Floraldaysintheshires | Sophie van Gerwen | Substack

Celebrate British flowers week...at home in your garden! 16-22nd June 2025.

British Flower week is an annual celebration of the seasonal flowers and the people that grow or use them.

Jun 9 •

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The joy of biennials and why you should sow them this June.

When you grow cut flowers from seed as I do, you can classify them by their lifecycle which makes things easier.

Jun 3 •

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Spring garden jobs!

(I'm back and I've missed you all!)

May 13 •

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Spring time in the Old house garden

and enjoying a gentle potter.

Apr 4 •

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Winter Garden: dreaming of being a flower farmer!

Or maybe I'm just addicted to buying seeds?

Feb 21 •

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Recent posts

The small and seemingly average.

and why its ok to savour it.

Dec 11, 2024 •

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One to remember!

Nov 28, 2024 •

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The Flower Audit

November -time to take stock.

Nov 3, 2024 •

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October is actually rather lovely!

October round up

Oct 28, 2024 •

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Creating a cutting garden to continue my healing journey.

Part 3 of my Long Covid story

Oct 21, 2024 •

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Making choices for the Spring cutting garden from the sales!

Tulips, Narcissi, Anemones and Ranunculus: Spring bulbs for cutting

Oct 2, 2024 •

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September round up: festivals, flowers, florals, family and fitting stuff in!

(but glad to have my garden!)

Sep 27, 2024 •

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Autumn jobs for the cutting garden

Autumn is a busy time in the cutting garden and it signals the start of the new growing year for many flower growers.

Sep 16, 2024 •

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Notebooks of confused thoughts and garden plans.

Part 2 of my Long Covid story

Sep 10, 2024 •

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How I rediscovered my love of flowers and how they helped to heal me.

Part one of my Long Covid story

Sep 1, 2024 •

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Autumn seed sowing

For bigger and better cut flowers!

Aug 23, 2024 •

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The August rush

But trying to slow down!

Aug 14, 2024 •

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Come and join the flowery chat!

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