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DONT FORGET, ORDER EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT! The Trade web shop will be closed from Saturday 20th August until Tuesday 30th August inclusive. The last weekend being the August Bank holiday,  SHOP REOPENS Thursday 25th for normal deliveries from Wednesday 31st August. IF YOU HAVE WEDDINGS for FIRST WEEK IN SEPTEMBER - contact as normal please by email or Whatsapp! Thank you :) Thank you to our regular flower fans, I do hope we have given you enough notice so you can plan for any dried, sundries and Chrysal products ahead of time and sourcing for fresh whilst we take a break! HEATWAVE NUMBER...

ADVANCE PLANNING REQUIRED !!  We have decided that we will close the Trade shop for SUMMER HOLIDAYS! Please note the Trade web shop will be closed from Saturday 20th August until Tuesday 30th August inclusive. The last weekend being the August Bank holiday, normal deliveries will start from Wednesday 31st August.  Thank you to our regular flower fans, I do hope we have given you enough notice so you can plan for any dried, sundries and Chrysal products ahead of time and sourcing for fresh whilst we take a break! This week, between sending out your wedding and flower orders we...

School Holidays and the summer vibes are kicking in with oodles of sunflowers in the fields here and our growers busy harvesting arables too....loads of tractors and caravans on the roads !! Every Week is British Flowers Week at EVOLVE! NEW! British grown Asters - Red, Cerise, White and Light Pink with Purple also now ready. NEW! Hypericum - Green Red and Coral pink :) NEW! Carthamus - get ready to dry this lovely orange thistles for your Autumn decorations BOX deal has been added for those of you keen to start drying for Autumn wreaths etc Gladioli Some colours of Gladioli have been listed - there...

  CROP REPORT 23rd July 2022  Phewweee what a week!! July continues with 30c temperatures predicted for the coming week so keep all your hot weather tips handy. Look after the coolers ... keep those buckets clean...please pray for rain!?! SCHOOLS OUT! it is officially The Summer School Holiday here! All very 'end of an era' with our last day as a Primary school parent - a bit emotional!  Every Week is British Flowers Week at EVOLVE! NEW! British grown Asters - Red, Cerise, White and Light Pink - two growers for this crop and purple-blue varieties follow next week. ...

BRACE FOR THE HEATWAVE! Mega hot weather is expected next week with Amber/Red warnings for heatwaves across the UK.  We are planning product care carefully and coordinating with growers to make sure we refrigerate and condition everything to give it the best chance of surviving the journey to you. We have been pre-cooling boxes this week and of course our paper-wrapping means minimum condensation in the boxes. Field grown product has to be harvested and chilled carefully in order not to stress the product. Our growers are changing start times (as are we) to ensure everything - including the croppers...