Bloom Sheffield Wrapped: Our 2025 Cut Flower Season in Review 🌸
If our cut flower season had a Spotify Wrapped, this is what it would look like. From early summer mornings to armfuls of colour heading out into the community, this year’s cut flower growing was shaped by plants, people, and a lot of care. Here’s a look back at the highlights from across Bloom Sheffield’s gardens.
🌼 Most Cut Flower: Dahlia
No surprises here — dahlias stole the show this season. Bold, joyful, and endlessly generous, they kept on giving right through the summer and became a firm favourite for bouquets and sharing. Literally, thousands of these friends cut in 2025!
🌸 Staff Favourite Flower: Zinnia
Bright, cheerful, and long-lasting, zinnias won the hearts of the Bloom team. They brought pops of colour to the gardens and reminded us that sometimes the simplest flowers bring the most joy. The absolutely loved the boiling hot summer we had and thrived in all of our production gardens.
⏱️ Volunteer Hours Contributed to Cutting: 78 Hours
Behind every bunch of flowers is time, care, and community.
This season, volunteers contributed 78 hours to cutting flowers — a huge thank you to everyone who showed up, helped out, and made the work lighter and more joyful 💚
📍 Garden Highlights
Each garden had its own standout stars:
Dore Garden: Perennial scabious was the most cut flower, loved for its soft colour and gentle movement.
Wortley Garden: Rudbeckia took the top spot, bringing warmth and late-summer glow to so many bunches.
Baby Bloom: Bunny tail grasses won at Baby Bloom this year.
These differences are part of what makes each Bloom garden unique.
📅 Best Week for Cut Flowers: First Week of July
The first week of July was our peak moment — abundance everywhere you looked, with beds full and buckets overflowing. A reminder of what happens when time, patience, and good growing conditions come together.
More Than Just Flowers
While these stats are fun to look back on, they represent something deeper. This season was about connection — to nature, to each other, and to the simple act of growing and sharing flowers.
Thank you to everyone who planted, watered, cut, tied, and carried blooms this year. We can’t wait to see what next season brings.
Same time next year? 💐