Fridays and Sundays 10 till 4 from May till the end of September (other days by prior arrangement)

What better way to spend a couple of hours than cutting flowers from our beautiful gardens and enjoying a cuppa and slice of homemade cake? 

Come and collect a bucket or jug and a pair of snippers from the Tea Garden.

We'll direct you to where the best flowers are on the day, then you are free to explore the gardens and pick your favourite flowers to take home (bring your own bucket to transport them home in).

Finish off with a tasty treat in the Tea Garden. 

Fill a jug with any of our lovely flower. Certain special flowers are charged seperately at £1.50 per stem - these are signposted.

As above, certain special flowers are charged seperately at £1.50 per stem - these are signposted

Flowers cut to about 20cm, maximum of 20 stems please. 

None of the flowers signposted at £1.50 per stem. 

Our flowers are to be found all around both the Cutting Garden and the ornamental Old Kitchen Garden so take time to have a good walk around before you start cutting. 

Please feel free to pick any flowers that take your fancy, however, certain flowers have to charged separately @£1.50 which are signposted.  

Cut down to approximately 50cm nearest to a bud, stem or leaf. Then strip of the leaves. 

Most of our flowers will last at least a week except for Poppies and Roses which are short-lived once cut (but so beautiful and possibly worth it?!) and, of course, they are fine for events where they are only needed to look their best for a couple of days.

Bring a container with you to get your flowers home in some water.

Put your flowers straight into our bucket or jug of water whilst picking.

When you get home put the flowers in a bucket of cool water somewhere dark and cool for between 12 and 24 hours.

Before arranging, cut another inch or so off the stems and any delicate, thin stems benefit from being seared in about 10cm of boiling water for 15-30 seconds.

Thicker woody stems benefit from having the bottom 10cm slit vertically with a knife to allow more water to be absorbed.

Add a little bleach or clear vinegar to the vase water.

Change the water at least every other day, snipping a little more off the stems.

Your flowers should then last at least a week depending on the varieties.