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A flower farm vase on Monday

My daughter and I spent a delightful morning at the East Lothian Flower Farm open day on Saturday.  Debbie Scott, whose business it is, showed us around her flower beds and chatted through how she grows all her fabulous flowers, and then we were served an excellent mug of coffee and cake (doesn't get much better than that on a Saturday morning), and then we all had a go at putting together a small tied posy of flowers from the farm, which we put in the jam jars we had brought with us.  A joyous morning!

I have included a few photos from the morning, but generally photographed my vase at home as the light was better.  My vase has a glorious mix of dahlia, chocolate cosmos and a larger raspberry coloured cosmos, a sumptuous blackberry-coloured scabious, calendula, white nigella buds, some beech leaves, delicate dill and ammi, plus a verbena (the blue spike) but I can't remember its name!

At the flower farm -


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  1. Anonymous19 August 2019 at 19:42

    How fun! I like that you have a bit of everything. And the chocolate cosmos are so stunning.

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  2. AlisonC19 August 2019 at 19:44

    Sounds like a good day and lots of fun. What gorgeous flowers and rich colours. That Verbena may be hastata which I don't have but would like! I already have a seed list for next year.

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  3. Cathy19 August 2019 at 21:28

    What a great morning that must have been - was it like being a child in a sweet shop? ;) I wonder if there are any flower farms near here? So lovely to see all the varied blooms in your vase - such abundance... thanks for sharing it

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    1. the running wave20 August 2019 at 20:26

      I am sure there will be a flower farm near you! Here is their website and you should be able to find out who is nearby. Fingers crossed you can find one nearby!
      https://www.flowersfromthefarm.co.uk Amanda

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  4. Kris Peterson20 August 2019 at 01:02

    How I wish we had an event like that here. It sounds like tremendous fun. You put together a lovely jam jar - it looks good enough to eat! (Forgive me - it's nearing dinner time here and I'm hungry.)

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    1. the running wave21 August 2019 at 08:13

      Some flowers do look good enough to eat, and some you can! I always grow a few - calendula, nasturtium but don't often use them. They are just too lovely to chew up! A

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