We are getting well stocked up with new dried flower products from our wonderful suppliers from Holland. We are proud to work with Lamboo Dried & Deco, and have done so for over 20 years. Back in the 80s when dried flowers were big news Koos Lamboo were one of the biggest flower growers and driers in Holland. Fashions changed and dried flowers were pushed to the back of the room and forgotten, only to be seen as set decor in classic TV shows.
Now Dried Flowers are big news again, and one of the hottest trends. Japan and Korea were some of the early adopters and we saw some beautiful arrangements from Atelier Prairies from France. In the UK Liberty’s and Selfridges are currently featuring dried flower installations and with the work of floral artist, Rebecca Louise Law catching everyone’s attention now dried flowers are cool again!
What a tricky year it's been for growers in Europe and the UK. With late snow and a very wet April, the dried flower seeding was delayed by a whole month. However nature always finds a way and May has been a fantastic growing month, and now everything has caught up, however now, of course, we have had a long hot dry spell and regular watering is a costly necessity.
Successes this year – the biggest volume of Wheat ever! We harvest this green so that it dries with really strong stems and is then perfect to use in bouquets as it is or can be dyed in our wide range of colours. Phalaris, Barley, Triticale, and Lavender are now harvested and are currently drying.
Not so good - crop failure for our lovely Statice suworowii, lets's hope for bumper harvests next year.
Most of our Dried Grass Wreaths are now in stock and once we get a bigger selection of flowers we will start to make our bouquets.
Over the next 2 weeks, the following items will be harvested, dried, and will be back in stock soon:
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