Countryside Flowers

Name: Countryside Flowers
Address: 65 Tile Barn Lane, Lawford, Manningtree, CO112LT, GB
Telephone: +447933992446
Rating: 5

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We grow & arrange seasonal flowers for all occasions on our farm on the borders of Essex & Suffolk

03/10/2025

Christmas Workshop dates are here!
It’s a wet and windy day today, so why not book one of our workshops with some friends and give yourselves something to look forward to .
A relaxed, friendly & festive atmosphere with lots of natural foliages and lovely things to put on your wreaths, whether you’ve made a wreath before or are a beginner you will go home with a wonderful festive wreath to brighten up your door ready for a perfect Christmas.
All materials are supplied, there will be mulled wine, hot drinks and lots of mince pies to keep you going!

Spaces are limited so book now by contacting Caroline @hotmail.com

16/08/2025

Another gorgeous collection of all colours for a wedding today.
Looking forward to seeing the photos!

05/08/2025

A beautiful summer funeral spray, all made using a compostable base of moss on a wooden platter.
It’s always an honour to be asked to arrange flowers for a funeral, the brief was oranges and yellows with some lavender and not like anything out of a book at the funeral directors!
I love wandering around the flower garden cutting what i think will be perfect in the arrangement and taking it back to the workshop to arrange.
When you ask us flower farmers to make an arrangement you get something a bit different, we use lots of different flowers and foliages that we grow just in case we have that order come in one day.
Funeral flowers can be whatever you like, we love making every arrangement different .

20/06/2025

So this is me Caroline, the girl with curly hair behind Countryside Flowers!

Not only do I grow a lot of the flowers we use, I also bunch them up to sell in local farm shops, at Farmers Markets & arrange them for all occasions especially Weddings.
Sometimes I have extra help unloading the van but mostly you will see me on my hands and knees on the floor, up a ladder creating hanging installations or moving things 100 times until they’re in the right position!

My workshop where I create most of my flowers is an old chicken shed which my husband lovingly did up for me a few years ago, it’s been used as a tractor shed over the years and it was the place you could find my dad in on a Saturday afternoon listening to the football and having a beer!

18/06/2025

What’s your favourite flower?
Here’s a few of mine…
I love delphiniums with their tall spikes they add height to the garden and big arrangements where bigger statement flowers are needed.
Larkspur is from the same family and comes in some pretty shades of pink, lilac and white, also perfect for drying right now!
Helichrysum (also known as strawflower) has made a huge comeback in the last few years, I actually really like it now having once ignored it as the typical dried flower.
Cornflower ‘blackball’ is just different with its deep crimson colour and adds a bit of depth to arrangements.
Yellow roses are another favourite, along with these gorgeous frilly ranunculus we grew earlier this year.
Gyp ‘covent garden ‘ is pretty in bud vases at the moment and lastly Veronica, a staple perennial that shows up in June every year without fail.

06/06/2025

After a busy week and a beautiful wedding yesterday, we’re back in Colchester tomorrow morning, outside the Mercury Theatre 9.30-2pm for the Farmers’ Market. We have some of our lovely flowers freshly cut for you, along with some seasonal plants, all we need is for the sun to shine, no rain and the wind to go away!

See you all in the morning

12/05/2025

Did you know we do Gift vouchers & Subscriptions for 3 or 6 months during our summer growing season? Why not treat someone to a beautiful gift of our flowers to either be delivered locally or now they can arrange to come to the farm, wander around the flowers and cut their own bouquet.

Send us a message to arrange anytime!

25/02/2025

So this is me Caroline, the face behind Countryside Flowers, a business I started 5 years ago after a long time growing vegetables on our family smallholding.
Having trained as a florist over 30 years ago I’ve always created flowers for weddings, funerals and every occasion in between but always as a sideline until my daughter came along, then it was time for a massive rethink!
I started off small, growing a few stems of flowers in the first year to sell alongside the veggies at local farmers markets which soon turned into a few more the next year and now this year I’m planning on growing thousands and thousands of stems.
Day to day it’s just me in my wellies, sowing, digging, planting, weeding, barrowing compost, staking, cutting and arranging the flowers.
I love my job and feel very lucky to live where I do, it’s hard work and definitely not all pretty and wonderful playing with flowers but it’s a way of life that my parents instilled in us having seen them work on this land for 50 years.
It would be a dream to pass this on to the next generation but we’ll have to see, all I know is that British grown flowers are here for you all to enjoy, you just need to support us little growers and buy local!

14/02/2025

I hope you’re all celebrating Valentines today with the people you love, I’m treating myself to the leftover flowers in one of my favourite jugs ( & hoping my husband cooks dinner tonight!)
Whoever you’re spending this ❤️ day with, be kind and spread a little love, enjoy!

#❤️

Address

65 Tile Barn Lane, Lawford
Manningtree
CO112LT

Telephone

+447933992446

Website

http://www.countrysideflowers.co.uk/

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