Trelowen Flower Farm: Organic and Regenerative Growing Methods

Trelowen Flower Farm: Organic and Regenerative Growing Methods

 

At Trelowen flower farm, we practise both organic and regenerative principles to nurture the land responsibly while producing beautiful flowers and foliage for flower lovers and florists.

 

Our Trelowen flower farm emphasizes sustainable growing methods that protect soil health, encourage biodiversity, and maintain ecological balance. We avoid synthetic chemicals and focus on natural compost, green manures, and crop rotations to enrich the soil and create a thriving ecosystem. Each decision we make supports the long-term vitality of our land and the quality of our flowers.

 

We integrate permaculture principles into our farming practices. At Trelowen flower farm, we prioritize Care for People, Care for Planet, and Fair Share. These ethics guide everything from soil preparation and planting schedules to harvesting and post-harvest handling. By working with nature rather than against it, we reduce our environmental footprint and encourage a balanced and healthy growing environment.

 

Water management, crop diversity, and pest control are also key components of our approach. For example, we use companion planting and cover crops to naturally deter pests, while carefully monitoring soil moisture and fertility to optimize plant growth. Our Trelowen flower farm we align our activities with seasonal rhythms to promote plant health and productivity.

 

Through these organic and regenerative methods, our Trelowen flower farm ensures that every flower and foliage stem we produce is grown with integrity, sustainability, and a commitment to ecological stewardship. We document our growing practices in our journal to share knowledge, inspire others, and demonstrate the potential of small-scale, ethical flower farming in Cornwall.

Our approach

Agroecology

We are pursuing an ecological and ethical approach to farming that follows the aims of our landlord The Ecological Land Cooperative.

This ecological approach informs our agriculture (agro-ecological) human-scale farming

Our farm is unique, and there's no favouritism intended. Its made up of interwoven systems that depend on one another – soil, plant, animal, humans and the environment. Its makes sense therefore to see the farm as a whole, one that aims for self sufficiency in a closed loop for fertility, supporting plants and people.

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Four principles

Our growing methods on our flower farm start with four principles:


Gratitude. This land belongs to God and we want to give Him the Glory for its success and fruitfulness. We recognise the farm as a living whole—a complex ecosystem; with all the interdependent dynamic parts we strive to establish balance and biological completeness;


Observation. We are part of creation, (or nature), listening, sensing and conversing with our flowers and this land that is in our care;


Responsibility. We realise our interconnectedness to all creation and embrace it, recognising our responsibility to its ecological diversity, beauty and life-sustaining properties;


Nurturing. We aiming to feed the soil with our farm compost, compost-teas, and cover crops, we are looking to keep the soil covered and roots in the ground at all times where possible.

Certification

Trelowen is now certified Organic, with the BDA, enabling us to proudly share our flowers and edimentals with florists, wedding cake makers and chefs.

Read our journey on the Journal