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Why ‘wedding’ flowers cost more than ‘ordinary’ flowers

Jen Stuart-Smith — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 13:46:39 +0000

Florists often hear, or overhear, people complaining that you’ve only got to say ‘wedding’ when getting a quote from suppliers, and a premium is immediately added. If you are a supplier, you’ll probably have an explanation for this. As florists — and slightly unusual ones at that — we can only speak for ourselves. But […]

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Help from beyond the grave… Dying Matters week

Jen Stuart-Smith — Tue, 06 May 2025 15:18:35 +0000

Writing an engaging blog post about Dying Matters Awareness Week was always going to be challenging, even if my colleagues and I find it an interesting subject. This particular week — May 5th-11th — is when Hospice UK encourages communities to get talking and “break down the stigma and taboo of talking about death and […]

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Creating a cut-flower garden, Blooming Green style

Jen Stuart-Smith — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 18:09:53 +0000

By Julia Martin Have you ever been to Blooming Green or any other cut-flower garden and wondered if you could create something similar at home? Look no further! Over the past 15 years the Blooming Green horticulture team has tried, tested and refined how it plans, grows, plants and maintains the plot so that our customers and our floristry team have an abundance […]

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The positive effects of buying our locally grown flowers…

Jen Stuart-Smith — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 09:34:15 +0000

Not only are you supporting a local business and the people behind it but there are lots more benefits besides — all of which should make you even more happy with your purchase. Blooming Green is a flower farming and floristry business. The flowers we sell between April and November are grown here at Loddington […]

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Behind every great man… so they say

Jen Stuart-Smith — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 15:08:26 +0000

Most of you will be familiar with the expression: ‘behind every great man, is a great woman…’ or something along those lines. It’s meant as a compliment but, in this day and age, we’d like to think we don’t have to stand behind anyone. Blooming Green was founded by two women and is now made […]

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Drowning in seeds — what a wonderful way to go

Jen Stuart-Smith — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:55:12 +0000

Anyone who loves gardening will understand the excitement of flicking through seed catalogues over the winter months and envisaging the swathes of plants and flowers — that will follow. Or maybe veg are more your thing? Opening a seed catalogue is like opening a magic door; transporting you from the cold grey days of winter […]

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Introducing some fresh, new workshops for 2025

Jen Stuart-Smith — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 13:04:24 +0000

There’s always a sense of anticipation when we release our new workshop dates and information for the coming year — even when many of our courses are ones we run each year. So, this year, it’s with even more eager anticipation that we have released our workshop dates. We’ve added a few new ones to […]

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Flowers from the Farm Conference 2025

Jen Stuart-Smith — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 12:47:34 +0000

A trip worth making… I was fortunate enough to be on the steering committee of Flowers from the Farm, over the past year. So, for selfish reasons, I was kicking myself that we had decided to hold the annual conference just north of Nottingham! By the end of the conference, as Bek and I headed […]

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Festive foraging for a natural, mindful Christmas

Jen Stuart-Smith — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 14:23:19 +0000

As autumn leaves and colours give way to a crisper, more wintry feel our attention turns to seasonal ingredients for our wreaths – and festive foraging. We love showing people how to create a plastic-free, festive wreath using our home-grown willow and an abundance of winter foliage – but there’s still room for a bit […]

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So, what exactly is the Chelsea Chop?

Jen Stuart-Smith — Fri, 24 May 2024 12:25:02 +0000

For any of you following the RHS Chelsea Flower Show on the BBC, you may have heard Monty Don and Joe Swift talking about the Chelsea Chop. Even if you missed it, you will no doubt have heard the term used by gardeners. The Chelsea Chop took its name from a gardening technique that has […]

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