My Garden

After submitting plans late last year for three gardens at various shows in 2008, and being accepted with a Chic Garden at Chelsea called Green Living, a Back to Back at Tatton called Time out, and a Show Garden also at Tatton called Aqualife – this year is already very busy. So far I have mostly been... Read more..

As Tatton is getting closer so are all the tasks surrounding it. Despite my increasing workload I am becoming even more excited than I already was and I still have about 3 months to go! The demonstrators have been booked, the competitors are competing for a place at the Tatton Show in the regional heats... Read more..

The nursery is very busy with customers orders, we have just had a late shipment of our special elm trees in from the USA with all the fun that that entails and of course now that the show plants we potted for Chelsea are in active growth the first successes as well as casualties are becoming evident... Read more..

It's been a while since my last blog and I have not managed to get into my 'new habit' of updating on a weekly basis yet... But since I remembered today I thought I'd drop a few lines. Visitors to the BFA Marquee at Tatton Park this year will see some of the finest BFA member florists... Read more..

Almost another week has passed and loads more has happened. I promised a demonstrator update in my last blog and here it is... Our first demonstrator on Wednesday 23rd July will be Sarah Horne. Sarah Horne AIFD is an International Designer, working most recently in Canada, France, Spain and the USA as... Read more..

Oh what wonderful weather we are having! It certainly feels like summer has arrived here in London. It's days like these I wish I had a garden instead of a roof terrace to retreat in. But back to the order of the day, the blog writing... This year the brand new BFA Marquee will be buzzing with activity... Read more..

Me and my big mouth, boasting about the lovely weather we are having.... It's raining now :-( Oh well, that's just another typical summer in the UK I suppose.... I have an update on the regional heat for you as promised.21 competitors took part in the Northern Ireland competition, with a wonderful... Read more..

It may be cold and frosty at night outside on the nursery, but for the favoured few plants selected to be grown on for Chelsea it is warm and cosy inside our 'Chelsea' or 'Rubrum' houses. The new stems on the mare's tail Equisetum hymenale are moving very quickly upwards now with... Read more..

It's all stations go at the moment, I am spending my days at Chelsea from early in the morning until late at night. How the other half live eh? Not a bad job I suppose, I can think of worse places to be! Amy and Marilyn are certainly attracting plenty of attention from the visitors and our floral... Read more..

Our third demonstrator on Friday 25th July in the BFA Marquee is Tracy Rowbottom. Tracy started her floristry career early at the age of 14 as a Saturday girl, she caught the floristry bug and went on to pursue a career. Tracy trained at Bath college under the tuition of Pat Reeves-Jones and Hazel Bushell... Read more..