Signs of Autumn

With things starting to wind down in the cutting garden, we escaped for a lovely weeks holiday, but more on that later in the week.

Even though we seem to have brought the sunshine back with us, the flowers are very much showing signs of autumn.

 

Holiday snaps to follow - once i've sorted through the pics, got a little carried away!!

A little bit of everything

This weekend consisted of creating arrangements for a wedding, a birthday, a funeral, a pub, a farm shop and a farmers market...

 phew.

Eridge Park Farm Shop

If you haven't already discovered, Eridge Park farm shop is now open.

Huge selection of local meats, seasonal fruit and veg, tasty breads and the most amazing ice cream.

You may also spot a weekly arrangement of locally grown flowers by yours truly!

Travelling bouquets

Home grown country flowers for a London wedding.
The bride loved the dark scabious, so these were mixed with sweet peas, astrantia, nigella, sedum, ammi, veronica and poppy heads with lots of senecio, sage, eucalyptus and oregano.

The bridesmaids had dainty posies of sweet peas, astrantia, nigella, small david austin roses and ammi, all mixed with senecio, sage and oregano.

 All boxed up and ready for their travels with the bride and groom.

Penshurst Farmers Market

Another month, another market.
How time flies.

Last market for this growing season will be the 3rd September.
Hope to see you there.

Penshurst Farmers Market 6th August

It's that time again. 

We will be at Penshurst Farmers Market this Saturday with a selection of scented bouquets, jam jars and scented plants.

Sweet peas are still putting on a fine show, as are all the various varieties of dill. 

Dahlias are starting to burst in to flower on a daily basis, particularly loving these beautiful velvety dark ones above.

Beautifully formed scabious in pale blues, white and dark burgundy, as well as plenty of stunning rich blue and mauve larkspur.

Wedding season

A wedding from a couple of weeks ago, that I have only just had a chance to upload the pics.

The bride loved velvety red roses but the bridesmaids were wearing raspberry, so for her bouquet I combined black bacarra roses with metalina roses and dark pink astrantia.

As always, must dash, enjoy the sunshine!

Dahlias - it's just the beginning

 

The dahlia season has started, so far there are beautiful white, lilac and cerise with plenty more on the way. Perfect with the stunning dark scabious that are flowering like crazy.

Sunshine on a rainy day

Today's bride is very lucky, it rained . . . a lot and apparently that is supposed to be good luck!

Thankfully the bridesmaids were wearing soft yellow to brighten a grey day and carried bouquets of sweet peas, scabious, feverfew and spray roses.

The bride had a combination of roses, spray roses, sweet peas, scabious, feverfew and lysimachia all combined with senecio and herbs and a touch of grass to give it a more country feel. 

And all but the roses home grown.

Star performer

 

The sweet peas this week are on fire!

They literally are bursting in to flower the second I turn my back.

So this weeks bouquets are full of them and smell amazing.