About MeadowSweet Posies

If you love flowers that make the heart sing, you’re in the right place!

Before MeadowSweet Posies began, Sophie Townsend was working as a wedding florist in London. But the more she worked with out-of-season flowers flown thousands of “flower miles” to reach the UK, the more she thought there had to be a better way. Over 85% of the flowers used here are imported, selected for longevity and travel rather than scent, character or connection to the seasons.

Sophie believed there was a greater beauty in real flowers, grown close to home, shaped by the British weather, and full of natural beauty and scent.

So in 2016, she created MeadowSweet Posies, the first online flower subscription service to use British-grown flowers and foliage all year round. The business was named after her two-year-old daughter, Meadow (who was, of course, also very sweet).

What started in family gardens in Dorset and Surrey and a flower plot in the New Forest with Sophie and her wonderfully green-fingered mum, then grew into partnerships with artisan growers and British flower farms in Cornwall and Lincolnshire.

Working with British flowers year round isn’t always the easiest route, but it is the most rewarding. It means your posy reflects the moment: the first hopeful tulips of spring, the frothy abundance of summer, the rich textures of autumn, the quiet beauty of winter. Sophie believes that when you connect with seasonal flowers, you connect more deeply with nature, and when we feel that connection, we’re more likely to care for it.

If you’d love to send (or receive) a beautiful posy of British, seasonal flowers, we’d be delighted to create one for you. To send a beautiful posy of British, seasonal flowers, please click here.