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Tips for flowers on cakes

July 30, 2018
Posted by Georgie Newbery

There is a great fashion for putting fresh flowers on cakes. And what an attractive fashion it is! However, there are a few things to think abou...

Why buy British grown flowers?

July 26, 2018
Posted by Georgie Newbery

So many good reasons to order British flowers. Here are just a few: Buy British flowers because flower growers feed the bees. As Fabrizio always...

Natural funeral flowers

July 25, 2018
Posted by Georgie Newbery

The greatest compliment we as florists can be given is to be asked to do funeral flowers. The flowers chosen to celebrate a life are there for man...

Gardening in a drought

July 24, 2018
Posted by Georgie Newbery

Ok, so it's not funny any more. These endless boiling hot days of relentless sun are getting me down. I really really really would like some rain...

Wildflower Wedding Flowers

July 23, 2018
Posted by Georgie Newbery

In the same way that there's no point in trying to make a small room look larger by paining it a light colour, there's no point in trying to compet...

Blue and white wedding flowers

July 16, 2018
Posted by Georgie Newbery

Here's a beautiful pedestal arrangement made for a June wedding at East Pennard House (a stunning wedding and event's venue near Shepton mallet in ...

Arranging garden flowers

June 26, 2018
Posted by Georgie Newbery

Top tip when cutting garden flowers: take a bucket of water to the plant and cut straight into water so that the flower doesn't even have a chanc...

Natural wedding flowers

June 22, 2018
Posted by Georgie Newbery

I've been meaning to post about the royal wedding flowers ever since the big day, but we have been busy ourselves (ahem!) and so this at last is my...