hello, a bit about me,

I design and grow flowers in their natural seasons that are full of colour and movement. my style is a little wild and I love the more delicate varieties.

You will find me in my flower room and cutting garden in Welshpool, Mid Wales or in my wellies, growing the most exquisite flowers at a Georgian walled garden near Oswestry in Shropshire.

                                                     

                                    

There is something very special and gratifying about sowing a seed or planting a bulb and watching it grow and develop into the most colourful and incredibly scented flower, full of shape and texture. Designing and growing with the rhythms of nature and immersing ourselves in the beauty of our landscape. 

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I spent most of my childhood surrounded by nature, as I was lucky enough to be able to walk to my local woodland nature reserve with my family, including our lovely dog.   I would spend lots of time, exploring the earth, watching the insect life doing their thing and climbing the trees, it was my happy place! 
Nowadays my happy place is a walled garden, in a small village near Oswestry, Shropshire,  growing flowers from seeds and bulbs and caring for them until they develop. This is a new space for me and I hope to transform it into a haven for Bees and Butterflies, improving the soil and working with the rhythms of the seasons.
I spent much of my career as a children's nursery nurse, working for a private nursery and then self employed in my own childcare business.  When my own children were young I studied for a C&G photography course and a BTEC in interior design and decorative techniques, part time, which have all come in very useful now.  A few years ago I decided to go back to school and do something else that I also loved.  Winding on a couple of years, when the level 2 & 3 city & guilds floristry courses were coming to an end, I found work as a florist in a local village florist shop and afterwards in my local town shop. Having lived in London when I was younger I decided to head back there to gain some invaluable experience in a larger, high end retail Florists at 'Jane Packer flowers'.
Whilst studying floristry I realised that I wanted to grow my own seasonal, chemical free flowers and work with nature, sharing them with my local community and spreading the word about sustainable British flowers.  After leaving my job in  London and coming to live in Mid Wales I knew it was the right time and place and 'FloraLana' was born!