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Breaking news ..... I found out on Friday that The Flower Bank has been selected by the Co-op as one of their local community groups for...

Every week Lemar and Melissa, Monday and Tuesday mornings respectively, volunteer in the shop for 2 hours. These 2-hour sessions have so...

Yesterday (World Mental Health Day) was truly humbling as friends, friends of friends, relatives, neighbours, and strangers answered the...

Last week’s BBC interview got me thinking that wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could do a nationwide flowerbomb or “flower find”, as some...

Two amazing young people joined our ranks of volunteers this week, Melissa & Elliot, Tuesdays, and Fridays respectively. They’re here to...

This Friday night is Rosh Hashanah and on Thursday I’m doing a Rosh Hashanah workshop via Skype for Marion, Lilian, and Gillian residents...

Thanks to everyone for their offers of help in crocheting I look forward to receiving your efforts at some stage. This week after 6...

It’s been dreadful weather for gardening this week but with the help of Kevin, the Greatest Hits of 10cc, and a tube of No Nails glue we...

I’ve been painting all week (dodging the horrendous showers of course) as we’ve had some planters built in our back garden - we’ve got...

I’m going to keep this message short as it’s been a long day. Thank you to everyone who supported us at this afternoon’s fundraiser with...

Huge thanks to everyone who’s already let me know they’re coming next Sunday to see Yan - just to let you know a BBC film crew will also...

In normal circumstances, August is one of the busiest times in the Florist’s’ calendar as it’s wedding season. The wedding industry in...

This week, Yan Skates, master florist, contestant on Netflix’s “Big Flower fight” and The Flower Bank’s kind friend agreed to deliver our...

I’ve spent the past week (on and off) with the help of Kevin (a neighbour with mental health issues) tidying the shop and garden. Booking...

The photograph was taken on a recent trip to a local cemetery and is a very common sight. It really is shocking that long after the...

Last week was all about research, a number of people had asked me recently if I knew how to stop box blight or other infestations,...

This week was all about preparing the flowers for the funeral of an avid Liverpool fan - thanks Julie, yet again, for your patience and...

It was so nice to see my two Duke of Edinburgh volunteers on Monday bounce into the shop, cabin fever behind them, to decorate the window...

Tomorrow, Monday 15 June, all non essential shops in England are allowed to re-open with restrictions - so we’ll be open most afternoons...

For the past 2 weeks we’ve been opening up the shop as a garden centre on Wednesday afternoons and welcoming back customers. It’s been...