Mother’s Day Order now!
Mother’s Day is just 10 days away – Chez Fleur offer beautiful hand tieds from £45 or Spring tulip bouquets from £30 with free delivery to RH15, RH16 and RH17 postcodes. Click here to order.
Get behind the Daffodil – Marie Curie Great Daffodil Appeal 2016
Exciting news this week as I have been working behind the scenes with Marie Curie & Covent Garden Flower market to promote the Marie Curie Great Daffodil Appeal in March. This year we are encouraging all florists to sell daffodils and to make a donation to the charity – I am delighted that we have received…
Spring Demonstration & Workshop
Come & join Chez Fleur at The Hayloft, Talbot Inn, Cuckfield, for a morning of innovative flower arranging followed by the opportunity to make your own tulip bowl design. Wednesday 16 March 10.30-12noon. £25 per person. Click here for more information and how to book.
A new way to order flowers
You can now order flowers from Chez Fleur using the Florist Exchange app. Simply download to your smartphone and you have direct access to over 11,000 florists worldwide. By ordering direct, not via a relay company, you will be receiving 100% value for your order – read all about Florist Exchange here
Patience with Peonies
This week I decided to do an experiment with some Sarah Bernhardt peonies. They can be a florist’s nightmare as they can take ages to come out often arriving the size of table tennis balls only for them to go all blousy and peak too early! I read two theories on trying to coax them out –…
Different daffs…
Here’s a new way to display your weekly daffs – these gel beads expand in water and the bright yellow base looks fab with the daffodils. Because daffodils don’t need a huge amount of water (remember when you bought them they will have been stored completely dry) they thrive well in the beads. The beads can…
Sweet as candy!
Here’s a simple idea that’s two gifts in one – a lovely present with pretty flowers and a storage jar to use later! The Narcissus in the photos were from a supermarket and the jars are available from Chez Fleur. For more flower arranging ideas don’t forget to come along to the Spring Fair at Jack…
Tricky tulips!
Did you know that tulips continue to grow after they have been cut? This is why many people think they have ‘flopped’ out of a vase when in fact they have grown and the heads become heavier than the stems. A great way to arrange tulips is to use a fish bowl. Here’s how: add…
Wild flowers ready for picking
This week I have been able to pick some of the flowers we planted at the end of March. I love using home grown flowers in my bouquets!
Wild Flowers – Home grown supply!
This week I planted more Wild flower mix – the bed took an age to prepare having been covered in weed control membrane and bark chippings for the last 8 years! Once all the roots and debris were cleared we dug back in the composted bark and several bags of sand to try and drain…