“Friends, like flowers, make life more beautiful.” ― Michele Farabee

Presentation by Suzie Rush: Picked at Dawn, the On Growing Story.

With a background of studying art and working in a garden centre, Suzie started growing her own flowers first in a walled garden in Thirsk before taking on a much larger hayfield in Kilburn. Passionate about flowers and reducing carbon footprints, Suzie took us through the process of growing and tending her flowers which are then made into arrangements for weddings and events. Suzie will only use the flowers in season and has now diversified into flower arranging workshops and supplying well rooted plug plants. We were all interested in how her business developed through perseverance and hard work, especially as she has only used the media to publicise her services.

HOME (pickedatdawn.co.uk) is her website and About - Picked at Dawn (substack.com) keeps you up-to-date with her news.

Display Table

Ann brought Mandrake, Mandragora officinarum, and told us an amusing tale, details of which can be found here.The plant that can kill and cure - BBC News , 
Narcissus cyclaminens, olsynium douglasii sisyrinchium (grass widow), scilla biflora and corydalis malkensis

Maggie Y brought an assortment of daffodils: Snow Baby, Minnow, Tête á Tête and Jetfire

Kate brought Pachyphragma, Brunnera Jack Frost, Pulmonaria Blue Ensign and various Primulas including Primula marginata, the Silver-Edged Primrose

Gill E brought Primroses, Chionodoxa, Cardamine, Lonicera fragrantissima, Pulmonarias, Snowdrops, Cyclamen and Scilla

Gill J’s Iris reticulata