This collection’s all about the flowers
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Breathtaking blooms, inspirational arrangements and expert growing advice are yours at the swipe of a screen on Instagram. Here you’ll find growers, stylists, artists and farmers, all sharing images of their common passion – British-grown flowers.

If you’d like to add a little horticultural heaven to your feed, we’ve found 12 of the best flower Instagrammers for you to follow.

@theallotmentflorist

An arrangement in progress with the Allotment florist
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“I absolutely love growing flowers, arranging them, and just being on my plot surrounded by them,” writes Helena Willcocks. As a London florist, Helena was shocked by the quantities of flowers flown into the UK from all over the world, and the chemicals used to preserve them. She was inspired to grow her own organic flowers and thus The Allotment Florist was born. Expect dramatic arrangements and unusual specimens from her feed. Check out her ‘Black Beauty’ sunflowers – you’ll want some of your own.

@3acreblooms

Autumn, with all its bounty, by 3acre Blooms
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“We delight in seeing the hard graft of our gardening blossom into beautiful blooms,” write Emily Talling & Lucy Beckley. These growers and florists have cutting gardens close to Newquay in North Cornwall. The talented sisters turn their flowers into stunning arrangements for weddings and events in the South West. Follow their Instagram feed for forests of pretty snapdragons, blousy ‘café au lait’ dahlias and billowy tulips to brighten up your day.

@catherine_clc

Catherine Chenery’s December posy with Erysimum ‘Bowles mauve’
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“One thing I love about bringing flowers in from the garden is that you see them in a new perspective,” says botanical stylist and garden designer Catherine Chenery. Follow her Instagram feed for stunning images of her flower arrangements, prize blooms – like the aeonium ‘Poldark’ or the velvety Sam Hopkins dahlia  – and some of the wonderful gardens she visits for inspiration.

@wildbunchflowers

A ‘floating summer garden’ by Wild Bunch Flowers
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“Happiness is picking from my garden and making a floating garden on a boat,” writes Tammy Hall. You can see her beautiful wedding arrangement pictured above. Wild Bunch Flowers started in a rambling garden of Tammy’s family farm in the Welsh Borders. The flowers now have a paddock of their own as well as Spanish-style tunnels and “dahlia marquees” to protect them from the elements. Tammy works seasonally and with nature to produce beautiful British-grown blooms.

@myflowerpatch

Spectacular dahlias from My Flower Patch
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Sara Willman loves a dahlia. And if you head over to her Instagram feed, you’ll fall in-love with them too. Check out her mouth-watering combination of ‘Café au Lait’, ‘Wine Eyed Jill’ and ‘Crème Brûlée’. And meet her new dahlia crush, Shiloh Noelle. It has supplanted the fashionable ‘Café au Lait’ in her affections: “The most gorgeous tones, and those curled petals!… total dahlia crush material”. Sara’s feed is beautiful, witty and a little bit addictive.

@palaisflowers

Hellebore and ranunculus arranged by Palais Flowers
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Drama and opulence abound in Emma Weaver’s Instagram feed. A former set-designer and trained in fine art, she brings something of the theatre to her arrangements. From a magical meadow built on a music-hall stage for a wedding with a difference, to styling opulent blooms in Louis Vuitton handbags for Telegraph Luxury, Emma’s portfolio is phenomenal.

@tangleandthyme

Tangle and Thyme’s delicious autumnal arrangement
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“Sometimes the best things in life are worth waiting for!” writes Kate Hargreaves of Tangle and Thyme. The latecomer in question was a phlox, wryly named Phlox of Sheep – “that was really why I bought the seed,” she admits, “as I just thought the name was so great!” Follow Kate’s feed for stunning arrangements, swoon-worthy petals and her very pretty miniature donkeys who love to join in the Instagram fun.

@comptongardenflowers

Pretty cottage-garden flowers by Compton Garden Flowers
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Sarah Wilson and her husband Bob have been growing their blooms in Somerset since 2016. “Our flowers are quintessentially cottage garden, grown because they make great cut flowers which ooze with colour and scent,” Sarah writes. Her feed showcases their stunning flowers and Sarah’s beautiful arrangements. It also lets us in on the working life of a dedicated British flower-grower.

@the_forgotten_garden_flowers

British grown “with love not chemicals” by Forgotten Garden Flowers
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“I am a bit of a nerd regarding sweet peas so grow rather a lot and would love to cover the whole area, just too many beautiful varieties!” writes Patricia Cottam of Forgotten Garden Flowers. Organic and sustainable growing is at the heart of what Patricia and her family do in their gardens on Exmoor. Expect natural blooms, pretty arrangements, and lots and lots of sweet peas.

@hootingashflowers

Pretty in pink by Hooting Ash Flowers
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“The Sweet Williams are such helpful little flowers and bring summer with them!” muses Emily Matcham, the farmer/florist behind Bruton-based Hooting Ash Flowers. With a degree in illustration, Emily has an artist’s eye for beauty which she shares through her Instagram feed. Whether snapping her own pretty garden flowers and romantic floral arrangements, or a meadow of wild orchids that has captured her imagination, the effect is dreamy.

@bloomandgray

A riot of colour from Bloom & Gray
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“There is real beauty that comes out of our hard work which is why I find growing flowers so rewarding,” writes Sarah Opie of Bloom & Gray. Sarah is a flower farmer working in East Yorkshire, growing organic, scented English country flowers. It all started two years ago when she decided to grow flowers for her own country wedding. Now she has her own flower farm! Follow Sarah as she experiments with seed saving, hand tying, and growing confetti.

@swallowsanddamsons

Painterly photographs by Swallows and Damsons
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“A legend in France says that young women should avoid the tuberoses after nightfall…” writes Anna Potter, “The smell is said to encourage these young women to get into trouble.” Anna is the founder florist of Swallows and Damsons, a beautiful, quirky flower shop based in Sheffield’s antiques quarter. Her Instagram feed is the stuff of fairytales. Magnificent photographs that look like 17th Century still lifes, heartbreaking beauty and inspirational arrangements, make Anna’s feed a must-follow.

We hope these floral Instagrammers have inspired you. Now it’s your turn! If you post photographs of your own blooms or follow an Instagrammer we haven’t featured here, please tell us all about it on our Facebook page.