In 1995 Rosebie Morton started planting garden roses and herbs in the walled garden of her Hampshire farm. Her aim was to develop and grow a range of scented garden roses, flowers and herbs with all of the natural charm, character and heady scent, so often lost in mass-produced varieties.

Tim Hobbs met Rosebie in 1998. Tim was the owner of a farm in Nanyuki, Kenya and was looking for new ideas to develop on his farm. The climate in Kenya is perfect for outdoor grown roses and Tim and Rosebie saw the opportunity for a year round supply if they joined forces.

In 2003 Karen Watson met Tim and Rosebie. Karen had contacted the farms looking for a source of scented garden roses for a business she was looking to open. She had worked in the fashion industry for many years and had recently left her role as a Buying Director for Harvey Nichols. Karen, Rosebie and Tim soon realised that they all shared the same interest; bringing natural, scented, fresh garden roses, flowers and herbs back to a market that had lost touch with real flowers. The Real Flower Company was established.

The company is dedicated to the small scale production of flowers that will fill your senses with their unique look, texture and exquisite scent. From tilling, to planting and harvesting, every bed is tended by hand. All stems are individually selected, cut, prepared and tied by the people who grow them, ensuring the highest quality at evey stage, from planting through to the beautifully finished bunches.

We’ve had some wonderful publicity over the last few years which has really helped us to spread the word about the importance of scent and provenance in the world of cut flowers. Many journalists have championed our cause and over the years we’ve built up an extremely loyal following of customers who, having received one of our scented rose bouquets from a friend or relative, have loved them and have been sending them regularly to their friends and family ever since.

We have lots of exciting plans and developments in the pipeline over the next year or so and we intend to use our newly revamped website (which we hope you like) to keep you up to date on what’s happening in our company.

Welcome to the world of real flowers.