The Real Flower Company

One of our delights at The Real Flower Company is to help you to find the perfect flowers for your wedding, confident that our sustainably grown blooms and floristry expertise will add joy and beauty to your special day. Unlike most wedding suppliers, most of the flowers and foliage we offer are grown on our own farms, nurtured with care...

Over the years we have grown and tested many, many Dahlias and we have now curated an edit of our tried and tested favourites – Dahlias that look sensational in the garden or in a large pot and are perfect for cutting. We look for Dahlias that are consistently reliable, with strong stems and stunning florets. Our florists start adding...

February or early March is the season for giving roses their major annual prune, but many gardeners find the idea of cutting back their prized plants scary and think of pruning as a secret art shrouded in mystery. We have been growing scented roses here at The Real Flower Company since the company began and by now have some 30,000...

February or early March are the perfect times to plant new roses. At The Real Flower Company, our scented English garden roses are our pride and joy, and we grow some 30,000 bushes on our sustainable Hampshire farm. So you can be assured that we know what we are talking about when it comes to all things rosy!. We supply...

The traditional Valentine’s Day gift is a dozen red roses – red for love and passion, and twelve to demonstrate that the giver will think of his or her beloved every month of the year to come. But symbolism aside, are red roses really the flowers women prefer? At The Real Flower Company we’ve long had our doubts, so we...

Maybe you haven’t been able to meet with friends and family this Christmas but have received gifts that deserve a special thank you? Or maybe you had a face-to-face celebration but still want to find a way of saying thank you to show how much you appreciated it? Now we are once more living under lockdown, the need to stay...

Are you looking for an easy way to make your Christmas table really special? Our Flower Tube and Posy centrepiece adds a decorative richness to any Christmas feast, not only making your table look truly eye-catching but also introducing the glorious scents and beauty of an English garden direct to your home. ‘I love this way of arranging flowers as...

For almost all of us, this Christmas will be different from most – but even if your celebrations are smaller, it’s still worth putting the effort into making them special. Perhaps this year more than any other, paying attention to detail and creating an atmosphere that brings joy and uplift will boost all our spirits. So whether you are seeing...

DECK THE HALLS! Christmas seems to have come early this year and our small team of fabulous florists here on the farm have been individually hand-crafting wreaths to order. There is still time to order yours here – or why not try your hand at making your own? We have created a wreath-making kit packed full of aromatic foliage and...

Ingredients Each of our wreath-making kits contains the following ingredients: • Metal wreath ring • Reel wire • Moss • A selection of freshly picked foliage and berries from our sustainable Hampshire farm You will also need: • Wire cutters • Scissors • Ribbon If you don't have wire cutters, we have high quality secateurs and Japanese floristry scissors available...