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We are passionate about all things flowers, and love nothing more than sharing this, sparking a passion in others too. Here, you'll find free guides and our blog packed with information about growing, seasonality, flower arranging and sustainability. Follow us and become part of the Featherstone's family.

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Jess holding a handful of dried ranunculus claws ready to start for spring flowers

Download our guide to growing ranunculus, taking you through every step to cultivate vibrant blooms. This resource will give you the confidence to grow your own stunning flowers and enjoy their beauty in your garden or home.

Florist arranging spring flowers into a vase

This guide will take you through every step in arranging your spring flowers into a vase to get the very best out of them. This download will give you confidence to create your own display and enjoy sights and scents of spring in your home.

hardy annuals being grown for cut flowers

Download this guide to 10 of our favourite hardy annuals to sow in late winter or early spring. Filled with recommendations for varieties and how to achieve excellent germination for each type of flower.

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Early Autumn Elegance at Featherstone Flowers

Jessica Roberts

Sep 141 min read

Early Autumn Elegance at Featherstone Flowers

As autumn settles over the farm, we find ourselves surrounded by a golden transformation. The fields around us have yielded their final...

Jobs for March

Jessica Roberts

Mar 122 min read

Jobs for March

You can still be sowing hardy annuals this month, including snapdragons, corncockle, phlox, clary sage, cornflower, scabious, larkspur....

Spring Seed Starting Success

Jessica Roberts

Feb 152 min read

Spring Seed Starting Success

Have you started sowing seeds for the year? We have started growing a range of seeds on the farm including hardy annuals and perennials...

To Do: January and February Jobs in the Garden

Jessica Roberts

Jan 153 min read

To Do: January and February Jobs in the Garden

January is a time to hunker down with a good seed catalogue and a never ending supply of tea - we're busy planning our sowing dates and...

Is October the new March? We are as Busy as Spring

Jessica Roberts

Oct 16, 20223 min read

Is October the new March? We are as Busy as Spring

Autumn is probably as busy, if not more so, than Spring for us. We were very lucky to have avoided the early hard frosts which others...

What is in season... January

May 10, 20221 min read

What is in season... January

At Featherstone's English Flower Company we grow with the seasons - in tune with Mother Nature. As Flower Farmers, we instinctively know...

The Benefits of Bareroot

Jessica Roberts

Feb 10, 20224 min read

The Benefits of Bareroot

Once upon a time the only way to obtain herbaceous perennials, shrubs and trees was to buy them bareroot in the winter. This meant...

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