17/06/2026
British Flowers Week
15th to 21st June 2026
Day 3!
Today we want to share the importance about why choosing British flowers has so many benefits alongside the Flowers From The Farm theme for this year. The theme is Flowers For The Future.
💐 Cut fresh, just for you - no air miles, no plastic packaging, no lengthy transportation, lower carbon footprint, tended with intention, care and love.
💐 An ever expanding movement, of like minded, passionate growers, florists and wholesalers. This includes florists, wholesalers, YOU, our lovely customers and followers, who also support and champion British seasonal flowers and support their local growers.
💐 A consistently concious effort, to be as sustainable and eco friendly as possible. Including but not limited to;
🍃 Recycling plastic containers for sowing seeds, or reaching out to recycle others unwanted cell trays or pots.
📦 Not using plastic wrap; we use Kraft paper, jute twine and even our tape is recyclable and biodegradable and our gift wrap is acid free.
🐝 Not using things like pesticides or w**d killer on our field, theres a food chain - typically, there is always something that will eat the guys that damage your plants, let them. If we rid them, we adjust the food chain. Is damage frustrating still. Absolutely.
🌸 Leaving areas to be a bit wilder; nettles, thistles, mullion, alkanet, comfrey to name a few. Not only do these support host specific caterpillar/butterflies/moths and some providing early pollen for the bees, these can also be used to make a nutrient rich plant food.
💐 Consistently trying to educate and discuss the importance of what we do, how we do it and why we do it. Rattling on? Or passion? Maybe a bit of both! It is so much more than just the bloom at the end, its everything in between too.
💐 Positive outlook. Sometimes this can be incredibly difficult, especially with variable weather, when sales are less than desirable, and when burn out kicks in. But theres a bigger picture. Always. That's bigger than just "growing flowers". It is nurturing and supporting our land and also the many inhabitants that call our slice of RC their home.
💐 Providing a product that unites many, whether thats a specific flower evoking a memory, sentiment, or the pure joy of wild, whimsy, beautiful bouquets, often with movement, fragrance and a sense of charm. Flowers can evoke many feelings and are included in many life events 💕.
💐 A network of brilliant colleagues, who are always a rant, celebration, or hub of knowledge to call on when needed for advice or to top up an order or to defer orders through if needed, or they're more local to the customer whose reached out.
A shout out of course to the diverse group full of encouragement and sharing their passions and skills (that Mrs Wild doesn't manage to attend enough of) .
💐 Local economy. Keeping spends locally. Where small businesses, support eachother. Building relationships and friendships.
Where possible we try our best to keep our spends local to us or British. For the field and our own garden.
Our favourite places for buying plants are the lovely P&R Garden Supplies, another small local business we adore Ashlee Garden Bee and of course the wonderful Parnells Plants. With gratitude for stocking our bunches Thomas B Bonnett over the last 2 seasons and Parnells Plants too, as well as her unwavering support during late night messages and tags. Nearly all of our seeds are self harvested or from Chiltern Seeds and and a large percentage of our dahlia are from Halls of Heddon over the years which we've managed to overwinter and divide for our own stock.
💐 Finally, but by no means least, having 2 amazing rescues nearby for any wildlife crisis. The Wildlife Lounge and . After all, if they inhabit our field and garden, we feel an unwritten duty of care if any are in need of rescue, rehabilitation and hopefully then release. And of course, we have a massive soft spot for nature!!
