Bucket
A field of yellow flowers under an open sky.

Cut your own, by the bucket

Open Thursday to Sunday · June to September · scissors provided

Three sizes, one price each

Tulips standing in a jar.

The jam jar

£6

About nine stems. What people take when they came for a walk and changed their mind at the gate.

An armful of cut flowers held up.

The bucket

£18

The one everybody comes for. Fill it to the handle and you will be an hour doing it, which is the point.

A loose bunch of mixed flowers on a table.

The barrow

£40

For a wedding, a hall or somebody who has lost all judgement. Ring first — we will tell you whether the field can stand it that week.

We do not sell stems, we sell an hour in a field

Nothing is priced per flower and nothing is counted at the gate. Take what fits, leave what is not open yet, and do not cut the ones with a cane beside them — those are next week's.

The four rules
Pink blooms filling the frame.

Six weeks, six fields

Blossom against a pale sky.

Week one — early June

Sweet peas and the first cornflowers. Short stems, strong smell, and the quietest week of the year.

A single rose against a plain wall.

Week two and three — late June

Roses, and the only fortnight they are any good. They go over in a day of heat, so come in the morning.

A botanical drawing of a wild rose.

Week four — July

Everything at once. This is the week to bring the barrow and two people to carry it.

A lily against a white ground.

Week five — August

Dahlias start and do not stop. The field looks worst and cuts best in this week.

Boots and flowers on a doorstep.

Week six — September

Seed heads, grasses and whatever the dahlias have left. Half price, and our favourite week.

The field going over at the end of the season.

And then it stops

The gate is shut from October. Everything left standing goes to seed on purpose, for next year and for the birds.

Rows of planting running away across the field.

Before you come

Opening
Thursday to Sunday, ten until six, June to September. There is no gate in the other eight months and nothing to see.
Rain
We stay open in rain and shut in wind. If it is off we say so on the answerphone by nine, because the field is twenty minutes from anywhere.
Paying
At the shed, card or cash, when you leave. Nobody counts what is in the bucket and nobody ever has.
Scissors and buckets
Both provided and both must come back. Bring your own bucket if you like; it still costs eighteen pounds to fill.
Children and dogs
Both welcome, both on the paths. The paths are mown wide for exactly that reason.
The canes
Anything with a cane beside it is not ready. That is the only rule we will ever stop you about.