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Roses for Valentine's Day

One of our talented florists made this fabulous arrangement for the door of our workshop today. It's made from scented pink roses, herbs and dogwood from our farms.

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Pumpkins on the Farm!

You can't fail but smile when looking at these big orange pumpkins can you?

We went for a little circuit around the farm where our workshop is located this afternoon and we came across the pumkin and squash field.

A magical sight on a dark, drizzly afternoon as we head into Autumn. They really light up the landscape, don't you agree?

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A Walk Around Durleigh Marsh Farm in August

The farm where our rose workshop is situated is located in a beautiful setting between the Surrey Hills and the South Downs soon-to-be-National-Park with amazing views from the top of the farm beyond the pick-your-own area.

Durleigh Marsh Farm grows Asparagus for cutting in May and June each year along with many different vegetables but soft fruit is a speciality and there is always an abundance of blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, redcurrents, white currents, blackcurrents, plums, greengages and gooseberries. If you're interested in making your own jams and chutneys (as I am!)then it's paradise here in August!

Workload permitting we sometimes go for a circular walk around some of the footpaths on the farm at lunchtime and last week on just such a walk I took some photos to share with you...

Farm Path

Up the tree lined footpath to the top of the hill....

View Across the fields

Views through the trees across the fields....

At the Top of the Farm

At the top of the farm the weather changes and the view over to the South Downs is quite dramatic....

Past the Blackberries

The weather changes again as we come down the path past the blackberries.....

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A heavy crop of Blackberries.....

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On past the horses....

Herbs

And finally, all refreshed from our walk, back to the workshop where freshly picked herbs and blackberries are ready for us to tie with roses into wonderful bouquets!

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Today in our Rose Workshop

One of our busy Realflowergirls putting together glorious hand tied creations of scented garden roses and herbs at our rose workshop today!

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Dispatch Time for the Roses. I LOVE seeing all the boxes in our workshop at the end of the day, all smartly dressed with their floppy satin ribbons, waiting to be collected by our trusted courier.
Filled with gorgeous bunches of scented garden roses and flowers all wrapped up with the lovely emotional responses that are being sent by people to their friends, family, colleagues, lovers and themselves. Flowers do brighten up people day! Roses

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Christmas Dispatch

What a busy day we've had in our workshop!
The flower girls made literally hundreds of door wreaths, garlands, table decorations and bouquets for what was our biggest dispatch day this Christmas.
We waived the last batch of green boxes off at 6pm and, having arrived at the workshop at 6am, we're all looking forward to a well deserved rest.
The scent in the workshop was magnificent and the Christmas bouquets looked gorgeous. We hope they make hundreds of people very happy when they are delivered around the country tomorrow.

Roses

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Christmas Dispatch

What a busy day we've had in our workshop!
The flower girls made literally hundreds of door wreaths, garlands, table decorations and bouquets for what was our biggest dispatch day this Christmas.
We waived the last batch of green boxes off at 6pm and, having arrived at the workshop at 6am, we're all looking forward to a well deserved rest.
The scent in the workshop was magnificent and the Christmas bouquets looked gorgeous. We hope they make hundreds of people very happy when they are delivered around the country tomorrow.

Roses

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Rose Pot Pourri

Pot pourri has been out of fashion for quite some time now, in fact so far out that it's ripe for a revival of interest.

We make our own rose and herb pot pourri at The Real Flower Company as it looks wonderful in our little hat boxes. Selfridges home buying team are clearly on our wavelength as they recently placed an order for some large and small hat boxes of pot pourri from us and we all know that Selfridges are usually ahead of the field with new trends.

If you'd like to make some at home it's a great time of year to make it as rose petals dry really well spread out on a sheet of paper or cotton fabric and left to dry in a cool shady place for a week or so.
The dried petals do retain some of their scent but can also be refreshed with some rose oil. They can also be ground up to use as a spice in recipes but make surre that you use roses that have not been sprayed with incecticide.

Little bags of home made pot pourri make lovely stocking fillers for Christmas! Yes I know its early but the roses are blooming in the garden now!

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Roses Our workshop is located on Durleigh Marsh Farm on the Hampshire/West Sussex border close to the spectacular South Downs. This is the creative centre of The Real Flower Company where the flower girls make the bouquets and arrangements from our freshly cut flowers and foliage.

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