Flourish Devon was founded by me, Olivia. While establishing the garden at Bowden Springs Farm, I quickly fell in love with growing flowers. It brought me joy, peace and a connection to nature that I hadn’t experienced before. From growing, floristry followed — and now I’m equally obsessed with both.

I knew I wanted to work with flowers, but I didn’t want Flourish to be purely commercial. Having seen first-hand the importance of community gardens, I wanted to continue supporting that work. Creating a floristry service using community-grown flowers felt like the natural answer — a way to combine beauty with purpose.

As Flourish grows, my hope is to partner with more community gardens across Devon, providing them with a meaningful source of income and helping more people to flourish through growing.