Valentines Day

Well Velentines is nearly upon us and I've just placed my order for red roses, so I shall be offering the traditional red rose and foliage bouquets for those looking for something special!! I'll also be making up some lovely spring style bouquets and have ordered some gorgeous double orchids too! So please phone the shop if you are after any bouquets or plants on 01768 744240.

A busy Spring and what's coming up!

Hello , I've had a very busy spring with quite a few weddings using some lovely spring flowers and I've also visited a couple of new venues for me all of them lovely and in beautiful scenery The Samling , Windermere- which we managed to combine with a family day out a Hill Top ( Beatrix Potters house) and the Windermere car ferry and lunch at our friends restaurant Porto in Bowness. I also had a lovely ride out to New House Farm at Lorton and the weekend to the very beautiful and unique St Begas at Bassenthwaite and Armathwaite Hall. 

This week Im also busy as speaker at CWE at the Coral tearoom at Plumpton, and the wedding fair at The George Hotel in Penrith on Sunday. We've also got a new car ( it's still 12 years old- the last one was 22!) and my husband Lee will be helping me with deliveries and Rowan a local florist is helping me out at busy times - it's all go!!

Here's a few photos!

Pop up florists shop

Exiting news from Greenwheat Flowers, for the first time ever I'm having a pop up shop in Carlisle Railway Station next Friday 28th march from 8am. Pop along and see me - for a lovely bunch of spring flowers, something special for Mother's Day or just to say hello!

 I will also be taking orders for Mothers Day- with deliveries Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning- contact Laura on 07977 594140 for more details . 

Weddings and 21st birthday celebrations

Hello, I can't believe it nearly the end of February already! The year seems to have gone so fast, it's been really busy for me with lots of enquiries and bookings for this year and a few for 2015. Please drop me a email if your thinking about your wedding flowers and other celebrations too! I look forward to visiting some new venues for me such as New House Farm, Lorton , Threlkeld Cricket Club and Askham Hall as well is familiar ones such as The Rounthorn, The Inn on the Lake, Knipe Hall, Morland Hall and local churches. 

 A couple of weeks ago was my sisters 21 st birthday which was held at Lowther Castle Gardens courtyard, India said she would like a 'winter wonderland ' theme , so I set to work on a new idea for me - paper pom- poms, I made around 150 of them and they are a bit more difficult than they look to get a good shape , I hung these on birch trees and up the banisters with snowflakes made by Joe @ Croglin Designs , we had paper whites, genista and daffodils with large candles, logs and lanterns on the tables!

 We had great night with mulled cider then, venison casserole ans sticky toffe pudding and danced to local band Soul Survivors ! 

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to you all! Here in Cumbria it's still very wet, as it was all Christmas ! Time for me to take down the decorations and think of a very busy year ahead. Yesterday I was speaking to Helen at my wholesalers The Flower Bank, she was pleased to see her early morning flower delivery at last , as the Christmas break was a long one due to missing two Dutch auctions as they take place on a Wednesday for the weekend coming up! So I'm now thinking about spring flowers such as anemones, paper whites and hyacinths- which are now available, along with the usual January jobs such as tax returns, website updates, new business cards and enquiries and quotes ( any maybe a few days away!)Here's s few pictures from December!

Autumn

A little blog for autumn - had a lovely day out at my Wholesaler The Flower Bank's annual Christmas open day - early October may be too soon for most of us to think about Christmas , but as usual I managed to pick up some great ideas from demonstrator Helen Jamison to use on some of my Christmas demos! I took mam and the boys along and enjoyed the tea then the 5pm hog roast!!

To follow are a few photos of some flowers I've done recently the bouquet was very autumny filled with red lillies, eucalptptus, Kermit chrysanths and hypericum berries.

The mini milk churns were in church for my nephews christening we then took them back for the 'do'.

The George -wedding fair

Hello to all of you that came along to the wedding fair today. I really enjoyed it , having got up early ( 6am!) and gone along to my great wholesalers, The Flower Bank and selected some dill, peach avalanche roses, aconitum and poppy heads along with Phils dahlias and snapdragons!
I made a large arrangement in an urn, two table arrangements at both ends of the budget, buttonholes and a handtied bouquet.
It was lovely to meet some brides that have booked me who popped along to finalise things and hopefully some brides to be! So if you liked what you saw please give a email, Facebook or a ring! Also a hello to the other suppliers that I met! XLaura