The Real Flower Company

  1. Christmas Gift Ideas

    Christmas Gift Ideas

    Looking for a Christmas gift but not sure where to start? We have put together a guide to the top nine gifts from our range with some great options for gardeners, aspiring florists, teachers, loved ones and those who are a bit trickier to buy for. Flower Arrangers Gift Set This beautifully packaged box contains three of the finest professional...
  2. What is the most sustainable Christmas Wreath

    What is the most sustainable Christmas Wreath

    We are pleased to share the news that this summer our English flower farm had its first carbon audit and was found to be climate positive. We also hold a LEAF Marque for sustainable farming but striving to be more sustainable is still an on going process. If you are looking or an eco friendly wreath to dress your door...
  3. Why choose an English rose plant as a gift

    Why choose an English rose plant as a gift

    Are you looking for a gift for someone who loves nature and gardening? Discover why we think an English rose plant makes the perfect gift plus discover our top tips to help you choose the right rose plant. Bare root or potted Winter is the time to order and plant bare rooted roses. A bare root rose bush is typically...
  4. How to make your natural Christmas wreath last longer

    How to make your natural Christmas wreath last longer

    Are you thinking of when to buy or make your own Christmas but wondering how long it will last? Or perhaps you already have your wreath but want to keep it looking its best for longer? Read on to discover our tips for getting the most from your Christmas wreath this year. Ingredients First If you want to hang your...
  5. Take a Look Inside Our Autumn Farm Flower Box

    Take a Look Inside Our Autumn Farm Flower Box

    We created our Fresh From The Farm English Flower Box as a seasonal and sustainable alternative to the usual letterbox flowers and subscription boxes, where the flowers are often grown and selected simply to be robust, uniform and in ample supply. As British flower farmers, our focus has always been on growing flowers as nature intended, perfectly imperfect, in tune...
  6. How to Make Potpourri with Rose Petals

    How to Make Potpourri with Rose Petals

    Potpourri is a natural way to scent your house with a subtle floral scent and display of everlasting botanicals. However, for years it has been out of favour and considered old fashioned. Increasingly health and environmentally conscious consumers are looking for alternatives to synthetic air fresheners. Homemade, natural potpourri also lends itself to the nostalgic countryside aesthetic and movement, ‘Cottagecore’...
  7. Top tips for growing and arranging hydrangeas

    Top tips for growing and arranging hydrangeas

    After the excitement of fabulously scented sweet peas and the glorious flushes of English roses, we are excited to welcome explosions of frothy clouds of colour to the farm as our hydrangeas come into bloom. This stunning plant is in full flower from the end of June to the end of August, but the faded blooms retain their beauty throughout...
  8. Meet Michelin-starred chef Simon Rogan

    Meet Michelin-starred chef Simon Rogan

    Michelin-starred chef Simon Rogan has won multiple awards for his three-course ‘at home’ meal service that celebrates the seasons with the very best ingredients, most of them grown on his Lake District farm, Our Farm. Now you can order our seasonal farm flowers to complement these meals. The ‘at home’ menus are available only in limited numbers and tend to...
  9. How to Make DIY Cut-Flower Food

    How to Make DIY Cut-Flower Food

    Floral designer and author Shane Connolly compared imported mass-produced cut flowers to budget fast food when he spoke to our founder, Rosebie Morton, for British Flowers Week. ‘Fast flowers’ often have a longer vase life, but so often lack the scent, character and theatre of seasonal and sustainably grown flowers such as ours. However, read on as we share some...
  10. Getting the Most from your Fresh from the Farm English Flower Box

    Getting the Most from your Fresh from the Farm English Flower Box

    Our sustainable English flower farm is now in full bloom and we are pleased to announce that our Fresh from the Farm English Flower Box is back! It is filled with sustainably grown seasonal flowers and foliage and delivered directly to your door from our English flower farm. Our Fresh from the Farm English Flower Boxes are different each week...
  11. How to Grow and Arrange Lily of the Valley

    How to Grow and Arrange Lily of the Valley

    “I’m often asked what my favourite flower is – and for me, it always has to be whatever is seasonal and looking at its best right now,” says our founder Rosebie Morton. “Small but perfectly formed, with a scent like no other – when Lily of the Valley comes into bloom here on the farm, it’s always a delight for...
  12. How to Grow Sweet Peas in a Pot

    How to Grow Sweet Peas in a Pot

    Our founder Rosebie Morton and our small dedicated team have been growing Sweet Peas in our specialist Sweet Pea nursery in West Sussex for more than twenty-five years. It is always such a special milestone in our year when we cut the first Sweet Peas ready to include in our bouquets and Sweet Pea stem boxes. Their heady scent fills...

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