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The Flower Farmers’ Big Weekend

Love flowers but feeling unsure about their provenance? Then make a date to visit the first-ever Flower Farmers’ Big Weekend on 16-18 August. The three-day, nationwide, open-farm festival is the brainchild of Flowers from the Farm, an artisan grower movement behind the renaissance in British cut flowers. It promises to show British flower farms at their best.

Over 100 growers will be opening the gates to their farms, allotments and cutting gardens during the weekend and will be hosting talks, tours, lunches, pick-your-own, workshops and even suppers

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