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Wrapping flowers part 3

Wrapping a bouquet, wiltshire florist

I’ve always had an interest in how bouquets of flowers are wrapped, it was one of the first things I learnt in my first flower shop job and I think the algorithm has learnt of my interest too! 🙂 One thing I lack at the moment is access to prettier paper for this exercise but…

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A little Summertime craft project

summer craft project

I thought I’d have a go at something a bit different this week. Schools are finished for the summer term and this might be a nice little project to keep the kids busy with…. Step One: Roll your ball of modeling clay out and use the cookie cutter to cut out circle. Obviously make sure…

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Summer Bridal bouquets

Summer bridal bouquet

It has been a while since I’ve blogged but I wanted to give you a round up of summer weddings so far, can you believe its August next week? I’ll start with one of my favourites because it includes coral charm peonies…. We’ve certainly done a lot of classic white bridal bouquets this year which…

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Celebrating our locally grown flowers

British flowers

As we come towards to the end of our wedding season it felt only right to celebrate all the locally grown flowers we have been able to use in our designs and also introduce you to our lovely friend Vanessa. We’ve been buying flowers from Vanessa at Foxglove garden for a number of years, she…

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Changing seasons

autumn wedding flowers

Seems like Autumn has arrived for us here in the UK, I walked to the supermarket the other day and watched all the trees beginning to shed their leaves in the wind. Do you have a favourite season? I’m a fan of autumn when its not raining but at the moment that might be tricky….

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Is being bored good for your creativity

getting bored

Through the various lockdowns that we all had to go through I ended up teaching myself to crochet thanks to endless watching of Youtube tutorials. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one as we all learnt new skills out of frustration and boredom I wonder, when was the last time you got properly bored? The…

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A Summer wedding

Summer wedding, south west

We couldn’t resist sharing the details and photos of this wedding we had the pleasure of working on in June back when the sun was shining. Georgie & James got married at the wonderful Courtfarm at Standerwick. We love working there as its an amazing place to decorate. We arrived mid-morning on the day to…

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Making homegrown compost

As part of growing flowers at Young Blooms, we have over the last couple of years begun making our own compost. I think we can blame lockdown with the start of our fascination, one the of the main drivers for us was realising that food waste can’t breakdown in landfill. You would think, because its…

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What goes into a gift bouquet from Young Blooms

British flowers,

It might not be the best title for a blogpost, but as I was picking flowers up at our growing site with Vanessa from Foxglove garden. I reflected on how we pick flowers and what goes into a British grown gift bouquet. When ordering your gift bouquet, we always ask for at least 24 hours…

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Roses and why we love them.

british flowers

I couldn’t resist doing this blog post as a dear friend of mine popped by with a gift which included this rather lovely vintage book below. It inspired me to think about how we use roses in our wedding work and also my experience of growing them. Written by Mr Cuthbert in 1952 and published…

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