Wild & Wonky Blooms

15/06/2026

British Flowers Week
15th to 21st June 2026

Day 1!

British Flowers Week, as mentioned yesterday, was founded in 2013. This year, BFW coincides with the UN's International Year of the Woman Farmer!

Flowers From the Farm members are primarily women, making up the majority percentage of members and are therefore at the forefront of the diverse UK growing sector which has an amazing representation across the country, with a range in sizes and offerings.

Don't forget, you can find your most local grower via the Flowers From The Farm
website by simply popping in your postcode!

Today we are looking at our favourite bloom, this is really difficult as we grow quite a few different varieties and love each for their own unique reasons. We grow from corm, bulb, tubers, cuttings, but primarily seed.

RC is made up from a diverse planting; annuals, perennials, bulbs, corms, tubers, shrubs - which can mostly carry us through each season. This also contributes beautifully to our biodiversity.

In terms of versatility, its broad range of types, sizes, colours and petal forms, dare we say ease 🙈 (not true, often prone to attack, have to be cut back, have to be babied through winter, have to be pinched, disbudded and well supported, lifted, divided) it has to be none other than dahlias!! But don't ask us to choose our favourite specifically!

Dahlias take up the biggest space on our plot for a single "type" of flower. What's not to love? They have a fantastic flowering window, some of ours are even trying to flower soon, earlier than usual, but we won't grumble. And carry through right until the first harsh frosts, which will blacken them.

We have between 150 and 200 dahlia at RC spread over 3, 30ft beds and 1, 15ft bed with an additional 60 ish at HQ.
Typically HQ only get cut if we need to, they're for our enjoyment, we've got to have something, right?

Did you know dahlia are also edible, including the tubers?

We would love it if you could comment a picture of your favourite dahlia 🌸

14/06/2026

British Flowers Week - 15th to 21st June 2026

How is it already British Flowers Week tomorrow!! 👏🥳💕

British Flowers Week was originally founded by New Covent Garden Market in 2013 with the purpose of championing the UK's cut flower industry.

Current figures show an estimated 14% of the flowers you see on the highstreet or in the supermarkets are British Grown. With the remaining 86% being flown or trucked into the UK.

In 2024, British Flowers Week was passed to Flowers From the Farm. A not-for-profit trade association, which we are proudly a member of, approaching our second year of membership this week!

To find your most local flower grower and/or florist, then its as simple as popping onto their website, typing in your postcode or your floral recipients postcode and looking through the members to see who is your nearest.

https://www.flowersfromthefarm.co.uk/

Over the course of this week, we will be posting reasons to buy British, seasonal, sustainable, local flowers. Whether that is market bunches, gift bouquets, subscriptions, DIY buckets or for your special events and many more other reasons you may have flowers, because, well, why wouldn't you 😉.

Behind every flower, there is a flower farmer who has worked hard to bring you that special piece of their small business - growing and nurturing with care and attention to detail. Rooted firmly and deeply in a care for our environment, biodiversity, the pollinators we support, the range of insects and of course the birds and animals that share our land with us (for better or worse 😆). With a passion for what we do, how we do it and why we do it and what we are collectively contributing.

Please remember, our flowers are cut fresh to order, if you would like to order then please don't hesitate to get in touch! All we ask is at least 24hrs notice where possible.

Flowers from the Farm is a UK trade association promoting a financially and environmentally sustainable local cut flower industry.

11/06/2026

Popping these out on the doorstep today 💕

💐 THREE fresh bunches available NOW from HQ 💐

£10 each. Cash or bank transfer.

🌟 We did actually manage to cut some beautiful fresh bunches from the field this morning before heading to work, before the longest ongoing downpour, thank goodness, and have now been arranged and wrapped now we're home.

They're not on the doorstep for obvious reasons 🌧🏊‍♀️

If you'd like a bunch or 2, please give us a shout/message/ring the doorbell!

08/06/2026

Fancy some Monday cheer now the sunshine has peeped through?

2 bunches available
Collection from HQ
£10 each, cash in the letterbox or bank transfer *details with flowers.

Please don't hesitate to get in touch! 💐

We are now approaching a time where all our hard work and commitment will be rewarding us with beautiful blooms, some already are. Availability has and will become more consistent as the weeks progress now. No week is ever the same at RC!

If you're looking for locally grown, seasonal, sustainable flowers, grown with nature and all the British weather is throwing at us, without the use of any nasties, then we may be just for you!

Natural, whimsy, cottage garden style flowers, sown and grown with love, cut fresh.

Please give us at least 24hrs notice if possible for any orders so that we can ensure your flowers are available, can then be cut and have a decent drink before we arrange them for you to collect.

07/06/2026

We have some beauties popping inside and out! Its so good to see colour! The rain has definitely done some magic.

The tunnel beds have had a flip, we've now got our little zinnia, phlox, buttery yellow China aster, 2 types of basil and some other bits and pieces planted alongside whats currently flowering.

We have had a real issue germinating phlox and aster this season and know some of our colleagues have also had issues, not just with these two varieties. We would have liked them planted quite a while ago.

Those that have been along for the journey a while will know we love adding herb elements, we typically only do the cinnamon basil but we've added lemon to the mix to try, the tiny leaves smell incredible so watch this space! Oregano, mint, sage and rosemary are also total winners 😁.

We keep pushing on, doing what we can and keep trying to bring you beautiful, seasonal, sustainable flowers that are grown with care, a love for what we do and what we know we contribute to the eco system and biodiversity. Whether thats bunches, bouquets or your special events 🥰 - grown with nature.

07/06/2026

Just means another post 😉 so much variance! The field is starting to really pop now. And look at some of the amazing poppy heads and a lovely heart shape in a Calendula flower 😍.

07/06/2026

When biodiversity is a huge part of what you do, we are going to need an album just for all the different wonderful beasties we come across all year! It's a shame we are limited to 10 a post 😅🙈

03/06/2026

Weeding only around the tiny shrubs, as they were getting swamped, this area got left to go wild. We have now weeded around each shrub three times, only enough to give them space to grow and get light.

Admittedly, this is a mix of time constraints more than anything as well as spotting some familiar tiny seedlings and not being able to bring ourselves to hoof them out.

We couldn't resist a few snaps, watching the bees, breeze and listening to the birds, its cleansing when we dont often get time to just breathe.

Over the last 9 months, we did plant some bits and bobs in here at different times, which now cannot really be seen 🤣 woops!

Thankful for the rain, although its only penetrated the soil to around a 2 inch depth 😪 but rain is better than no rain!!!

While admiring the scene, the skies opened, Mrs Wild pegged it to the tunnel, not realising until she needed them, she had dropped her car keys in all of this and had to go hunting for them, not her finest moment, especially as shes not been well - our youngest Wild Bloomer had the sickness bug at the beginning of half term, gave it to Mr Wonky who was unwell over the weekend and Mrs Wild was struck with it Tuesday afternoon 🤦‍♀️.

01/06/2026

Tropical vibes! Just look at those snaps 😍.

x2 bunches available NOW
Collection from HQ
£10 each, cash through the letterbox or bank transfer *details beside flowers

Is the rain going to grace us? What a season so far 😪 if there is any time to support local, seasonal, British, its now!