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Welcome to June already?! It seems like about five minutes since we started May!! So finally some warmer weather is scheduled! It seems like the entire country is migrating to Norfolk this weekend for Half Term and the Bank Holiday Weekend...caravan convoys have started...it will be fun collecting flowers this week - the A17 being our main route :) The (heatwave?) weather will bring on Sweet Williams and Peonies and other limited editions such as Astrantia and Eryngium. Remember no deliveries on Tuesday as couriers don't collect. Please Plan! especially if you have wedding requests - do read the FAQs...

Wind and wet with sunshine and thunder in between - what a week Mother Nature is throwing it at us! We featured on Happy Hour with BBC Radio Lincolnshire promoting British grown flowers and the #flowerhugs campaign for the #GoodFloristGuide - we can recommend getting in touch with local radio - they are always looking for good news stories! One of the flower farmers we work with who supplies scented stocks was featured on TV for M&S - the knock on effect being that we also sold thousands of stems too :) It's fantastic when the supermarkets do a brilliant...

Very pleased to report we have been accepted into The Good Florist Guide for our Retail arm of the business Evolve Florist Studio! We are thrilled to have joined a list of brilliant florist friends and have decided to celebrate by supporting the #flowerhug Campaign by giving you all a couple of special offers this week for flowers to create some giveaways or promotions such as 'jars of joy' or 'flowerhug' bunches for your communities. This is to mark the long-awaited 'permission to hug' and encouraging people to take flowers along when they visit friends or family that they wish...

Let us hope the sun shines for National Garden day ... It's still blooming chilly here with hailstorms every couple of days! The farmers have been pleased to see a bit of rain to soften the ground but there's not enough warmth to get any decent growth!   May 9th 2021 Garden Day - create your flower crowns information here https://www.gardenday.co.uk/ Alstroemeria Volumes dip a little as light levels have been lower this week and it's chilly! Lots of colours.  Ranunculus We are getting through the majority of this crop and although there is a steady stream and plenty to go...

MAY BANK HOLIDAY...will it rain or will it shine? who knows-Mother Nature has been throwing it all about! we even had a hailstorm yesterday, while the rain is welcome the chilly temperatures are not! Wednesday, Thursday and Friday deliveries only this week as couriers do not collect on Bank Holidays. Floral events to promote this week - May 7th 2021 National Flower Arranging Day May 9th 2021 Garden Day - create your flower crowns information here https://www.gardenday.co.uk/ And another reminder that Europe will be celebrating their Mother's Days during May so imported flower prices may well still be high. The...