You know what, even if Hazel 1960 has left the building, I for one have thoroughly enjoyed all the thought provoking interaction In the chat. I'm in New Zealand and am in the thick of summer - drought to be accurate, but rain on the horizon, so my flowers are abuzz with wildlife and so I'm grateful to share such simple pleasures with kindred spirits across the globe. Thankyou Georgie, Fabrizio and fellow flower groupies. I love you all.
ah thank you Wendy - yes I'm grateful to @hazel1960 for starting this discussion as I think it's so valuable for us all to consider what we do and why and keep thinking as we go forward xxx
I love your ethics Georgie and well done for being so environmentally aware in your business 👏👏 Also to add that I love the natural look of your arrangements and posies. Well done to the UK growers. 😃
We inherited a winter honeysuckle when we moved into our house, it was already in the garden. It is absolutely stunning I can smell it a mile off its so strong!
You’re a true delight and I love your British humor and your arrangements. I often try to copy your arrangements. You always have amazing ideas using twigs and greenery .Can put together a beautiful arrangement without breaking the bank❤️🙏
I like tiny too. I am inspired to make a small posy with Hellebores and multi headed narcissi- beautiful! Always love your arrangements georgie. UI don't 'pudge' - I just fudge, ha ha. Thank you for sharing.😄 x
Almost worth being January 😂, well I'd love to smell them, I love your small arrangements, my favorite and it is so true how as the week goes on , the colors change, so fun, a secret treasure, I love that term😊Thank you Georgie ❤, always a refreshing break in my wintery day in Alaska
Its wonderful you use what’s locally grown if possible ❤❤ In our farmyard I’ve a few winter sweet box … the whole garden has a beautiful fragrance…it’s intoxicating ❤❤ Over the years I take cuttings and plant them in friends and families gardens….spreading their sweet fragrance around 🥰🥰🎋
oh that's such a gorgeous scent! I have one of those struggling rather outside the back door - I think it's too sunny for it - one day I'll move it to a happier for it place x
Love seeing the flowers. In the mist of rain/snow storm here Did cut stems of shrubs to force inside yesterday before the storm tho. No going out for several days😂❄️
Prior to your video I spotted some primroses flowering in the garden, just picked 4, to leave the rest for the insects, and one flower spike of Mahonia Winter Sun, they have cheered up my desk on a gloomy day! Would love to have a winter honeysuckle but not sure where I could squeeze it in, would it cope against an East facing fence or does it need more sun?
I’ve always found lonicera fragrantissima will grow pretty much anywhere, definitely v hardy and easy to grow from Irish cuttings (meaning where a branch has touched the ground and taken route already)
Georgie. That poisonous sap on the narcissi. What about the old tale, that it has a detrimental impact on other flowers in the vase and therefore shouldn’t be mixed? What do you make of that please? That is why I have looked on narcissi as a loss leader, because they don’t hold much value on their own. Could you clear that one up for us?
I have never seen narcissi affect the health or long life of other flowers in mixed bouquets and have used them in mixed arrangements for sale for fifteen years - they ARE poisonous but I've never seen them kill other flowers x
Georgie keep it basic and real, I hate the tubers that get more fancy as they get more popular and loose the normality of the basics that started the Chanel
As a professional florist in a very successful shop I would never be able to play with flowers they way you do You should think yourself very lucky Just think about the sympathy trade enormous in the winter months I understand that’s not your core business But please do not think you’re better than a florist that buys imported flowers Actually for years my Dutch man flowers came in brown paper We reused the boxes I also was in the Lee valley area and went straight to the green houses Your flowers have has massive heat which is not so green
@@Parmesitonot in the real florist league We were a team of eight in my team I take offence to some of what she has to say So have left I wish her well in her adventure I was very successful so have retired early I also taught floristry Other jobbing florists are a great gang in the business for 38 years
@@hazel1960I can see you are passionate about your floristry, and that your experience has taught you a lot. Georgie is a talented business woman and florist, who has been able to achieve a personal goal of providing for her family while still valuing her impact on the environment. It is just the ethos of her boutique business. I don’t think she was trying to be “better than”. I hope you will come to understand her perspective as you watch her channel longer.
In years gone by I used to think nothing of using flowers from all four corners of the globe - the client got whatever they wanted. I used plastic containers, pot tape, floral foam, plastic wrap, the whole nine yards. I have hopped from foot to foot under the central clock in Covent Garden (Nine Elms) searching in panic fashion to find my list - always just in a pocket previously searched! I have met the Flying Dutchman in a lay by to collect flowers missed from an order or when I have done my best to satisfy a bridal change of mind. Whilst I absolutely do not buy in to the global warming / end of the world hype, I do want to have a positive rather than negative footprint and have chosen to work on similar priciples to Georgie using minimal and natural materials. I now grow and use/sell flowers and appreciate all the steps described in this video. Industries evolve, we learn, and most importantly, we are on our own very unique journey. With RU-vid content we can cherry- pick who and what we watch and our play lists can be varied and vibrant or we can create our very own echo chamber. We all have our quirks. Personally, I have chosen to never do funeral work unless for a very close friend. I just don't feel comfortable with it. I know, I'm weird.....well, at any rate unique!
Dear Georgie, As a 'Bloemoloog' i sell organic flowerbulbs at markets in the Netherlands; if you want to give it a try let me know (We have to look at the shipping options to the UK, should be possible..) #NaturalFlowers 🌸👏🫶
