It started when I moved to a farm in Wisbech St Mary and met Barry. 

Barry had 2 acres of peonies in which he had made a living from these 2 acres for the last 40 years. 

The hours were long and it was physically hard work. But it never felt like work.

Growing peonies unlike a lot of crops requires very little machines and you can pretty much get away with a spade, a hoe and a penknife.

Break times were the best as we used to park up on a bushel box and a jammie wagon wheel.

We became good friends and as a 21 year old, I worked for him for 8 years until he sadly past away. 

He taught me everything he knew about peonies and that was it I was obsessed with these magical plants. 

I have grown my acreage up to 7 acres now as they cost a lot to establish and have to wait 3 years before you can sell a flower.

I thought my business was safe. 

Lockdown 2020 hit many businesses including fellow growers which had to dump millions of stems of flowers and florists and retailers were also hit equally. 

Instead of throwing my entire crop on the muck heap, we decided to fill my house up and make a load of TikToks and then gave them away for FREE to anyone who wanted to pick them up.

I used to be a very shy and proud person who doesn't like to be a pushy salesman but selling on social media has helped me talk to people more and be more confident in what I do. 

Peony season is very short but as we now control everything from growing the crop, how they are stored, packaged we feel we are in a good position to get them to you as fresh as possible. 

We have 8 different varieties in which 70% of our crop may have to be picked in 3 days if its hot. 

They get stored in a fridge before they are dispatched to whoever wants them.

Peonies can be very unpredictable so bear with us if something doesn't go right. 

Let me know and I will see what we can do to fix it.

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