River Garden Flowers

River Garden Flowers British flower grower and florist

07/06/2026

Its biannual seed sowing time, think foxgloves, sweet williams, sweet rocket but the one plant that I hardly see any flower farmer growing is parsley and I have no idea why

Its lime green stems with yellow flowers carrying on flowering for months, its umbrella-shaped clusters are dainty and look great, it holds up out of water and it smells amazing

Give it a go, you will be surprised on how amazing this plant is

03/05/2026

Ranunculus they are fluffy, ruffled divas but it wouldn’t be spring without them. They are one of your favourite flowers for weddings, bouquets and florists, flower farmers and flower lovers adore them ♥️

They are a tricky crop for a flower farmer to grow as the mice love the corms, germination can be tricky and there is always the question of have I watered them enough or too much
Then if you have managed to get them to survive that far, spring comes and it gets hot they all start to open at once 😂
So a couple of years ago I followed the guidance of and grew them in make shift low tunnels and what a difference this made

They don’t mind a bit of cold, you can control how much they are covered by lifting the sides and giving them more air, then when it gets to hot the covers can be removed

It has taken years for us to get these to grow well and there have been tears when it didn’t go well, so it didn’t happen overnight night it took time and perseverance

How have your ranuculas grown this year? What would you say your top tips are?

15/01/2026

I want to take a moment to talk about edible flowers and my absolute love for them..

I found edible flowers years before cut flowers when we used to grow salads and we wanted a different flavour to add to the salads so enter the edible flower part.

Borage tasting like cucumbers, rose petals with their sweet floral notes and violas with a subtle candy taste just to name a few

If a flower is chosen to be picked for an edible flower punnet it has to be perfect, because these beauties are admired up close as they adorn carefully crafted wedding cakes and float in your cocktails

Free from chemicals and pesticides they are a million miles away from the imported flowers that shouldn’t be added to cakes although all roses are edible we treat ours to nothing but nature which is not how an imported rose is treated! So think twice before asking a florist to use the same flowers they are using and ask us for help and advice.

Anyone can buy edible flowers but I work with some extremely talented cake bakers and makers.
Collection only because we don’t post them, although I’m always tempted to try postal 😬

Dreamy edible flowers I love you 🥰 do you love them as much as I do…

04/01/2026

I know its cold out there and I’m sure some of you have snow but there are always little jobs that can be done on the flower farm…

We don’t go out too early and wait for it to warm up as nothing is fun in minus 1 😂

Sweet peas can be sown again or for the first time if you forgot to start them in autumn, one of my favourite wedding flowers ♥️
Ranuculas and anemones, we have started our second round of them this week so we have them flowering till May
Mulching beds with good quality compost ready for spring planting and topping up the periennial beds, its a good job to keep warm
W**d and uncover emerging bulbs so that they get the best start
Start garden project as there is never time once the year starts
But most of all, go see if you can find any flowers flowering, cut them and enjoy them for yourself when you’re having a moment to relax

I’m going to try and make a couple of reels a month showing you the jobs that we are doing on the flower farm to hopefully help you or inspire you to get out in your garden and enjoy nature and the fresh air

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