Story of the patch

I’m Tracey, and at Castle Combe Flower Patch in North Wiltshire, I grow high quality flowers and foliage from our paddock at home. I am passionate about producing seasonal, sustainably grown blooms for local customers throughout the British growing season between April and October. 

I create bouquets with the essence of the seasonal English garden with thoughtful colour combinations, arranged in a beautifully cottage garden style.

Unlike flowers from the supermarket and many florists, my bouquets have no air miles, chemicals or pesticides and Mother Nature decides when they’re available. As a champion of the wildlife, I do all I can to promote the biodiversity of my land. The wildflower area of the paddock is teeming with butterflies and bees all summer long, and the birds adore the seed heads I leave for them over the winter.

My cut flower season starts in Spring with scented narcissi, tulips, ranunculus and anemones. As the weather warms up, the peonies and roses join the party, and the roses repeat and repeat until Autumn. The beginning of June sees the true start of the summer flowers with the joy of annuals like larkspur, snapdragons and cosmos. The dahlias, asters and carnations follow into August and September, and continue until the first October frosts.

I am a member of the multi award-winning, not-for-profit, co-operative of British cut flower growers, Flowers from the Farm. If you would like to gift a bouquet to someone outside this area, you can Find British Flower Growers here who can help you. If your floral request is more than I can fulfil on my own, I can work with other local FFTF growers to deliver what you need.

Large areas of paddock are left wild to support the wildlife and help biodiversity. The mix of grasses encourages invertebrates and gives a home to the voles and rabbits that I don’t want in my flower patch! This area is full of butterflies and bees during the summer months (when my chief helper, Luna the Labrador, isn’t charging around).