Our History
1940's
Lynn South Farm dates back to 1948 with John and his wife Daisy farming potatoes, sugar beet, cereals and a dairy herd. But a keen gardener, Daisy had a passion for flowers and asked John for some land.
By the 1980's Daisy (Nanny Bubb) started selling dried flowers at the Women's Institute stand in Newport for pin money.
1990's
Daisy's son Michael builds up the dried flower business with his wife Rose. The business grew to a peak of 150 acres of flower production.
Towards the end of the 90's the popularity of dried flowers declines, followed by a collapse in the fashion for dried flowers.
Early 2000's
After years of keeping petals on the stems, the Bubb's explored removing the petals to create a natural petal confetti for celebrations like weddings.
Harvest changes to focus on petal confetti rather than dried flowers.
In 2005 Shropshire Petals is born! The first recorded order for petals; from a flower shop 4 litres of petals: 1 lilac, 1 pink, 2 mixed colours.
Late 2000's
In 2006 SP features on BBC 1's Countryfile interviewing Michael & Rose about natural petal confetti.
The Shropshire Petals team embrace couples looking for an eco-friendly alternative to wedding confetti. Attending wedding shows across the UK.
In 2011 Michael & Rose's son Jim takes over the running of the flower business.
2012
Shropshire Petals provides wheat to Jane Packer to create all of the Olympic and Paralympic bouquets, that's 4,800+ bouquets!
SP provides confetti for school children to throw in front of the Queen at the Diamond Jubilee pageant at Cosford.
2013
Jim & Jess get married! With lots of Shropshire Petals Confetti of course!
Country Homes & Interiors interview Rose about the Bubb family and their diversified petal business. Jim & Jess filmed for Off the Beaten Track; a 6 part series presented by Christine Bleakley aired on ITV in December 2013.
2019
We grew a giant bee made of cornflowers on the flower field to promote bees and all the sustainable work we've been up to at SP! Our bee called 'Freddie-Mercu-Bee' even featured on the BBC and ITV.
2022
The world's first delphinium planting and weeding robot right here on the Shropshire Petals farm!
The team embrace the future of farming with solar powered flower planting and weeding robots! Each robot uses high precision GPS to remember where every seed is planted.
1940's
Lynn South Farm dates back to 1948 with John and his wife Daisy farming potatoes, sugar beet, cereals and a dairy herd. But a keen gardener, Daisy had a passion for flowers and asked John for some land.
By the 1980's Daisy (Nanny Bubb) started selling dried flowers at the Women's Institute stand in Newport for pin money.
1990's
Daisy's son Michael builds up the dried flower business with his wife Rose. The business grew to a peak of 150 acres of flower production.
Towards the end of the 90's the popularity of dried flowers declines, followed by a collapse in the fashion for dried flowers.
Early 2000's
After years of keeping petals on the stems, the Bubb's explored removing the petals to create a natural petal confetti for celebrations like weddings.
Harvest changes to focus on petal confetti rather than dried flowers.
In 2005 Shropshire Petals is born! The first recorded order for petals; from a flower shop 4 litres of petals: 1 lilac, 1 pink, 2 mixed colours.
Late 2000's
In 2006 SP features on BBC 1's Countryfile interviewing Michael & Rose about natural petal confetti.
The Shropshire Petals team embrace couples looking for an eco-friendly alternative to wedding confetti. Attending wedding shows across the UK.
In 2011 Michael & Rose's son Jim takes over the running of the flower business.
2012
Shropshire Petals provides wheat to Jane Packer to create all of the Olympic and Paralympic bouquets, that's 4,800+ bouquets!
SP provides confetti for school children to throw in front of the Queen at the Diamond Jubilee pageant at Cosford.
2013
Jim & Jess get married! With lots of Shropshire Petals Confetti of course!
Country Homes & Interiors interview Rose about the Bubb family and their diversified petal business. Jim & Jess filmed for Off the Beaten Track; a 6 part series presented by Christine Bleakley aired on ITV in December 2013.
2019
We grew a giant bee made of cornflowers on the flower field to promote bees and all the sustainable work we've been up to at SP! Our bee called 'Freddie-Mercu-Bee' even featured on the BBC and ITV.
2022
The world's first delphinium planting and weeding robot right here on the Shropshire Petals farm!
The team embrace the future of farming with solar powered flower planting and weeding robots! Each robot uses high precision GPS to remember where every seed is planted.