A Year in a Cottage Garden flower box lid with a cottage sketch and floral border, 12 packs

A Year in a Cottage Garden - Flower Box (12 Packs)

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A Year in a Cottage Garden flower box lid with a cottage sketch and floral border, 12 packs
  • A Year in a Cottage Garden flower box lid with a cottage sketch and floral border, 12 packs
  • Twelve small brown flower seed envelopes fanned out from the 12 pack box
  • A Year in a Cottage Garden 12 pack box open with a seed pack for each month
  • Brown seed packets from the 12 pack flower box, each with a flower photo
  • Tall pink hollyhocks growing against a brick cottage with white windows
  • Black and orange butterfly resting on a pale purple flower
  • A Year in a Cottage Garden - Flower Box (12 Packs)
  • Twelve brown seed packets labelled with flower names and photos
  • Twelve flower seed packets laid out on a colourful floral background
  • Close-up of Bells of Ireland with green cup-shaped calyces and tiny white flowers
  • A Year in a Cottage Garden 12 pack box on a bright flower-themed backdrop
  • A Year in a Cottage Garden - Flower Box (12 Packs)
  • A Year in a Cottage Garden - Flower Box (12 Packs)
A Year in a Cottage Garden - Flower Box (12 Packs)

A Year in a Cottage Garden - Flower Box (12 Packs)

Year-Round Collection

34 reviews

Twelve favourites walking through the cottage garden calendar, from the first indoor sowings of winter to the last of autumn
£24.00

Free UK delivery on seed orders over £40

Dispatched from our Norfolk farm by Royal Mail, usually within one working day.

Seed packets

12

About this box

A curated journey through the cottage garden calendar — twelve of our favourites, chosen to take you from the first indoor sowings of winter right through to autumn. Designed to fill your borders with cut flowers, scent, and wildlife from the very first season.

The mix is deliberate. Hardy annuals — Cosmos 'Sensation', Cornflower 'Pink Ball', Nigella 'Miss Jekyll' and Scabious — give you flowers in the first summer. Biennials build up in year one and come into their own in year two, which is where Hollyhock 'Nigra' and white Sweet Rocket earn their place. Perennials like Achillea 'Cerise Queen', Echinops and Gaura 'The Bride' settle in and then return every year after that. Sweet Pea 'Winston Churchill' brings the scent, Cobaea scandens climbs whatever you give it, and Bells of Ireland supplies the green spires that make a hand-tied bunch look considered.

How the Year Works

Start the annuals indoors from late winter, or sow them direct once the soil warms in spring. Sow the biennials in June or July for flowers the following year. The perennials can go in any time from spring onwards — they take a season to establish and then look after themselves. Full instructions are printed on every packet.

Arrives in signature eco-friendly packaging — a gift that keeps giving long past the first summer.

What's in the box

Every variety, named

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Neesie
Happy Hesperis

I've never grown Hesperis (sweet rocket) until this year, but Melanie's seeds were so successful and prolific, that I now have beautiful flowers wafting their amazing aroma around my garden...plus our honey bees are so happy 🐝 In fact lots of pollinators are visiting!

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Joy mitchell
Gaura the bride

Grew the pink gaura last year and they were lovely . Looking forward to growing the bride. Great service, great packages and with very clear instructions on how to grow . Highly recommend Bishy Barnabees.

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Lesley
Cobea Scanden seed

My cobea bought from bishy barnabee germinated really quickly and are growing on very well. It’s my 4th attempt this year after using various other seed with zero germination. Definitely my go to from now on in x

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Carmel Cunningham
Great

Great seeds

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Carmel Cunningham
Great easy following description of how to sow the seeds in detail

Great easy following description of how to sow the seeds in detail. Makes it so easy for me. All my seeds I sowwith you are coming up nicely

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Carmel Cunningham
Very pretty flowers

Great seeds with instructions how to sow with a picture of flowers. All the seeds from here sow well into little seedlings

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Carmel Cunningham
Lovely flower seeds

Lovely flower seeds. Love that they came in s packet with details on how to sow the seeds, as all seeds ate so different.

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Carmel Cunningham
Beautiful flower

Beautiful flower seeds, I love the detailed instructions on how to sow the seeds. Perfect for me as a new keen gardener

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Anonymous
Good quality seed

I was positively surprised how quickly my seed germinated, I sowed only one seed per cell and only one hasn’t germinated yet and we are only on day 7. Fingers crossed for a summer full of pretty flowers

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Stephanie Cheek
Great seeds

Received my seeds sowed them straight away and left them in my greenhouse. Within a week they had germinated.Very pleased.

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laura
I can’t wait to sow these seeds

I can’t wait to sow these seeds. Thank you for always quick delivery and an easy to use website when purchasing

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Debra

Lovely packaging with excellent instructions

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Susan

Perfect - let’s hope I can grow them

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Christine Wilkins

Excellent

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Colin Rowley
Fabulous

Stupendous Choice of seeds, cannot wait to grow these beauties!
These guys were on top of communication, epic service from a first time customer
Best of British service thank you

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Wendy Smith

Looking forward to sowing these think they will look fantastic covering a border fence

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Julie Honney
Can’t wait …..

….. to start sowing my seeds. Beautifully packaged

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Carolyne Waters
New flowers

So looking forward to growing this next year never grown it before think wedding florists and brides will love it Tq

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Angela Simmons
Ist order..

Just starting to grow seeds, great selection of cottage garden seeds. Delivery and packaging perfect.

Can't wait to start sowing, unfortunately have to wait till next year.

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Bridget Geoghegan
Hollyhock Nigra Seeds

The Hollyhock Seeds arrived promptly last week nicely packaged. The Seeds were sown the next day and as usual with Bishby Barnabee Seeds the healthy little seedlings emerged in a couple of days and are growing nicely into sturdy seedlings - thank you.

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tracy cole
Hollyhock Nigra

Seeds germinated within a week of sewing. Very pleased with the quality. The shop is lovely to navigate, prices are very reasonable and overall service is 100%.

I am definitely a satisfied customer and have been back and bought more seeds

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Agnes Cziraki
Love it

All seeds are growing beautifully. I bought seeds from other BIG flower company, only 3 growing from 30. So I'll buy my seeds here in the future

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Anita

Excellent seeds, speedy delivery

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Jeanette Blake
I love white flowers

Excellent germination from the seeds. Growing well as are all the other seeds I have purchased.

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Nicola Miles

Beautiful

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Nicola

Beautiful

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K.M.

Wonderful service, can’t give a review on the sweet peas as they won’t grow until next year.

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Tamsin Wilson

Very excited to see how these grow. Excellent packaging and speedy delivery.

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Clare Sowerby
Gaura lindheimeri 'The Bride'

We have some of these plants in the garden already and love them. So I thought it was worth trying to grow them from seed so we can have “swaths” of them.
Seeds came on time and look healthy.
I have just sowed them and keeping fingers crossed

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Clare Sowerby
Gaura lindheimeri 'The Bride'

We have some of these plants in the garden already and love them. So I thought it was worth trying to grow them from seed so we can have “swaths” of them.
Seeds came on time and look healthy.
I have just sowed them and keeping fingers crossed

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Jacqueline
Gaura seeds

I've had Gaura plants in the garden for about 3 years now but unfortunately they haven't survived this winter. That's why I ordered more Gaura "the bride" seeds that I'll be sowing very soon.
I was also tempted so buy Aster China Peony seeds that I've never tried before. Really looking forward to seeing them grow. My order arrived promptly and well packaged. Very pleased with the excellent service.