Expanding My Flower Collection Base
Last week I spoke to a flower distributor based in Huntingdon who supplies the supermarkets with flowers they import from Kenya, Ecuador...
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The Flower Bank
Jun 19, 20222 min read
Lights, Camers, Action
I’ve got the French TV crew visiting on Tuesday, and I’ve been painting and tidying for what seems like weeks. I remember my old boss at...
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The Flower Bank
Jun 5, 20221 min read
Early Starts and Beautiful Flowers
Yesterday at 5.00 am, I drove into town to collect flowers from a fundraiser at Old Billingsgate near Tower Bridge. Billingsgate proper,...
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The Flower Bank
Jun 4, 20221 min read
Jubilee Whirlwind
As well as it being the Jubilee this weekend it’s also the Jewish festival of Shavuot which commemorates Moses receiving the 10...
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The Flower Bank
May 28, 20221 min read
No Spring Chickens here!
On Friday, I visited a glorious supported housing block, ‘Trees’, off North Hill in Highgate, to deliver an activity. Amanda, the...
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The Flower Bank
May 21, 20221 min read
Did You Say Google?
On Wednesday, I collected the most beautiful flowers from a Google event at the Georgian 5-star retreat, The Grove, near Watford (see my...
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The Flower Bank
May 14, 20221 min read
Magic Moments...continued
I used last week’s Magic Mike flowers on Monday afternoon to make bedside arrangements with elderly bed-bound residents in Jewish Care’s...
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The Flower Bank
May 7, 20221 min read
Magic Mike Film Set
Late on Bank Holiday Monday afternoon, I received a phone call from Roz asking if I could handle surplus flowers from an event in I could...
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The Flower Bank
May 1, 20222 min read
New Contacts and Zero Waste
This week, through CommUNITY Barnet, I was put in touch with Event cycle, an organisation that disposes of surplus from events got in...
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The Flower Bank
Apr 23, 20222 min read
Social Media Nightmare
This week has been dominated by the collection and despatch of surplus flowers from last weekend’s Easter/Ramadan and Passover...
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The Flower Bank
Apr 16, 20221 min read
Battle of Barnet and Baskets!
On Thursday it was the 551st anniversary of the Battle of Barnet, a decisive battle in the War of the Roses and the only battle to be...
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The Flower Bank
Apr 9, 20221 min read
A Celebrity Visitor
Yesterday after days of feverish tidying, numerous trips to the tip, the creation by the marvellous Mary of a jungle wall I welcomed Jeff...
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The Flower Bank
Apr 2, 20222 min read
Flowers, Flowers and More Flowers
Apologies for the late sending of my weekly blog but the combination of the clock going forward and long list of Mother’s Day orders left...
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The Flower Bank
Mar 20, 20221 min read
Mother's Day is coming - We are Ready!
The glorious weather brought out the brides yesterday, and we’ve now got bookings throughout the year with two on the same weekend in...
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The Flower Bank
Mar 13, 20221 min read
International Women's Day
Tuesday, March 8th, was International Women’s Day, and we were swamped serving customers all day from Romania, Poland, Russia and Italy....
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The Flower Bank
Mar 6, 20222 min read
Some Highlights in a Grim World
The world is incredibly grim at the moment but there have been wonderful moments this week - my birthday on Monday brought annual...
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The Flower Bank
Feb 22, 20221 min read
Utility Gate!
The seasonal deluge of daffodils continued this week and I’ve donated them to luncheon clubs, the East Barnet Food Hub, the socially...
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The Flower Bank
Feb 20, 20221 min read
What an absolute honour!
It’s been a crazy old week starting on Monday with Valentine’s Day. We were inundated with daffodils and the lovesick and I couldn’t have...
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The Flower Bank
Feb 13, 20222 min read
Could we see a ban?
It’s been rather a tumultuous week which began with an email on Monday from our old friends the 3rd Party Utility Broker UK Direct...
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The Flower Bank
Feb 6, 20222 min read
Coats, coats, coats.
Amongst other things this week we were focussed on making decorations for the opening of High Barnet’s first dog café, Nika. Whenever...
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