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British Cut Flowers – a growing industry<br />
By Jill Smith at Binnington Blooms<br />
I was inspired to start growing flowers for cutting after hearing about<br />
‘Flowers From The Farm’. Flowers From the Farm is an organisation<br />
to encourage and bring together British flower growers to share ideas<br />
on growing, cutting and marketing cut flowers. It was set up by Gill<br />
Hodgson, who grows flowers near York and came from her passion for<br />
bringing back locally grown country garden flowers to the market place.<br />
After five years there are now over 200 members from Cornwall to<br />
Scotland. At a recent Flower weekend in Harrogate for members from<br />
the north, attended by Jonathan Moseley, the international flower<br />
arranger and judge on “The Great Allotment Challenge”, who<br />
commented “I can feel the energy in the room”. The enthusiasm<br />
amongst members for their love of flowers is infectious and our<br />
principle ambition is to share those flowers with everybody by making<br />
them available to purchase in a sustainable and top quality way.<br />
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