Anya's Rainbow of Flowers

07/07/2025

Morning all, I do hope you are enjoying your flowers 💐 😊

Just a few top tips to make them last longer;

💧 Change the water every other day.

✂️ Cut at little off the end of each stem when changing the water at an 45° angle with clean, sharp scissors (or secateurs for thicker stems). This stops the ends from sealing up and allows more surface area for them to drink up the water and also doesn't damage the ends of the stems.

🌞 Do not place in direct, sunlight especially in this heat, or near heat sources or ripening fruit.

🌿🥀 Remove any leaves below the water line and also any dead flower stems to prevent rotting and bacteria forming.

By doing these little simple things, you will enjoy your flowers for longer 😊💐😁

05/07/2025

Had a great time with these lovely ladies this morning who attended my local, seasonal and sustainable British grown cut flowers workshop at Onneley Village Hall.

I think you'll agree they all did a great job of making a beautiful, spiral, hand tied bouquet with 18 different varieties of flowers grown by myself from my cut flower patch here in Onneley 💐🌈

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02/07/2025

Do you need something last minute to do this Saturday (5th July)? Then my creative floral workshop might be the thing for you! 💐 There's still some last minute availability, so message me now to book your space 😊

🌈💐 FLORAL WORKSHOP 💐🌈

Hello everyone 😊 My next floral workshop is on:

Saturday 5th July
At Onneley Village Hall
10.30am - 12.30 pm
£55

Come along to learn more about British grown, sustainable flowers and make your very own beautiful bouquet to take home with you.

Includes a tea break with my homemade cake too 😋

Message me to book your place.

I look forward to welcoming you for some floral creativity 😊 🌈

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29/06/2025

💐 There's still a few places left on my Workshop next Saturday (5th July) 💐 So message me soon if you'd like a morning of fun and creativity 😊

🌈💐 FLORAL WORKSHOP 💐🌈

Hello everyone 😊 My next floral workshop is on:

Saturday 5th July
At Onneley Village Hall
10.30am - 12.30 pm
£55

Come along to learn more about British grown, sustainable flowers and make your very own beautiful bouquet to take home with you.

Includes a tea break with my homemade cake too 😋

Message me to book your place.

I look forward to welcoming you for some floral creativity 😊 🌈

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24/06/2025

🌈💐 FLORAL WORKSHOP 💐🌈

Hello everyone 😊 My next floral workshop is on:

Saturday 5th July
At Onneley Village Hall
10.30am - 12.30 pm
£55

Come along to learn more about British grown, sustainable flowers and make your very own beautiful bouquet to take home with you.

Includes a tea break with my homemade cake too 😋

Message me to book your place.

I look forward to welcoming you for some floral creativity 😊 🌈

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22/06/2025

💐🇬🇧 .flowers.week Day 7 🇬🇧💐

And that's a wrap on .flowers.week

BUT, don't let that stop you from discovering more about the beauty of British grown flowers and what your local flower farmer and florist can do for you.

So what can YOU, the consumer, do to support British "grown not flown" flowers?

- Search on the website to find your nearest local flower farmer and/or florist. There are around a 1000 of us members across the length and breadth of the UK.

- Ask/check where your flowers come from. Some shops might say "seasonal," but that's not necessarily seasonal from the UK! They could have travelled thousands of miles to get here.

- Many of us offer a wide variety of workshops throughout the seasons, where you can learn more about local, seasonal and sustainable British grown cut flowers. Come along and take part in creating your very own masterpiece, guided and supported by us/me. My next floral workshop is on Saturday 5th July so dm me for more details.

- Follow your local flower farmer/florist on social media to find out what is on offer.

Many thanks to all of you who have followed .flowers.week

We do hope you have enjoyed watching and learning more about what we do, why we do it and how we can help bring your floral needs/ideas of whatever your occasion to reality.

21/06/2025

🇬🇧.flowers.week 🇬🇧

Good morning everybody 🌞 It's day 6 of British Flowers Week. Flower farmers and florists all over the UK have been showcasing the huge range and availability of locally grown seasonal and sustainable cut flowers 💐 or has we like to say "grown not flown" 💐

It is so easy to find British grown flowers. All you have to do is visit the website, type in your postcode and you will see one of us near to you. Swipe left to see a screenshot of the search page.

Have a great weekend 💐🇬🇧🌈🐝🐞🦋

20/06/2025

🇬🇧Day 5 of .flowers.week 🇬🇧

A little insight into what my daily routine looks like to bring you beautiful fresh flowers for all your floral needs.

I'm awake around 5.30am, make a cuppa to take out with me and spend the first few hours cutting for orders while it's cool, watering, tying in, going up and down the rows taking any spent blooms off and keeping the beds as w**d free as I possibly can so the plants get the water and nutrients. The w**ds are left on the periphery for all the wild life to enjoy 🐝🐞🪲🦋

19/06/2025

🇬🇧 Day 4 of .flowers.week 🇬🇧

What are the benefits of buying local, seasonal, sustainable and chemical free British grown flowers???

Get yourselves a nice cool drink and take a break for a few minutes, listen to this calming music (aptly named "Thanks"), click on the poster picture and see some answers to the question above.

Us flower farmers and florists are working really hard all week to get our message out there.

Many thanks for your time 😁🇬🇧🌈💐


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18/06/2025

🇬🇧 Day 3 of .flowers.week 🇬🇧

One of my favourite seasonal flowers has to be the Sweet Pea. It originated in Sicily in the 1600s, but it was the pioneering work of Henry Eckford (a Scots horticulturalist who relocated to Wem, Shropshire, and established Eckfords Nursery), who became one of the most famous breeders of the Sweet Pea we know and love today.

They are elegant, come in an array of colours and have the most gorgeous scent.

I set seeds in Oct so I can have early flowers. Here, you can see how tall and vigorous they can get, reaching right up and beyond the top of my polytunnel. I sow seed again in Jan/Feb to plant outside around Apr so I can have a continuation of these beautiful flowers for a while longer.

But, my absolute favourite flower of all time is the glorious Dahlia, which of course aren't quite in season yet. Their time to shine is yet to come. They come in such a vast variety of amazing sizes, shapes and a rainbow of colours, that I simply can't resist 😍

So, what is your favourite flower?