Britain’s surviving flower farmers are diversifying to appeal to new audiences, and new entrepreneurs are emerging.

Polly’s outbuilding has been designed for efficiency over the centuries and she has continued with this ethos. An enfilade of light leads from the front of the stables…

The zeitgeist flower for growers and florists this year is the fritillary. Not the little snake’s heads, long since fêted, but their taller, sturdier, more architectural relations, Fritillaria persica…

It was exciting to be a featured florist for British Flowers Week 2016 – New Covent Garden Flower Market’s annual campaign is so crucial. We’re looking forward to seeing this year’s designs!

Some of Polly Nicholson’s earliest memories recall days as a small child exploring her parents’ garden with wonder – searching for wild flowers, taking in their scent, and being transfixed by the beautiful blooms…