The Real Flower Company

  1. Meet our Florist Jay Archer

    Meet our Florist Jay Archer

      Multi-award-winning florist Jay Archer is known for championing British-grown, sustainable and seasonal flowers. So we are very pleased to welcome Jay to our team at Durleighmarsh as head florist and production manager. We caught up with Jay to find out more about her role: Tell us about your typical day – if such a thing exists? I start at...
  2. How to Get the Most out of Your Hand-Made Natural Christmas Wreath

    How to Get the Most out of Your Hand-Made Natural Christmas Wreath

    On the farm we often say that during December we transform from The Real Flower Company into The Real Wreath Company. We’ve been making natural Christmas wreaths for many years and our wreaths are something we’re extremely proud of. We think it’s wonderful to see that natural Christmas wreaths are now enjoying something of a renaissance. We’ve put together a...
  3. Top 10 Greenery & Berries to Dress Your Home This Christmas & Where to Find Them

      Autumn is always a magical time on our sustainable English flower farm as the hues of summer fade into a rich palette of deep red, muted pinks, flame, terracotta, magenta and gold. It’s also the perfect time to plan ahead and preserve berries and foliage to decorate your home for Christmas. So we’ve put together a guide of our...
  4. The Meaning of Yellow Flowers and When to Send Them

    The Meaning of Yellow Flowers and When to Send Them

    Yellow, the perceived colour of sunlight, is associated with confidence, optimism, happiness and friendliness. In colour psychology, yellow is an expression of enlightenment, creativity and extroversion. In some eastern cultures, yellow symbolises joy, wisdom and power. Colour and interior design expert Michelle Ogundehin deliberately chose yellow for her son’s bedroom. “I wanted him always to wake in a happy vibe...
  5. The wellbeing benefits of flowers with Liz Earle

    The wellbeing benefits of flowers with Liz Earle

    “Flowers have been a running theme throughout my life, starting as a small child helping my father in his greenhouse, which is really where my passion and love of plants developed,” says Liz. “Since then and throughout my career, be it working in beauty, writing books, or researching natural health remedies, the botanical theme has remained strong and consistent.” Visiting...
  6. Caring for Flowers in the Heat

    Caring for Flowers in the Heat

    This summer’s high temperatures have taken a toll on window boxes, gardens and fields in the UK, with many lawns looking more like straw than lush green grass. We caught up with our founder and flower farmer Rosebie to ask for her tips and advice for caring for our blooms this summer. 1. Pots and window boxes regularly need a...
  7. Early Summer on our Farms

    Early Summer on our Farms

    The Start of Spring “Hesperis (sweet rocket) for me heralds the start of the English spring and summer. 2018 has been a wonderful year for Hesperis – its light honeyed scent fills the air as we pick each morning,” says Rosebie, our founder and flower farmer. This year Hesperis came into flower in mid May and kept going through until...
  8. Our Team Pick Their Favourite Bouquets From Our English Summer Collection

    Our Team Pick Their Favourite Bouquets From Our English Summer Collection

    Each day more flowers are coming into bud on our sustainable English flower farm. The florists in our Hampshire farm workshop and London flower shop receive deliveries of freshly picked seasonal stems straight from the farm on a daily basis: they liken the feeling to that of a child walking into a sweet shop – eyes wide, heart pounding and...
  9. Real Flowers at The RHS Hampton Court Flower Show

    Real Flowers at The RHS Hampton Court Flower Show

    “We wanted everyone walking through our floral display at The RHS Hampton Court Flower Show to be enveloped by the glorious aromas of roses, scented geraniums and English herbs – just as if they were arriving at our sustainable Hampshire farm,” says our founder and flower farmer Rosebie Morton. The team spent an exhausting two days setting up our stand...
  10. The Truth About Organic Flowers

    The Truth About Organic Flowers

    Rosebie, our founder and flower farmer, has always had a mission to grow flowers as nature intended. She planted her first rose bushes for cutting in 1992 and is adamant that it is our duty to leave the land we farm and the world around us in a better condition than we found it. Each year we increase our efforts...
  11. Our Chelsea Flower Show Highlights

    Our Chelsea Flower Show Highlights

    “I never tire of the Chelsea Flower Show – there are always wonderful new things to discover and I always come away feeling excited and inspired,” says Rosebie Morton, our founder and flower farmer. “This year there was a strong sense of the importance of nature for wellbeing, for refuge and for storytelling rather than just being about gardens for...
  12. The Best Roses at The Chelsea Flower Show

    The Best Roses at The Chelsea Flower Show

    We can safely say that our founder and flower farmer Rosebie Morton knows a thing or two about roses. Born into a family of rose-growers, Rosebie has now been cultivating roses professionally for twenty-six years. Rosebie teaches rose cultivation on our Hampshire flower farm, is a guest speaker for the RHS and is a judge for the prestigious Rose of...