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“British Flowers Rock!” with Ben Cross from Crossland’s Alstromeria Nursery

Ben is a 4th generation horticulturalist based in West Sussex and a tireless campaigner for British Flowers. Ben studied and worked in marine science and oceanography before returning to tend more than thirty different varieties of alstroemerias under 3 acres of glass all year round. 30 years ago there were lots of similar nurseries growing cut flowers all over the UK but the trend for importing cut flowers grown in Kenya, Colombia and Ecuador has sadly led to their demise.

‘I feel very passionate about keeping the nursery going. It is a lifestyle like farming, not a job’ says Ben with heartfelt passion IN THE ROUND TENT ON SOUTH LAWN – ZONE D TO THE RIGHT OF STANSTED HOUSE