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Tips for February wedding flowers

February 17, 2019
Posted by Georgie Newbery

A candle lit wedding in deep winter - what could be more romantic? The bride wears satin, and a velvet cloak with a huge, fur-edged hood. And she...

Top tips for sowing cut flower seed

February 16, 2019
Posted by Georgie Newbery

Today is the first Saturday after Valentine's day, and in many a flower farmer's callendar, this day is known as Seed Sowing Saturday. At last we h...

Top tips for sowing sweet peas

February 05, 2019
Posted by Georgie Newbery

It's early February and so naturally my mind turns to sowing sweet peas. We keep the system simple here at Common Farm Flowers. We sow three crops ...

February at Common Farm

February 05, 2019
Posted by Georgie Newbery

Well let’s look at flowers for your Valentine first shall we? Order from us for your Valentine now and you’ll be giving beautiful, bright, colourf...

The perfectly eco floral wreath

January 22, 2019
Posted by Georgie Newbery

This is the perfectly eco funeral wreath: simple, natural ingredients, foraged garden foliage, flowers tucked into moss, which is bound with raffia...

January Gardening Tips

January 12, 2019
Posted by Georgie Newbery

January is a time for planning and getting organised, for seed and plant ordering and for considering the year ahead. But we've also got jobs to ...

Welcome to 2019

January 11, 2019
Posted by Georgie Newbery

HAPPY NEW YEAR everybody. So what do we get up to in January? Well, along with many of you, January for us is a time for planning, especially flowe...

Gardening in December

December 07, 2018
Posted by Georgie Newbery

So what are we doing in the garden this month - in between cutting willow and making Christmas wreaths? Well, mulching continues… 750 running metre...