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01/09/2024
Christmas wreath workshop dates are live on my website .ivydeneflowerfarm.com link is in my bio , they come under events. Small groups of people making gorgeous deluxe wreaths. Refreshments included.
British flower grower , supplying British flowers to florists, diy brides and the general public . l
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Christmas wreath workshop dates are live on my website .ivydeneflowerfarm.com link is in my bio , they come under events. Small groups of people making gorgeous deluxe wreaths. Refreshments included.
Spring Flowers are beginning to ramp up, not in huge amounts but i am taking orders.
Springtime mixed arrangers bucket for collection today, these mixed buckets of flowers are ideal for those who want to have a mixture of lovely flowers and foliage to arrange themselves at home.
Its a wrap, all the madness of mother's day is done, its been so lovely writing all the cards with all the lovely messages. Hold those Mother's tightly today and every day, they so special and not here forever. Those of you who are missing their's, my heart is with you xx
Mothers day orders being taken now. Availability is very limited so please don't leave it to the last minute to order.
There is promise in the air i feel! Promise of the spring ahead and i am excited by it. I managed to find a few beautiful bits to bring inside today. At this time of year we can be grateful for the smallest gift. Alstroemeria get overlooked most of the time , but i love them! they last for so long in the vase and flower in the middle of January.. winner!
This is the image of the horror that is me marathon training! the road is tough and long, please please can you sponsor me , I'm raising money for the charity young lives v cancer. A pound would be great, every little bit will add up. Thank you 😊
https://2024tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/abigail-beszant
and the winner is ...
congratulations.
Competition time! I have this luxury wreath up for grabs. I will deliver to you within 10 miles of minster lovell or you can collect. Competition closes friday 15th December at 12 noon. To be in with a chance, like this post , tag someone and share.
Merry Christmas 🎅
Rosemary represents remembrance and wreath represents eternal life.
We had a lovely chatty time this evening, these ladies were a delight!
I am now taking limited orders for bespoke made luxury Christmas wreaths. They will be available for collection/delivery from the 9th of December. They are from £65 ( similar to pictures). Please message me to book yours.
Day 3 of , Today's question is how did i get here?
My flower farming journey started with the death of my father and Chris' father in 2018. The flowers for my fathers funeral were un inspiring so when Chris' dad died a few months later i decided to do them myself, after a lot of YouTube videos i got them done and really enjoyed doing them. A few weeks later I then decided to do a couple of Christmas wreaths with my mum, we had a ball and she clearly saw how much i had enjoyed doing them as for my Christmas present that year she surprised me with a tallulah rose career change course, wow what a present! there was a course the following February that i signed up for. This turned out to be the most amazing month of my life where i met fabulous friends and ultimately discovered that being a British flower grower could be a thing! I was now on a mission to make this happen for me! i put my house on the market and with support and encouragement from my family we moved in to Ivydene in minster lovell just 4 months later in 2019, the photo is of my family with my mum in the middle the day we moved in.The journey has been amazing, the job of flower farming is perfect for me. I will be eternally grateful to my mum forever for seeing the spark in me, she certainly was my biggest fan and was so excited for all we were getting up to here. Unfortunately she lost her battle with cancer last year, i was so proud to do beautiful British flowers for her funeral. my flowers farming journey started with funeral flowers and doing remembrance flowers for families is one of my favourite things to do , they are so very special.
day 2 of , question is what is a day in my life like?
Well it isn't all glamour thats for sure! to be honest it's never glamour! and i wouldn't have it any other way. I am a self employed gardener as well as a flower farmer at home , so life is pretty busy most of the time. January and February are for me nicely slow and i can begin to get the nitty-gritty done. Today i started the task of cleaning greenhouses, a horrible job that i get bored of very quickly! but its essential to allow as much light in as possible on these gloomy dark winter days.
So in my usual style I'm last to the party! I'm taking part in January challenge where flower farmers introduce themselves and what we get up to. This started a few days ago so im on catch up!
Day one question, who am I ?
Well its more like who are we , we are a team. I am Abi and my other half is Chris, we work together to run Ivydene flower farm. He's more the builder and I'm more the grower. We are in the Oxfordshire edge of the Cotswolds near Burford. Growing on a small scale and definitely at the beginning of our flower journey as we only started in march 2020. We sell fresh British flowers to florists and the public from around April to November.
my Christmas present from Chris, I'm super excited to have lights in my polytunnel.
This week i had the honour of creating farewell flowers for a very environmentally conscious lady, her family wanted something that would reflect that and only British flowers would do. I created this on apple tree branches, bunches to be removed afterwards so they could be enjoyed at home.
wreath season is in full swing, this one is particularly special, to offer comfort , ordered with love.
Today i had the honor of flowering a local church for a gentleman's funeral, its always an honour to do tribute flowers. All the flowers were grown by me so had a max 6miles to travel and no floral foam.
Christmas must be coming 🙊 I've just received a gorgeous bundle of willow wreath bases from , I guess this means my book is open for bespoke wreath orders. please dm me if you would like one or more!! 🌲
I'm still picking buckets of flowers, definitely feeling like the frosts are just around the corner. But until then the dahlias will keep doing their thing 😍
finally the polytunnel is ready for planting, I'm literally giddy as a kipper about it 😁 lots more beds to build and tge irrigation to finish but that there is flowers to look forward to and i for one need that promise.
I have British sphagnum moss available now. it's sustainably harvested. collection from minster lovell
A fabulous day spent spreading the word about the fabulous collaboration that is
lisianthus goals achieved! to be honest they are not going to be a very profitable flower for me but I've really enjoyed seeing their incredibly slow progress
mixed arrangers buckets available to order. please do get in touch.
Honesty drying in the greenhouse, i have oodles of it! please do get in touch if you need any.
this is a new dahlia to me this year and i love her! her name is evanah and i brought her from , she's done very well , a keeper as they say!
this is new to me this year , an annual climber and she is absolutely gorgeous, will definitely be growing more of her next year
fungi are so beautiful, this beauty i discovered under some apple trees in a customers garden today, I've no idea of the name but maybe someone out there can tell me?
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So many zinnias available at the moment #britishgrownflowers #ivydeneflowerfarm #minsterlovell #zinnia
I really enjoy creating funeral tribute flowers, its where my flower journey began. #funeralflowers #foamfree #britishgrownflowers
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Floret precious metal zinnia incoming! I'm super excited to be sowing these today... may they be as beautiful as i imagine!
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