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From Seedlings to Spring Lambs

Firth Flock Flowers - March 2026


Tiger Eye Red viola seedling growing in a small pot, its deep burgundy petals edged with warm golden tones, photographed on a North Wales flower farm.

March arrived in a rush of colour and life. Our leased plot just up the road is now entering its third year as a productive flower field, and while it looks a little quiet from the gate, so much is happening behind the scenes. Most of my time lately has been spent tending thousands of tiny seedlings taking over every available surface in the greenhouse. Now that the weather is finally starting to warm, we’re preparing to head back out to the field and continue extending what we’ve built over the last two years.


Freshly cut bunch of mixed daffodils, including soft peach-toned varieties, gathered in a pile beside the flower field on a North Wales flower farm, ready for spring workshop arrangements.

For Mother’s Day, the workshop was filled with the soft, delicate hues of spring—vibrant tulips, elegant hellebores, nodding fritillaries, and a stunning variety of daffodils, including a few favourites that shift from lemon yellow to soft peach as they mature. It’s a season that feels both fleeting and magical; even in the rush, it’s impossible not to pause and enjoy the scents of flowers grown right here in the UK.



The Night Shift


A mother ewe with her two newborn lambs resting in a straw-filled stall at Firth Flock Flowers farm in North Wales.

Behind the scenes looked a little different this month. Lambing came later than usual, landing right in the middle of Mother’s Day preparations. My office relocated to a bale of hay in the sheep shed next door to my flower workshop. It was intense, as always.

 

Days and nights blurred together as I balanced flower orders with the needs of my ewes, lambs, and other livestock. Alongside our own flock, four small pet lambs without a mum to feed them joined us—Crumpet, Mouse, Cushla, and Espresso. Bottle feeds around the clock meant very little sleep and a permanent state of “barn hair,” but they are such characters, and watching them race around the barn together never fails to make me laugh. Even when I managed a few hours of shut-eye, I found myself checking the cameras constantly through the night to make sure everyone was safe.


A newly born Welsh Black Mountain lamb peering through a gap in a metal gate, standing in a straw-filled stall on a North Wales farm.

I actually shared a bit of this chaos with the wider world this month! I was invited to take over the Flowers from the Farm social media for a week, posting reels showing daily life here on the farm and how I created this role for myself. It was lovely to show the reality of life as a sustainable flower farmer and florist—its hard work but its worth it!

 



Tiny Chairs & Miniature Flower Bulbs


Collage of participants at a spring wreath workshop at Ysgol Pentrecelyn, creating living wreaths with bulbs on sustainable willow bases, designed to be planted in the garden afterwards.

Now that lambing has come to an end, my attention has turned fully back to the flowers just in time for Easter. We’ve grown significantly more than last spring, and for the first time, we were able to use entirely homegrown bulbs for our Easter Wreath Workshop at Ysgol Pentrecelyn.

 

The workshop was a total joy. A room full of women gathered on tiny children’s chairs, surrounded by moss, soil, and spring bulbs. The atmosphere was beautifully relaxed and full of laughter—especially when one very good sport ended up under the hand dryer after an unfortunate prosecco spill!

 

I love sharing skills with people and seeing what they create; everyone gets the exact same tray filled with ingredients, yet the results are completely unique. Over the coming weeks, the moss-wrapped violas, grape hyacinths, and miniature 'minnow' narcissi we attached to willow wreaths will bloom and fill out in a stunning display. Once the flowers finish, the bulbs can be planted out in the garden to enjoy again.


Group of participants holding up their finished spring wreaths, smiling together at a workshop in North Wales.


Caught on Film


In amongst the mud and the moss, we’ve been sent some beautiful photographs and film from weddings we flowered last year. Seeing our work captured in such a personal way is something we never take lightly. We’ve updated the website with these new images—do take a look if you’d like to see what we’ve been up to.


As wedding season approaches, we’re returning to venues we love and preparing for new ones. Whether it’s a simple collection of bouquets and jam jars picked up from the farm or a full-scale installation, we value the variety of every wedding we touch.


Collage of four recent wedding floral designs shared on social media, featuring two at Tyn Dwr Hall, one at St Dyfnog’s Church in Pentre Llanrhaeadr, and one at Soughton Hall, photographed by Nathan Roberts Photography, Wyld Bee Photography, and The Creative Wedding Agency.

Photo Credits - Top and Bottom Left Nathan Roberts / Top Right Wyld Bee / Bottom Right (Video Still) The Creative Wedding Agency


To round off the month, we were so pleased to see our flowers featured in a four-page editorial in an online edition of Cheshire and Merseyside County Wedding Magazine. It was a proud moment to see our work and celebrate the talented women behind our styled shoot team who run businesses across North Wales.

 


Four screenshots of a four-page editorial feature in County Wedding Magazine (Cheshire & Merseyside), showcasing a styled floral photoshoot by Firth Flock Flowers at Plas Newydd in Llangollen, October 2025.

Pages 27 - 30 in March / April Edition Country Wedding Magazine


Coming Up...

We have just two spaces remaining on our Grow Your Own Flower Garden course in May. If you’ve been thinking about starting your own cutting garden, now is the time to book.

 

A relaxed, hands-on two-day workshop covering everything from seed sowing and planting to harvesting and arranging, you’ll leave with your own cut flower garden underway, plenty of practical knowledge, and ongoing support to help it thrive.


Sunny winter day over the flower field at Firth Flock Flowers in North Wales, with new shoots emerging and soil mulched with wool from the farm’s sheep.

The flower field (mulched with plenty of our own wool) coming back to life after a wet winter


For now, I’m catching up on a little sleep where I can, keeping an eye on both the seedlings and the lambs, and enjoying these early signs of the season ahead. It’s been a full month, but one that reminds me why I love this work so much. 

 

With muddy hands and hopeful hearts, 


Ellen

 
 
 

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