Hook Heath Flower Farm

06/06/2026

Happy wedding day to M&T!

We loved putting these DIY buckets together for the couple to arrange themselves.

Wishing them the most wonderful day 🤍

01/06/2026

A field full of colour is something most flower farmers notice with mixed feelings. Unless you offer pick-your-own, too much colour usually means many of the flowers are past their peak for cutting.

Because of the unprecedented high temperatures this week, many of our spring crops flowered all at once in the space of just a few days. Some even burnt to a crisp before opening (foxgloves 🥲). If I really wanted to ruin my day, I could sit down and calculate the approximate loss of income caused by those few hot days.

Earlier in the season, many of our beds were underwater after months of heavy rain. During that period, we also lost thousands of plants.

We’ve cared for these plants for over six months (and longer), so it’s never easy to see them struggle in extreme conditions. We work hard to protect them, but increasingly unpredictable weather means there are only so many ways to plan for every situation.

Rather than focusing on just a few crops for efficiency, we grow a huge diversity of flowers because we love them all (seriously, how can you choose just a few?!), and it’s that diversity that’s helping us through.

One of the benefits of growing such a wide range of flowers is that when one crop struggles, another often steps forward. Despite everything, the field is still producing an abundance of beautiful flowers, with new crops coming into bloom every week.

The flowers that have opened all at once are now providing much-needed nectar and pollen for the bees, butterflies, moths, hoverflies, and other pollinators that visit the field.

Enjoy the flowers you receive today, because they may not be the same in five, ten, or twenty years’ time. Climate change isn’t a distant future problem, it’s already reshaping what farmers can grow, when we can grow it, and in some cases whether we can grow it at all.

For now, we’ll keep sowing, planting, experimenting, and hoping. That’s what growers do 😎

30/05/2026

London farmers market updates:

Our guest spot at Pimlico has come to an end. Thanks for your support and selling us out each week 💜

We won’t be at any markets this weekend, but we’ll be back at Marylebone next Sunday 6th June (guest spot) and returning to South Kensington every Saturday the following week, from 13th June.

See you soon!

27/05/2026

Sometimes I tell myself I won’t grow sweet peas again. They’re demanding plants, forever needing to be tied in, thirsty for water, unhappy in the heat, and inclined to flower all at once. But then I pick a few stems for myself and remember why we grow them. Who cares if the stems are a little short. There is nothing quite as beautifully scented as a sweet pea. Who cares if the stems are a little short. If anything, I should grow more of them 💘

26/05/2026

For A&C 🤍

Sweet peas, pansies, campanula and jasmine

24/05/2026

Past their prime flowers going out with one last hurrah. Bowl by .dish.girls

24/05/2026

15/05/2026

A little reminder to our lovely regulars.

We’re currently on our annual 5–6 week break from South Kensington Farmers’ Market while the peony farmers are trading there.

During this time, you can still find us at either Pimlico Farmers’ Market or Parliament Hill Farmers’ Market, although we don’t always know which one we’ll be attending until the week itself, so do check with us before you travel.

But one thing we do know for sure… we’ll definitely be at Pimlico tomorrow!

14/05/2026

Quiet moments on the farm 🧡

12/05/2026

Pansies have been especially popular with our florist customers this week, some have been sent away for pressing, while the rest are being used in beautiful wedding arrangements. It’s amazing how something so small can bring so much joy 💖