The Real Flower Company blog

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.

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Taste Our New Edible Bouquet

Posted On: 23rd September 2020

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‘Our bouquets have always looked good enough to eat – but now they are more than just a feast for the eyes,’ says our founder Rosebie Morton. ‘As well as including herbs in our arrangements to provide aroma

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Behind the Scenes on Our Wedding Shoot

Posted On: 23rd September 2020

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Heavenly Herbs

Posted On: 14th August 2020

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Herbs have been cultivated since the birth of agriculture – as food, medicines and even dyes. In medieval England, herb gardens or physic gardens were an important feature of monasteries, where monks would grow plants to help heal

English Seasonal Flowers That Make The Cut

English Seasonal Flowers That Make The Cut

Posted On: 13th August 2020

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The summer months on our sustainable Hampshire farm are packed with scent and colour. As well as our signature roses – grown with their scent genes intact, as nature intended, to ensure our bouquets have a glorious fragrance

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Introducing Our New Head Florist

Posted On: 22nd June 2020

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When Amanda Harris became our head florist earlier this year, she was immediately plunged into the complications of how to operate in a period of high demand under lockdown conditions. We asked her to tell us about the

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Farm Tour for British Flowers Week

Posted On: 18th June 2020

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To celebrate British Flowers Week we wanted to invite you down to our farm to show you some of the scented garden roses, flowers and herbs we grow. Rosebie started The Real Flower Company 25 years ago with

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British Roses are in Bloom!

Posted On: 10th June 2020

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HEAVEN SCENT The first of our English roses have just come into bloom – each one lovingly hand-nurtured by the small team here on our sustainable Hampshire farm. We may be biased, but we think there’s something really

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Keeping Positive: Messages Of Hope

Posted On: 1st June 2020

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We have been continually surprised and gratified by how much joy our flowers are bringing to people’s lives during this difficult period when friends and family have often been out of reach and many of our everyday pleasures

Where to find inspiration without the RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Where to find inspiration without the RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Posted On: 21st May 2020

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Where to find inspiration without the RHS Chelsea Flower Show The RHS Chelsea Flower Show gives us at The Real Flower Company an opportunity to allow the world to enjoy the wonders of our scented roses, sweet peas

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Celebrate The Chelsea Flower Show & Go Behind The Scenes on our Farm

Posted On: 20th May 2020

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Today would have been the day, fuelled by coffee, when we would have scrubbed up to welcome the first guests to our biggest display to date in the Grand Pavilion of the @RHSChelsea flower show. We’ll miss seeing

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Growing Sweet Peas – Frequently Asked Questions

Posted On: 14th May 2020

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For our founder Rosebie Morton, it’s the dream of sweet peas that helps to keep her spirits high through the dark months of winter. Rosebie grew up in a military family that was constantly moving from place to

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The Real Flower Company Update on COVID-19

Posted On: 20th March 2020

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Summary We’re continuing to deliver flowers throughout most of the UK, five days a week (Tuesday to Saturday), direct from our Hampshire farm to your door. We are able to offer next-day delivery throughout most of the UK.

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