Welcome to Polly’s Petals, we are delighted to see you here. We are a family run business based on a cliff top overlooking the sea in Dorset, UK. We specialise in flowers and petals for food garnish, wedding confetti and craft purposes.
Who are we?
Who do we supply?
We are delighted to have many different types of customers. One-off orders for that glorious homemade cake to celebrate everything from birthdays to weddings. Many small and medium businesses order from us regularly to decorate anything from baked goods to cocktails. We also supply large manufacturers by the kilogram or pallet (please contact us for more information about wholesale enquiries)
Where do our flowers come from?
To answer this, I must tell you a little more about our petals. We supply freeze dried and heat dried products, our freeze-dried flowers, petals and micro greens are all grown here in the UK. We have two fresh deliveries a week and lay the gorgeous blooms by hand onto large trays which are then loaded into a freeze dryer, the process takes a week. Our heat dried petals are grown for us by two cooperatives of farmers in India, all crops are ethically grown, and the land and farmers are looked after carefully. We work with the natural flow of the seasons and order our crops in advance.
Our Founder - Cara Polly Franses
I have always been mesmerised by flowers. When I was little I used to play with flowers making flower petal perfume in the garden with my best friend Katie, I am sure it smelled like pond water when we finished, but it didn’t detract from the jolly fun we had. A connection with nature and the natural world is very important to me, walking bare foot in the grass, through ancient woods, along the shoreline with sand in between my toes…… Let’s just say Mother Nature and her beauty have captivated me always. What could be more glorious than to honour nature and decorate the food we lovingly prepare with natural, colourful exquisite blooms personifying mother nature.
I like to help my customers to understand how easy it is to make the humblest culinary delights or craft creations into floral masterpieces by simply using flowers and flower petals to decorate.
Eco Thinking
We think about the environment in everything we do… natural products are the very core of our business. How we use resources and what we put back into our surroundings is a question we must all ask ourselves. It is the very reason we sell natural petals as wedding confetti instead of paper, plastic, and foil. Which is where the business began.
As individuals and as companies we can all have an impact on our planet. For this reason, we have tried to give as much consideration to the environment as possible in production as well as our internal environment. We are a zero-landfill business. All our waste is either recycled or incinerated to generate energy. We use as little energy as possible using basic methods like turning off lights and reuse plastics within the studio to store products. All our shipments from India are bought across via sea freight, not air freight to minimise our carbon footprint as much as possible.
Our Culture and Environment
Our culture nurtures talent at all levels of the business and the ability to turn ideas into reality. We value individuality, creativity, and personal development above all else.
We aim to create an inspiring environment which allows our staff to grow and shine. We thrive on fabulous colour combinations, great smells, natural products and finding out what makes our customers smile. We encourage a strong team ethos combined with an open management culture to allow staff to meet their full potential. Ultimately to create a safe nurturing environment as this enables our true selves to grow and flourish.
