All the information you need to successfully grow amazing dahlias. Paid subscription for more about growing cut flowers and behind the scenes on our flower farm. Written by Rachel Golding Barrett, 2 x RHS Golds (dahlias) and flower farmer. Cotswolds, UK
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Lift or Leave Your Dahlias? Can Someone Build Me A Winnowing Machine, plus for paid subs, A Big Decision About RHS Chelsea 2027
The Dahlia Diaries Issue 62: 16/10/2026
Hello and welcome to this week’s Dahlia Diary from a rather blustery flower farm here in the South Cotswolds. This week was a milestone of the year as we cut our last flowers for sale and the last bi...
4 Easy Steps To Drying Dahlias, plus for paid subs, 13 Cut Flower Plants That Thrived Despite The Drought Here On Our Flower Farm
The Dahlia Diaries Issue 61: 09/10/2026
Hello and welcome to this week’s Dahlia Diary from a flower farm that is beginning to feel very autumnal indeed. We are still cutting dahlias, the roses are still producing some really lovely stems a...
A Visit To Chat Dahlia Breeding With Kim Fleming AKA Marlston Farmgirl Plus 6 Things We Are Looking For In A New Dahlia
Hello and welcome to Issue 60 of The Dahlia Diaries where the flowers continue to grow and some would say we are enjoying an Indian Summer. However, not to be a party pooper I long for a decent spell of rain. We’ve had to turn the hose on a...
Meet The Grower: Top Tips For Growing Penstemon - Julia @ GreenJjam Nurseries
Meet The Expert Grower Issue 1: 01/10/2026
Are they called Pen-stemmon (as in lemon) OR Penste-mon? When is the correct time to prune them? How should you deadhead? Watch and / or listen along as I meet and chat to penstemon expert Julia M...
How To Solve Three Dahlia Problems Right Now, Plus Essential Kit And Tips For Seed Sowing
Issue 59: 18/09/2026
Hello and welcome to this week’s Dahlia Diary from another completely dahlia tastic week here on our flower farm in the South Cotswolds. It’s been another busy one, with the third of our series of four Autumn Dahlia Ma...
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Flower farmer & RHS gold winning dahlia grower. I write The Dahlia Diaries weekly, because I’m a dahlia nut in search of a tribe.
american growing british flowers, plants and seeds and loving (almost) every minute of it!!!
Photographer in the Cotswolds, gathering moments from field and kitchen, path and garden. Country Miles is a record of the changing seasons and the texture of daily rural life.
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