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The Real Flower Company blog

Your go-to for naturally beautiful, sustainably grown flowers. Explore seasonal inspiration, flower care tips, and the stories behind our scented blooms.

Top 10 Greenery & Berries to Dress Your Home This Christmas & Where to Find Them

Posted On: 5th November 2018

Posted By: The Real Flower Company

  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

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Early Summer on our Farms

Posted On: 18th July 2018

Posted By: The Real Flower Company

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

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The Truth About Organic Flowers

Posted On: 27th June 2018

Posted By: The Real Flower Company

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

Where to buy sustainable flowers outside the English season

Where To Buy Sustainable Flowers Outside The English Season

Posted On: 12th May 2018

Posted By: The Real Flower Company

Our founder and flower farmer Rosebie Morton launched The Real Flower Company to reintroduce local English flowers, grown as nature intended, to the UK flower market. People are therefore often surprised when they discover that when English roses

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Harvest on the Farm – October

Posted On: 20th October 2017

Posted By: The Real Flower Company

As we head into the colder mornings, darker evenings and familiar crunch of leaves underfoot our sustainable farm in Hampshire takes on a different colour palette. Some of our roses are still producing beautiful blooms, especially the delicate

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September on our English Farm

Posted On: 22nd September 2017

Posted By: The Real Flower Company

Glorious Grasses Rob our Farm Manager has trialed at least 30 different types of grass and said that even the varieties which grow easily in the garden are not necessarily good for cutting. After several years he has

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How to dry flowers

Posted On: 22nd August 2017

Posted By: The Real Flower Company

As we reach the heady height of English flower season, now is the perfect time to begin to dry flowers. Decorations made from dried and preserved flowers are making a come back. A new school of dried flower

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Countdown to the 2017 RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Posted On: 17th May 2017

Posted By: The Real Flower Company

Floral Safari 10th February As soon as ‘Floral Safari’ is announced as the theme for this year’s Chelsea in Bloom, our event designer Hana Moss grabs her sketchbook, pen and watercolours and sets to work. “The minute I

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News from our Kenyan flower farm Tambuzi

Posted On: 10th May 2017

Posted By: The Real Flower Company

Maggie Hobbs, and her husband Tim, own Tambuzi , a Fairtrade farm in Kenya, where they grow the scented garden roses, herbs and foliage that appear in our bouquets outside of English season. This year, our new florist

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