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Green Fox Flowers

Name: Green Fox Flowers
Address: Amersham, GB
Telephone: +447939127547
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Flower farmer based in The Chilterns growing seasonal cut flowers from my garden for hand tied arrangements and bouquets.
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Delivery free for Amersham/Chesham area.

13/07/2024

If the sun could just stay shining for a little bit longer each day then I’d be able to produce more lovely buckets of colourful blooms like this one.
For those of you who don’t know her, Jana is a flower farmer based at Beaconsfield Tennis Club. Having other local flower farmers builds a fantastic support network that helps us ensure that we can continue to provide local grown flowers to our customers even when our stocks are low. We are always there to help each other out.

04/06/2024

Flower farming is not for the faint hearted 🥵.
Justine from and I worked all day in getting her top bed rotivated and planted with dahlias. 225 dahlias in total. Some healthy & some slug stricken ones. But fingers crossed they’ll all be blooming soon. Watch this space.

11/05/2024

Grab yourself a bunch of ranunculus for that perfect pop of colour on your kitchen table. Bunches are £15. Collection from Amersham.

01/05/2024

Pre-order your bunches of ranunculus. £15 for x10 stems. Either opt for the mixed tutti fruit bunch which is all the brights, or a pretty mix of pastels pinks. I don’t have loads so message me if you would like me to reserve you a bunch.

10/12/2023

Just have to share these beautiful, uniquely individual wreaths from my workshops. I like to offer a wide variety of foliage whether that be in colour or texture. I try to buy British where possible but also use where they have a fantastic selection of spruce & eucalyptus and an excellent selection of sundries. I also bought some fantastic British foliage from as well as hand made willow bases from . Once the wreaths have been greened up then comes the fun part. All the flowers & grasses that I have grown over the season and dried like strawflowers, statice, hydrangeas, frosted explosion, feather top, poppy heads, alliums to name but a few are poked or wired into the wreaths. All wreaths are finished off with a velvet bow. So lovely to walk around my local area and see these creations hung proudly on their doors.

02/11/2023

Back in September, I was asked to do Jen & Paddy’s wedding flowers. Jen was the most delightful & laid back bride, she knew exactly what she wanted & had absolute faith in me to create natural whimsical bouquets to compliment her woodland themed wedding Here are just a few photos of her magical day.
She had 11 bridesmaids and needed 12 buttonholes. As well a two church pedestals & dressing a bandstand.
Thankfully I had my right hand woman Justine .flowers with me, and her wedding floral expertise to help me dress the bandstand in the woods.
I must also mention that none of the above would of been possible without my amazing fellow flower farmers who helped by providing some of their gorgeous blooms to mix in with m own.
So thank you and .flowers

10/09/2023

I just love it when my customers are excellent photographers.
And I absolutely loved doing this 50th birthday dinner party. I was able to use my second flush of roses which smelt heavenly. Obviously lots of dahlias, rudbeckias and sunflowers. And for foliage I raided the sage & mint bushes. And lots of little extras like amaranthus, scabiosa, achillea, fuschia, grasses. All in recycled pickle jars with a hessian trim.

28/06/2023

As we are celebrating I thought I would share June’s flowers
I love doing these weekly arrangements. Every Tuesday evening I head out into the garden to see what looks best for cutting. I never know how the arrangement is going to turn out. I am lead by the flowers and that’s what I love.
This month started with all whites; ammi majus, foxgloves, euphorbia & mint, then it was a rainbow assortment of foxgloves, followed by a mixed arrangement of Canterbury bells, salvia, godetia & nigella, and I finished the month off with soft lemon yellows, aubergine & whites.
It’s fantastic to see businesses like The Artichoke supporting & promoting British flowers. British grown flowers are good for humans, bees, birds, bugs and butterflies. They have excellent vase life as they are cut fresh & haven’t had to travel thousands of miles so have no carbon footprint. They are scented & free from pesticides and often provide florist with blooms that aren’t offered at wholesale. You can find your local flower farmer via the Flowers From The Farm website.

11/06/2023

Met the amazingly talented Lydia from today. I was hired to do the flowers for a christening & she made the most stunning christening cake I’ve ever seen. I provided her with some of my flowers to dress the cake which included; David Austin roses, nigella, eucalyptus, wrinkled cress & bunny tails. Thankfully the venue had excellent air conditioning so both flowers & cake didn’t wilt or melt.

01/05/2023

Ranunculus. Lovely on their own or mixed with foliage. Go for the dolly mixture bunch or pink pastels. The choice is yours. Taking orders for the Coronation Weekend. These little gems will add a pop of colour to any table scape. They are £15 for x10 stems plus a small extra charge if you want foliage. Message me.

30/04/2023

Highly recommend a stroll around the grounds of for their Tulip Festival. Saw some spectacular tulips that will be going on my list for next year. year. They also have the most incredible selection of cakes to have with your cup of tea. It was the perfect end to a busy day of pulling tulips & cutting/delivering ranunculus.

25/04/2023

Todays favourite combo is Apricot Parrot with Amazing Parrot. But they are selling out fast!

21/04/2023

Sold out of tulips at but luckily I have loads more in the garden so if anyone needs tulips for the weekend then message me or come and say hi tomorrow I will be there till 2pm. ✈️

15/04/2023

Thank you Lucy & Caron from for such a warm welcome in Chalfont St Giles today. It was lovely meeting other stall owners and chatting all things flower related to the locals. Hope to see you again here or at one of your many other locations.

14/04/2023

I think I have a problem. Already potted up over 100 dahlias and completely forgot I had ordered more from . Oops! Loving the free cotton bag.
Off to rummage for some pots to plant them up in! No idea where I’m going to fit them all but heard another flower farmer saying that she plants her in crates after she’s used them for tulips. So definitely giving that a go!

12/04/2023

Love seeing my flowers in peoples home. This rustic wine cooler goes beautifully with the white tulips and beech twigs.

10/04/2023

Tulips galore!!!! So many colours & varieties!!! Grab them while they’re here because the season will be over before you know it!!! Message me.

08/04/2023

A very successful day at .
Met some lovely stall holders as well new customers. Thank you to all my regulars who made the effort to come down to show their support.
I shall be there again next month.
Next Saturday I’m at Chesham Local Produce Market.
Thank you again for supporting small local businesses and all my friends/family who also bought tulips. #

29/03/2023

First weekly tulip subscriptions delivered. 🙌
All bunches are £15. Number of stems may vary depending on the variety. Colours are depend on what is fresh on the day.
Please specify if there is a colour YOU DO NOT want to receive.
Can deliver locally with in Amersham/Chesham Bois for free.
Small delivery charge to anyone on the outer skirts of town.
Or collection from HP6 6BE.

24/03/2023

Back in January I attended held in Bristol. There were various speakers talking about growing flowers, how to make them profitable, how to market them, photograph them, the wedding market etc etc.
It was a fantastic opportunity to meet fellow growers and listen & learn from the masters of their field. One of which was Rachel Siegfried from . She gave an amazing talk on sizing up your plot and the advantage of investing in perennials. She mentioned her up and coming book due to be published in March and mine arrived today!!!! Can’t wait for bedtime tonight where I shall be tucked up in my duvet reading The Cut Flower Sourcebook.

23/03/2023

So it may be my only flowering tulip but she’s a beauty. She’s called ‘anthracite’ and is a beautiful double crimson coloured tulip!
So excited as it’s a sign of what’s to come. I reckon by next week I’ll have a few bunches for sale. Stay tuned.

27/01/2023

Day 20 - Last Day of …..🙌

Tell us again who you are and why customers should buy flowers from you?

My name is Victoria Green and I started growing cut flowers in my back garden a few years ago which I shared with friends & family.
Due to popular demand I set up and now sell jam jar flowers, gift bouquets & DIY buckets for weddings within the Amersham area.

If you appreciate flowers that have that ‘just picked’ fresh from the garden look then I’m the lady for you.
Not one bouquet resembles the next. The garden dictates what will go in each bunch depending on what is in bloom on that particular day. And I merely assemble them so that their natural form is enhanced. Each bouquet will bounce, quiver, ooze colour & fragrance and hopefully bring joy to the receiver.
(And not a single stem has flown half way round them world be to on your kitchen table. )

So if you appreciate local products and what to support small businesses please get in touch via Instagram.
I shall be selling my flowers from April through to October. 💐💐💐💐

26/01/2023

Day 19 How do you plan to be more sustainable this year. I love this challenge. I consider myself to be very resourceful. I love reusing or up cycling other people’s unwanted possessions. My no dig cutting garden was built using all my neighbours unwanted cardboard boxes!! I would do weekly drive bys on bin days and pick up other peoples recycling. All my wood chip pathways are made using the waste of our local hedge cutters who are more than happy to dump some on my drive. All my plastic pots are washed and reused every year as are the takeaway boxes that I pop my soil blocks into. Last year my Christmas wreath bases were handmade out of willow so that they could be reused every year. And my candle displays were made with chicken wire and moss. This year shall be no different. I’m going to attempt to make my own compost as well as comfrey & nettle liquid feeds. All my bouquets are wrapped in brown paper and string, no plastic wrap! And I always try to source products like compost or plants from local suppliers. Last year I even started saving seeds from nigella, cornflower, malope & larkspur so I’m very excited to see how they grow.

24/01/2023

Day 17 When do you hope to be open for the public to see your flowers in 2023. Fingers crossed 🤞 if I can keep the muntjac 🦌 off them, I should have tulips by the end of March/ beginning April. My flowering season will end with dahlias mid to late October. I will also be doing wreath classes in December. As well as my own wreaths, table arrangements & garlands. Roll on Spring!

23/01/2023

Week 4: YOUR FLOWERS - AND PLANS FOR THEM IN 2023. Day 16 - How do you sell your flowers and who to? Selling my flowers is the hardest part of my job. Thankfully Instagram has been a fantastic social media platform for me to advertise as it lets people know what I do based on visual images & reels. Often customers will message me asking for a bouquet as a result of seeing a recent post or story. They can arrange to collect their bouquet from my home in Amersham or I can deliver it within the local area for a small fee. I occasionally pop up at the odd market in Amersham but currently do not have a permanent stall anywhere although I’m looking into local farmers market. With regards to my customers, I have developed a lovely local following. These people appreciate the time & effort taken in growing the flowers, they want to support small businesses and generally love everything about British flowers as they remind them of their childhood or grandparents garden. People tend to buy my flowers as gift bouquets for friends or family who are celebrating a special occasion. I think this is because my flowers are very different to those you find in a florist. They have they own unique wildness & provide curiosity and intrigue to the receiver who may never of seen nigella, corncockle or sweet peas in an arrangement before. I love getting to meet my customers where possible as so many of them love nothing better than chatting for hours about flowers which I am more than happy to indulge in!

20/01/2023

Day 15 . The plant that has a special meaning for you. Friends & family will agree that I’m not a very sentimental person so this was a challenging question. So although it’s not necessarily my favourite flower I have chosen the cornflower. This photo is the very first ever picture I took of the very first flower I ever grew. And yes it was the cornflower. So I guess if I were being sentimental I would say that the cornflower has the most meaning as it will always remind me of the day I fell in love with growing flowers.

19/01/2023

Day 14 What would you like your customers to ask for? This year I am trying a new technique of growing my tulips in crates to save on field space. I have planted approx 4900 bulbs in various varieties from doubles, parrots, lily and fringed. So very excited to share them all with everyone. They will be available from the beginning of April. I shall be offering weekly subscriptions every Friday so message me if you’re interested. After the tulips come the ranunculus and again I’m trying every colour available from an amazing supplier I grew them last year but my first crop which I planted in my poly tunnel was a total fail. The stems were weak and they were covered in green fly. My 2nd crop that was planted directly outside was much healthier so I have opted this year to plant them all outside and just cover when we have a cold spell. So for all you ranunculus lovers I’m hoping to be able to offer you lovely colourful bunches by the end of April and all through May.

18/01/2023

Day 13 Which plant is new to you this season? This is a nice easy question. New for me this year is cynoglossum amabile otherwise known as Chinese Forget me not and panicum elegans frosted explosion. Very excited to see how the Chinese forget-me-nots turn out, reason for growing them is I love a little bit of accent blue in my bouquets and there are very few blue flowers in the world. So giving this one a go. And frosted explosion is just a fantastic dried grass, my wreath makers loved it this year, I was very fortunate to be given some by Nicola so am determined to grow my own this year. Todays photo was taken this morning as I had to deliver my seasonal arrangements to The Artichoke restaurant and Roxy came with.

17/01/2023

Day 11 Top of my list. Being a fairly new flower farmer means that not enough time has elapsed for me to developed well rooted/established focal flowers like roses & peonies for cutting from. So I heavily rely on ranunculus & tulips for spring and dahlias for my summer as my wow factor in bouquets.
Other flowers that were new to me last year and are now on my forever list are:
Bronze fennel, alchemilla mollus, wrinkle crinkle cress, bells of Ireland, sweet rocket and nepeta. All of these provide either texture, accent colour, movement, and structure to my bouquets.

16/01/2023

Day 11 . Do you have any specialities?
I grow on a tiny plot so can’t really grow any one particular variety in any great abundance so instead I grow a little of everything and the wilder the better. I love stems that contort, twist & bounce. The beauty of being a British flower farmer is we can grow the flowers you find in cottage style gardens that you will not find in any florist shop. Particular favourites are nigella, cornflowers, nepeta, corncockle, ammi, daucus, soapwort, fennel, I could go on. Things that I would like to specialise in and be better at growing are antirrhinum & stocks.

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Apologies for my blocked nose and dishevelled appearance in this video but last week was so busy and everything was made that extra bit harder with the rotten cold that my daughter kindly gave me. I did a funeral for a very special and much loved lady last week. The family wanted the traditional spray for the coffin but also asked for flowers that could be reused at the wake. So I have started offering a basket of flowers which contains approx 6 jam jars in various sizes. These jars, when kept together in the basket, create a large display for the chapel or church and can then taken to the wake and placed on tables/sideboards. At the end of the day the jam jars can be gifted to friends and family to be enjoyed and reflect on their loved one with fond & happy memories. #funeralflowers #sustainablefuneralflowers #basketofflowers #jamjarflowers #funeralspray #seasonalfloristry #flowerfarmerflorist #britishflowergrowers #britishflowers #seasonalflowerarranging

Still trying to find the best technique for doing hand ties. Having not had any official floristry training I’m very much at the mercy of ‘trial and error’. I tend to start off crossing stems and twisting but find I need to feed stems through as well. All of the stems in the bouquets are from the garden with a few foraged finds mixed in. Focal flowers are ranunculus, filler flowers are honesty, clematis, aquilegia, Spanish blue bells and Tommy White narcissus. #flowerfarmerflorist #amershamflorist #seasonalhandtiedbouquet #britishflowers #flowersfromthefarm #cutflowersfrommygarden

A couple of weeks ago I was given the huge honour of doing my brother’s wedding flowers. I tried a new technique for the brides bouquet which involved creating a willow base into which each stem was threaded through. It meant I could put the bouquet down at any time to rest my hands and it all stayed in place. And more importantly it helped create a cascading effect giving the bouquet a little movement and bounce. I was really pleased with how it turned out and will definitely use this method again. Official wedding photos still to come. #sustainablewedding #sustainablefloristry #sustainablefloristrytechniques #bridesbouquet #springbridesbouquet #seasonalbridesbouquet

Best weekend ever!! Not only did my little brother get married to the most amazing woman but they asked me to do their flowers which I was so excited about. The bride was very laid back about the flowers but was keen to keep it seasonal suggesting anemones as her focal flower. Thank goodness @jazzyroseflowers had the most stunning anemones. All the foliage was provided by @chalfontscaptured as well as the white hellabores and @_flowersbyjustine had some beautiful peris and burgundy hellabores. Everything else was from the garden. Official wedding photos to follow but just had to share a few sneaky pics. #seasonalweddingflowers #seasonalbridebouquet #amershamflorist #buckinghamshireflowerfarm #smallbusinessowner #localflowers #flowerfarmerflorist

Spring bouquets are available to order. They mostly consisting of daffodils but not your traditional yellow road side daffs. These are very unusual varieties (see video). Also included in the bouquets are wallflowers, foliage, dried poppy heads, pussy willow, twisting branches with lime green buds and anything else I find on my travels that takes my fancy. Message me with your orders. #springbouquets #amershamflorist #cheshamflorist #seasonalbouquets #locallygrownflowers

Loved the energy from these newly weds! They were both musicians so had set up their instruments in one corner so that every one could have a jam. They were very relaxed about the flowers, they just wanted them to be natural with an element of abstract! So each table arrangement was different as were the buttonholes that were made for their immediate family & friends. The venue was perfect! A fabulous teepee marquee style tent permanently pitched in the back field of The Pole Cat Inn in Prestwood near Great Missenden. It even has an outdoor bar. Such a beautiful setting and a fabulous venue for a wedding or party. Staff were warm & welcoming and I’ve heard the food is top notch. #weddingvenue #placestoeatinbucks #weddingflowers #buttonholes #diyweddings #marqueeweddings #seasonalweddingflowers #picnictabledecor #greatmissenden #amershamflorist #weddingcake

It’s getting exciting in the cutting garden. Suddenly I am able to create mixed bunches rather than JUST tulips or JUST ranunculus.

Day 18 #flowerfarmerama2023 . Your top tips for those buying your flowers this year. If I had to choose only one thing you could do to extend the life of your homegrown local British flowers I would say ‘clean water’. Homegrown love love love clean water. Changing every day is maybe a little too impractical for our busy lives so if you can change every 2 days then that’s fantastic! I often suggest to my customers to put them in glass vases that way you can see when the water goes cloudy. They also don’t like heat. So don’t pop them on a south facing window sill. Tulip, snaps, lupins will all bend towards the light. I generally need at least 24-48hrs notice when placing an order for a bouquet. And I will explain why. I pick my flowers either early in the morning or early evening when the temperature is cool. I then condition the stems by stripping their leaves and letting them rest over night in buckets of clean water. Once the flowers have recovered from being picked & have enjoyed a good drink then I arrange them the following day. As a general rule I tell me customers that they will last a week. #conditioningflowers #flowercare #cutflowers #britishflowers #cutflowersfrommygarden

Garland anyone??? Totally sustainable, British foliage, home grown dried flowers & seed pods and any gems I find on my walks. Message me for more info/price. #christmasgarland #christmasdecorating #sustainablefloristry

A big thank you to everyone who came to see me at the Amersham Christmas Festival. And for anyone who couldn’t make I have included photos of all the wreaths I sold. Happy to make similar or to whatever colour/style you want. Just message me. Thanks. #christmasmarket #christmaswreathsforsale #sustainablewreaths #smallbusinessuk #supportsmallbusinesses #floristfarmer #labouroflove

I will be at the Amersham Christmas Festival this Saturday 4th December selling my wreaths. Prices start at £65. All wreaths come on a handmade willow base covered in moss. The foliage is British, some of the pine was grown @peterleymanorfarm so VERY local. All the dried flowers & seed pods are homegrown and everything is seasonal & sustainable. No one wreath is the same. They are all unique. So popped down to the market & say hi. #christmaswreathsforsale #sustainablewreaths #seasonalwreath #amershamonthehill #amershamfestival #shoplocal #supportsmallbusiness #handmadechristmas

Two bouquets in opposite colour pallets all ready for delivery. The warm bouquet is a medium size and the cool bouquet is an example of a small bouquet. #britishflowergrower #summerbouquets #flowerdeliveryservice #localbusinessamersham

Bouquet up for grabs, made too many. Was £25, now £20. Any takers? Message me. #jamjarflowers #teachersgifts #flowersinabag #giftbouquets #amershamflowers #localflorist #homegrowncutflowers