The Journey of Little Pink Garden: Our Sustainable Flower Farm in Surrey
Little Pink Garden found its forever home at the start of 2025, but its roots stretch back much further. What is now a flower farm in Newchapel, Surrey has grown from years of learning, experimenting, and dreaming.
It all started in 2020, a year that gave me time to pause and really think about what I wanted. I was experimenting in my own garden, planting pink beets, little blooms, and discovering how grounding it felt to be outside, hands in the soil. Dan noticed my obsession—and kindly bought me a gardening course, which turned out to be the first step in a journey I didn’t quite know I was ready for.
FROM GARDEN EXPERIMENTS TO THE RHS
By 2021, I’d enrolled at the Royal Horticultural Society and threw myself into studying for my Level 2 qualification, which I completed in 2022. I loved learning and asking questions, knowing I’d never know everything—but that’s the joy of horticulture. After that, I started growing on rented plots across Sussex to develop my skills in sustainable flower farming. Each one was different: some full sun, some shady, all full of lessons. My first harvests were small, buckets of flowers grown from seeds and tubers, but each one felt like a little victory and taught me something new about what worked—and what didn’t.
At the Royal Horticultural Society, where I first fell in love with my pink overalls.
COLLABORATIONS AND COMMUNITY
Over the years, Little Pink Garden grew well beyond a hobby. I’ve been lucky to collaborate with florists, work on weddings, and creative collaborations which has given me the chance to share my seasonal flowers with the community and really test myself as a grower. Every collaboration reminded me why I do this—the joy of seeing months of work transform into something people love.
BUILDING A HOME IN SURREY
By 2024, it felt like the right time to find a permanent home. Dan and I bought land in Surrey, and it’s been incredible to start shaping a place that is truly ours. Dan’s background in electrical construction and contracts management has been invaluable—he’s built the systems and infrastructure that let me focus on growing.
This year is about beginnings: one strip of beds running to the tree line, with the intention of expanding slowly, doubling each season. The vision is ambitious—up to 50,000 stems at full yield—but the focus remains on the present: nurturing the soil, planting with care, and bringing flowers to bloom.
Every plot I’ve rented, every course I’ve taken, every collaboration has led to this. Little Pink Garden isn’t just a dream anymore—it’s real, and I couldn’t be more excited for what’s to come.
With my first ever bucket of cut flowers.
Moving onto the new plot at the beginning of 2025.
Follow along with our journey and see behind-the-scenes moments on Instagram.
Or stay in the loop with seasonal tips, updates, and flower deliveries by signing up for our newsletter.
