Lavant Valley Flowers

20/06/2024

14/06/2024

Bunches of locally grown flowers that have gone out this week. West Dean stores, West Dean visitor centre and the Little pantry in Cocking.

12/01/2024

Easing into 2024, lots of tidying,sorting,seed ordering and organising for the new season. It was lovely to do something creative, a winter wreath to decorate the door of Cocking village stores.

02/12/2023

A fun way to spend a rather chilli Saturday afternoon, with a lovely group of ladies creating wreaths to adorn their doors for Christmas x

29/11/2023

Wreath making is in full swing now. Deliveries to local shops will start on Friday. They will be available from Goodwood farm shop, West Dean stores and West Dean visitor centre.
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22/11/2023

Wreath production is now in full swing, you'll find me at the Weald and Downland Christmas Fair this weekend selling a selection of Christmas goodies. Wreaths will be available from , Goodwood farm shop, West Dean stores and West Dean visitor centre from the first weekend in December.

13/10/2023

Looking back to a sunny day in September celebrating Mel and Graham's wedding day!

12/10/2023

A selection of autumnal goodies available from . Fresh autumnal wreaths, ornamental gourds, dried flower wreaths and dried flower bunches all stocked up ready for the weekend.

09/10/2023

Pampus dying this weekend, hung on the line to hopefully dry before the weather changes. Last time I dyed pampus I got impatient and dried it with a hair dryer in our bedroom, worked a treat but took me several months to get rid of all the bits of pampus that I'd blown around the room. I'll be selling it by the stem and making it into wreaths wen it's fluffed up again.

29/09/2023

Dried flower bunches delivered to Cocking village shop today. They are also available from West Dean visitor centre and West Dean Stores. There will still be a trickle of fresh flowers available over the next few weeks, please feel free to message me directly if you would like a fresh flower bunch.

25/09/2023

For Mel, who married Graham on Saturday, and all the maids in a row. Pretty shades of pink and white, with soft grasses and scented pelargoniums.

08/09/2023

Phew it's been a hot week, lots of jobs planned but very few achieved! Deliveries going out this morning to and West Dean stores.

01/09/2023

My polytunnel becomes redundant in the summer, I grow a few tomatoes but I'm the only one in the household who likes them. This year I thought I'd try growing ornamental gourds, I planted a few plants in the polytunnel beds and a few outside over the chicken run. To say they have gone mad in the polytunnel is an understatement!! But they are producing lots of fruit compared to the outdoor grown ones.

01/09/2023

I sowed my sunflowers in early June this year as I wanted them to flower in September, I thought they would make a nice addition to more Autumnal looking bunches. They are just getting into their stride now, producing some nice strong branching stems. My favourite has to be Helianthus Ruby Eclipse featuring in the first photo, followed closely by Helianthus Sonja, a golden yellow mini sunflower and then Helianthus Vanilla Ice the cream one featured in the last picture. I also have some Helianthus Gummy Bear nearly out, not sure how good a cut flower it's going to be, but watch this space!

21/08/2023

A great dried flower harvest this weekend. It's not been ideal weather for air drying flowers outside this year as it's been so damp. I hang the flowers upside down from the roof in my workshop, the roof isn't always reliably waterproof but it is open fronted so lots of air is able to circulate to help with drying. My first batch of flowers have dried now and are being stored, making way for this next batch.

14/08/2023

It was an absolute honour to do the flowers for the marriage of Claire and Dom this weekend. The colour scheme was gorgeous and such a joy to do. Thank you for letting me be part of your day x
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25/07/2023

The flowers in the bunches are starting to change again, creeping into late summer colours. The Dahlias are starting to flower, as well as the Gladioli, Scabious, Rudbeckia, fennel and Orach. It won't be long before the Sunflowers, Zinnias and Monarda join them. If you would like to purchase my flowers bunches are regularly delivered to Cocking village shop, West Dean Stores and Goodwood farm shop.

19/07/2023

Flowers harvested for drying is well under way, pictured is Carthamus tinctorius or false saffron. Flowers are hung to air dry in my workshop and then stored until the autumn ready for dry flower bunches and garlands.

17/07/2023

Jam jar posies make excellent teachers treats, they will be available to purchase from tomorrow or you can pre order to collect from West Dean stores.

15/07/2023

Beautiful weekend bunches to make anyone smile!
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Happy windy Saturday all!
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11/07/2023

Summer bunches delivered this morning to and West Dean Stores. A feast for the senses, beautifully scented with stocks, sweet pea tendrils, mint,oregano and borage ( which smells a bit like cucumber) Lots of texture and froth from the Ammi and the first of the Panicum frosted explosion, and also making an appearance the first of the scabious. And spot the Chrysanthemum which shouldn't be flowering until Autumn but has got a bit confused!!

06/07/2023

Nigellia 'blue star' is new to me but what a beauty. It has very pretty pale blue star shaped flowers produced on quite wiry delicate looking stems. I was disappointed when it first started flowering thinking that it wouldn't make a good cut flower as it was so fragile looking, how wrong was I ! I always test a new flower indoors first before putting it in my bunches just to check it holds up well, this stem is now 1week old and still looking great. It will definitely be featuring in my bunches over the next couple of weeks.

29/06/2023

A selection of the bunches delivered to Goodwood farm shop today.
Lots of variety to choose from at the moment in the cut flower patch including Agrostemma, larkspur, calendula, astilbe, malope,cornflowers and scabious to name a few.

28/06/2023

Florist buckets going out for a wedding this week. Collected by the lovely Laura from . Seasonal, British flowers for British flowers week.

08/06/2023

Lots of lovely summery flowers going out today. The first delivery of the season to Goodwood farm shop, it was lovely to see everyone again.
# local grown

06/06/2023

The sun shining through on this mornings bunches💐
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Freshly picked and home grown!
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