Field Gate Flowers

17/09/2026

My tips for drying cut flowers 👀👇

The studio is filling up with bunches of blooms hanging to dry right now – lavender, strawflowers, limonium, celosia, echinops, clouds of gypsophila & loads more.

Not only do they look beautiful filling the rafters in our clockhouse studio, but they’ll soon be starring in our Christmas wreath kits 🎄✨

Drying flowers is a bit of an art so here are my tips:

Cut them when they’re at their best – too late and they’ll drop, too early and they’ll shrink.

Hang them upside down in small bunches somewhere dark and airy (light can bleach colour, and dampness is their worst enemy!).

Some, like strawflowers, keep their colour so well they almost look fresh months later, while lavender holds onto that gorgeous scent.

All of these flowers we’re cutting now will be saved carefully for wreath season, giving you dried ingredients that last right through the festivities.

We’re already taking orders for our 2026 wreath kits which will be delivered in late November, to find out more comment WREATH below 👇

Have you tried drying flowers before? Which have you found work wonderfully? 🥰

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14/09/2026

To all flower lovers, whether you’re growing your first few seeds or already have a flourishing cut flower patch, welcome.

I’m Roz, and I run Field Gate Flowers with my wonderful team from our flower farm on the banks of the River Great Ouse in Buckinghamshire.

I’ve grown flowers commercially for more than 15 years, but my love for them goes far beyond the field. We grow seasonal British flowers for florists, DIY flower buckets, weddings, large installations and farewell tributes, as well as supplying flowers that find their way into homes across London.

Alongside growing, I’m passionate about teaching. I love helping people grow more flowers, choose varieties that genuinely perform and get the very best from their garden or cutting patch. We share that knowledge through our farm days, flower-farming retreats, online courses and masterclasses.

This page is packed with honest growing advice, practical seasonal jobs, favourite varieties and everything we’ve learned from years of growing flowers on a large scale. Follow along if you’d like plenty of tips to help you grow more beautiful flowers of your own.

Our free newsletters are also packed with growing guidance, varieties to try, timely jobs and practical advice to help you get the best from your cut flower patch or garden.

Comment the word NEWSLETTER below and we’ll send you the link to sign up for free. 🥰🌿👇

13/09/2026

I’ve spent a lot of time lately thinking, planning, scribbling things down, changing my mind and generally getting VERY excited about 2027.

For me holidays give me space to think - my team hate it …..
And there is SO much coming.
🌸 Our 2027 Flower Farming Planner will be back for its FOURTH year. I genuinely love creating this every year and seeing it filled with your plans, sowing dates, ideas, successes… and probably the odd disaster too. Because that’s growing …..

🌱 Seed to Vase will be back too. This will be our SIXTH year and I still absolutely love this course. It’s for anyone who wants to grow cut flowers — whether that’s a few beautiful beds at home, a serious cutting garden, or because you’re wondering if flower farming might just be for you.

💷 And something NEW.
A course all about making more from what you already know.
Different income streams. Not relying on one thing. Turning your knowledge and experience into things you can sell again and again. Courses, workshops, memberships, digital products, retreats, downloads, content… and yes, passive income too.
Because I’m a huge believer that you don’t have to just work harder to earn more. Sometimes you need to think differently about what you already have.
There’s lots more bubbling away behind the scenes too. Some of it I can tell you about. Some of it… not quite yet.

2027 is already looking rather exciting.
So if you love flowers, growing them, selling them, building a business around them — or you simply want to see what I’m getting up to next…
hit follow and come along for the ride.
There will be flowers.
There will be business. There will undoubtedly be mistakes. And I’ll share the lot warts and all !

12/09/2026

12/09/2026

It absolutely is NOT a hobby.

It consumes my life and has sone for over 15 years. Would I change it?

I think about flowers when I wake up. I talk about flowers all day. I grow them, sell them, teach them, photograph them, podcast about them… and occasionally lie awake at 3am wondering whether I ordered enough tulip bulbs.

It’s definitely not something I do “on the side”.
But I bloody love it.

Flower farming is brilliant, frustrating, exhausting, unpredictable and occasionally completely bonkers. And after all these years I’m still learning.

So ask me anything.
Growing. Selling. Pricing. Weddings. Wholesale. What I’d grow again. What I wouldn’t touch with a bargepole. What actually makes money. And what looks fabulous on Instagram but is a complete pain in the arse to grow. 😂
I’ll always tell you what I really think.
No fluff. No pretending every seed germinates and every year is a bumper year. Just what I’ve learnt from actually doing it.
Ask away

10/09/2026

After years of growing cut flowers commercially, there are certain varieties I come back to every single year. Not because they’re fashionable, but because they’ve proved their worth in the cutting garden time and time again.

Dahlias will always have their place. Choose productive varieties, keep cutting regularly and don’t allow them to go to seed if you want flowers right through the season.

Statice, or limonium, is one of the hardest-working flowers we grow. It’s incredibly productive, lasts brilliantly in the vase and can be dried, so very little ever goes to waste.

David Austin roses are the best for scent, shape and that unmistakable garden-grown look. Pick them slightly tighter than you think, particularly in warm weather.

Cosmos is another essential. ‘Apricotta’ is a favourite, but we grow so many varieties. Keep cutting and deadheading and they’ll reward you for months.

Phlox ‘Crème Brûlée’ has the most beautiful muted colouring and is wonderful for adding softness to arrangements. Successional sowing is worthwhile if you want a longer picking window.

Antirrhinums, or snapdragons, give you invaluable height. Support them early, feed them well and cut deeply to encourage more stems.

Delphiniums are unbeatable for drama. They need good support, particularly on an exposed site, but those tall stems are worth the extra work.

Foxgloves are something we look forward to every year, particularly ‘Dalmatian Peach’. They’re biennials or short-lived perennials depending on the variety, so plan ahead and sow regularly to keep them coming.

Verbascum ‘Cotswold Beauty’ is another favourite, with beautiful apricot tones and delicate spires. Cut stems as they become ready and you’ll often encourage further flowering.

And my bonus has to be ranunculus. We grow huge numbers in spring, from the traditional varieties to the butterflies, and there are never enough. They prefer cool growing conditions, so getting them established early is key.

If I’ve learned anything from years of growing, it’s that a good cutting garden isn’t about growing everything. It’s about finding the flowers that perform, earn their space and give y