Buying British flowers for your Valentine…availability & where you can order them

I hope you had a lovely weekend.  Did you see the wonderful article by Naomi Slade in The Telegraph newspaper on Saturday? It was about buying British flowers for your Valentine and featured grower and florist Georgie Newbery of Common Farm Flowers. Prompted by the article, today I thought I’d share with you details of the types of British flowers that will be available this Friday and where you can buy them. (This is another blog post that you may like to print out for or send on to your nearest and dearest!)

Flower availability

There are lots of homegrown flowers available in February.  They include narcissi, daffodils, tulips, hellebores, ranunculus, anemones, freesias and alstroemeria.

Where you can buy British flowers

Networks

Flowers from the Farm 
Visit the Growers Map on their website and you’ll be able to find a local flower grower, simply by entering your postcode. Contact the growers and they’ll tell you about their flower availability and if they offer a delivery service.

The British Flower Collective
Visit the Map of Flower Growers/Florists on their website and you’ll be able to locate your nearest supplier of British flowers.

Individual Companies 

Scented Narcissi
Buy 50, 100, 200 or 300 stems of stunning Erlicheer narcissi from Scented Narcissi, based in the Scilly Isles.

Scilly Flowers
Scilly Flowers have a wonderful selection of narcissi.  They also have a special offer in February of extra flowers, if you use the code FN14 before you shop.

The Great British Florist
Choose from two bouquet designs or for something a little different, buy your Valentine a headband!

The Real Cut Flower Garden
Based in Dorset, The Real Cut Flower Garden’s Valentine’s bouquet includes tulips, hellebores, narcissi and sarcococca, plus it comes with a small posy of anemones.

Tregothnan
Tregothnan in Cornwall have a lovely range of floral designs for Valentine’s Day, including the pretty Natural Sweetheart Vine Wreath with tulips, featured in today’s blog post.

Please bear in mind that for some companies, today may be the last day that you can order for a Valentine’s Day delivery.  So, don’t delay!  If you know of or are a company who are selling British Flowers this Valentine’s Day, please feel free to add details in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box below.

(Image : Tregothnan)