{"id":129947,"date":"2022-09-24T13:00:09","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T06:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/get-growing-two-city-farmers-explain-how-to-cultivate-your-own-flowers\/"},"modified":"2022-09-24T13:27:41","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T06:27:41","slug":"get-growing-two-city-farmers-explain-how-to-cultivate-your-own-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/get-growing-two-city-farmers-explain-how-to-cultivate-your-own-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Get growing\u2019: two city farmers explain how to cultivate your own flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nLonger-lasting and better for the planet, British cut flowers are the future. These London cut-flower girls explain how to grow your own\u2018People just need to try it,\u201d says Camila Romain, one half of urban flower farming duo Wolves Lane Flower Company. \u201cWe get emails from people saying, \u2018I want to do the learning, and then I want to start\u2019; we\u2019re always trying to get them to just get growing.\u201dRomain and her business partner Marianne Mogendorff are passionate about British-grown cut flowers. Taking its name from the north London street where they set up shop in 2017, the business has evolved from a flower farm offering local, organically cultivated and subscription-delivered bouquets of seasonal flowers \u2013 from dahlias and cornflowers to nicotiana \u2013 to a micro wholesaler selling direct to florists. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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