1 October 2025

Season 2026 Planning

Planting can’t happen without planning…

There’s a saying, “expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised” which we think really sums up flower farming. Each season always has its fair share of surprises, that’s for sure, but our prep for the next season means we have a few contingencies in place, should something not go the way we planned.

One example of this is overwintering. The process of overwintering involves sowing plants ahead of winter, then keeping them indoors somewhere like a greenhouse to protect them from the cold. This is the time of year when we start sowing hardy annuals to overwinter – cornflower, larkspur, calendula, poppies, gypsophilia. Anything that doesn’t make it, we have time to sow again in January for another shot.

We’re always trialing different crops to overwinter because if they’re a success, we have far less on our plate around Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day which is our busiest time of the year.

So we hope that these crops they work first time, if they don’t we have a plan B, and the surprise next year? Well that’s anyone’s guess. And there’ll no doubt be more than one!