When did it start?Updated 3 years ago

When did it start?

Over half a century ago, our founder, Hugh Stevenson, fell in love with flowers. He promptly put down roots in the heart of the New Forest and started planting houseplants to be hand-reared and enjoyed by locals and admirers-from-afar alike. Of course, we wouldn't be a family grower without family. That's why Hugh's son, Neil, got involved as soon as he was able. Now Neil's nephew, Andy, is just as hands-on when it comes to making sure we're growing plants that his grandad would be proud of. By 2020, we'd long been pioneering orchids in the UK. But when the pandemic happened, everything changed. Faced with fields of composting orchids looking for love, Andy and Neil wondered whether there was a way to get those flowers straight into people's homes. That's how Love Orchids was born. Really, we just wanted to put a smile on people's faces during a tough time. Now we hope we're still doing that in brighter days, with grown-to-order houseplants and a booming online business. But peel back the petals and you'll see that we're still that same British Family Grower at heart.