This contains enough stems for a large vase arrangement or several small ones. The buckets this weekend will contain tulips, ranunculus, narcissus, broom, and greenery.

www.headleyflowergarden.co.uk
Rebekah

11/04/2025

Pull your own tulips

Saturday 12th April 9-1pm

Limewood Farm, Ashford Hill, RG19 8BB

£1/stem

Our tulip season will have been very short this year because of the warm weather we have had over the last couple of weeks. This will be the last tulip PYO this year although we will continue to have tulips to buy for the next week or so.

11/04/2025

Pre-order Easter bouquets

Easter bouquets are available for collection next Friday and Saturday from the farm in Ashford Hill.

Please state your preference for pastels or brights.

Bouquets will contain tulips, ranunculus and narcissus as well as other seasonal flowers and foliage.

£30 bouquet.

Larger gift bouquets are available on the website.

Smaller bunches will be available from the farm gate stall Friday and Saturday.

06/04/2025

Thank you to everyone who attended our pull your own tulip sessions this weekend. We are about to reach peak tulip so if you would like to get your hands on some field grown tulips here are some of the options:

Vase workshop Friday 11th April 10-12
Come and join us on the farm. Pick your own tulips to accompany the ranunculus, anemones, narcissus and foliage already cut and conditioned. Learn about conditioning and arranging your own flowers (and there's cake!).
£60pp Book on website.

Pull your own tulips Saturday 12th April 9-1pm
Enjoy some time in the field, pull your own tulips and pick narcissus.
No need to book. Tulips £1/stem

Order a bunch of tulips online (£10/£20) For collection or delivery available to Kingsclere and the surrounding villages (delivery fee applicable)

Gift bouquets/ flower arranger buckets available to order on line

Farm gate stall sales Friday/Saturday 9-5pm. Payment by cash or QR code.

Pre-order Easter bouquet £30 for collection

Rebekah
www.headleyflowergarden.co.uk

04/04/2025

The flowers are blooming

The ranunculus in the tunnel have started flowering, they are one of my favourite flowers with tissue paper petals. They have excellent vase life. They don't like warm weather so we have to make the most of them in the next few weeks.

Tomorrow and next Saturday (5th and 12th April 9am-12) we have PYO tulips if you want to enjoy having a walk round the flower field and choose some tulips.

There are bunches of flowers available from the farm gate stand on Fridays and Saturdays 9am -5pm.

Gift bouquets are also available to order on the website.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend and mange to get outside to generate some vitamin D.

Rebekah

30/03/2025

Pull your own tulips

Friday 4th April 9-12
Saturday 5th April 9-12
Saturday 12th April 9-12

We have been pulling tulips for the last week. Looking at the weather we have a warm, sunny week ahead so there will be a flush of tulips by the end of the week.

March has been very dry and this effects the tulip length, other growers have been commenting on the tulips being shorter this year. We have watered a little bit but also our tulips are planted nice and deep so there is lots of growth below the surface.

If you haven't been to one of our pull your own tulip days we will show you what to do.

No need to book. Pay for what you pull. £1/stem.

Limewood Farm RG19 8BB

Rebekah
www.headleyflowergarden.co.uk

23/03/2025

Quick farm update

I was so excited to pull the first crate tulips from in the polytunnel this morning. There are plenty to come, just in time for Mothering Sunday. The outside tulips are coming along nicely too. I will let everyone know shortly when we will be holding our pull your own tulip days.

I still have availability for a few more bouquets/jam jars for collection from the farm next weekend. They will be a mix of tulips, narcissus, anemones, eucalyptus and twiggy bits of interest.

Alternatively, what about buying your Mum a place on our vase workshop on Friday 11th April? Its a fantastic time of year for flowers, we will be using tulips, ranunculus, poppies, anemones and interesting foliage. It will be a relaxing morning surrounded by beautiful flowers.

Details about Mothering Sunday flowers and the vase workshop are available on the website.

WWW.headlyflowergarden.co.uk

Rebekah

02/03/2025

The March farm update newsletter has just been sent out to subscribers. If you would like to receive regular newsletters from the farm please sign up on the website www.headleyflowergarden.co.uk.

Dates for workshops and PYO days are now available on the website as well if you want to join us for a morning. The tulip pull your own days will be announced closer to the date - tulips can be hard to predict!

Hope you are enjoying the sunshine.

Rebekah

24/02/2025

Mothering Sunday Flowers
Sunday 30th March

Pre-ordered flowers will be available for collection on Saturday 29th or Sunday 30th March from the farm in Ashford Hill (Limewood Farm RG19 8BB).

This is likely to be a mix of our own flowers and foliage, and flowers sourced from other British growers. The weather in the next few weeks will influence the quantity of our own flowers we have available.

It is a really busy time of year for the flower industry and I will need to order any additional flowers early so it would be really helpful if orders could be made in good time.

Jam jar flowers £15
Bouquets £30

Available through the website www.headlyflowergarden.co.uk

Please include when you would like to collect at checkout

Rebekah

23/02/2025

Field update End of Feb 2025

We are currently moving lots of the perennials in the field. Most perennials benefit from being moved every 3-4 years. Its also an opportunity to spilt and increase the numbers of plants we use a lot while removing things that aren't earning their space.

It has been exciting to see how the tulips responded to a couple of warmer days, so many more are pushing through the ground. Everything seems a little behind this year, we have had low light levels (you've probably noticed) and not many warm days. The tulips in the polytunnel are considerably ahead and I hope that they will be ready for Mothering Sunday. The field tulips will take a little longer but we should be picking in volume in the first couple of weeks of April. I will be releasing the dates for PYO tulips a bit closer to the time. This year we have 30 metre and over 6000 tulips.

One of the jobs this week was tackling one of our giant mole hills. We have lots of small/normal size mole hills - the moles have been really busy this year, but the giant mole hills have to be seen to be believed. We removed a wheel barrow full of clay and could have taken more. If you hear about sink holes appearing in the field you know why, the clay has to come from somewhere.

Rebekah

22/02/2025

PYO dates are now available on the website.

If you are fed up with the weather cheer yourself up thinking about how you could be picking amazing flowers in our beautiful field in a few months.

Booking is required for our summer PYO dates.

Saturday 5th July
Saturday 2nd August
Saturday 13th September

£25 for a bucket of flowers (up to 25 stems), enough for a large vase or 2/3 small vases.

As usual refreshments will be available to buy on the day.

www.headleyflowergarden.co.uk

20/01/2025

To continue with our exploration of what is available through the season, today we have the months of August and September. These are filled with dahlia, zinnia, asters and lots of other beauties. If you love bright colours (and I do) there are lots of choices, but there are also lots of softer colours such as the stunning cafe au lait dahlia.

In these months I'm busy drying flowers for use in weddings or for later in the year when the fresh flowers are over..

19/01/2025

Flowers in June and July

If you are getting married or planning an event in June or July here are some of the flowers that are likely to be available. It turns out there is rather a lot of choice. All these flowers have been grown here on the farm. We grow a wide range of perennials and annuals so whatever the weather throws at us we should have a wide selection of flowers in your colour choice.

18/01/2025

Farm Update

It has been fantastic to get out in the field for the last few days. There is still plenty of clearing to do. I finally managed to get the last of the anemones planted outside and the snaps into the polytunnel.

I will be sowing a few seeds over the next few weeks but these will all be hardy annuals, many of which I could sow in the autumn. Its too early to sow most things as they need heat to germinate and more light (day length and intensity) than we have at this time of year. Sowing too early can result in poor germination (waste of seed and compost) or very weedy, weak seedlings.

Flower availability

I have had a few wedding enquires over the last couple of weeks so I thought it would be helpful to look at flower variety availability (it's also a good excuse to look through photos of gorgeous flowers and dream of spring). Early in the year the weather does impact timings, a warm spring can bring forward flowering by several weeks. The photos show spring flowers and are labelled according to month. This is not an exhaustive list but hopefully gives a flavour of what will be available.

Tomorrow we will look at June, July and August.

Rebekah

08/12/2024

Week on the farm

I don't like to go on about the weather BUT.....really?!

We have had more lovely wreath workshops at the farm this week. The wreaths have all been so beautiful.

There was a power cut at the farm on Saturday night and I was very apprehensive Sunday morning, the app said the electricity should be back on by 1pm - not great when you have a workshop in a dark, cold barn starting at 10am. Thankfully the electricity board sorted it in good time and we were able to go ahead with the workshop.

The wind had lifted the plastic sheets which were covering the new beds in the field. Having learnt from a previous experience, where I was lifted off my feet and dragged along by the power of the wind under the plastic sheets (think kite surfing, but in the field), I have simply piled them up, weighted them down and will deal with them on a calmer day.

The field looks very forlorn at the moment. Closer inspection shows the first green shoots of daffodils and iris. Over the next few weeks I'm looking forward to passing a few hours inside inspecting seed catalogues and dreaming of spring.

Rebekah

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