OWNER & SEED FARMER

Ellen Rignell

Ellen established Winnow Farm Seeds in 2024. She has been growing vegetables, flowers and seeds for over a decade, both professionally and at home. Her horticultural work has spanned organic market gardening, commercial seed production and plant science. She has also spent years working at the Gaia Foundation's Seed Sovereignty Programme, coordinating the thriving seed saving network in the South West.

She particularly interested in varieties with excellent culinary qualities and strong genetics and she enjoys trialing and breeding projects at the farm. Her aim is to bring colourful, flavourful and genetically diverse varieties to your garden.

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flower farmer

Lucy Saville

We share our field and work collaboratively with flower farmer Lucy who grows stunning cut flowers for local florists. She is one half of Meadowsweet Floristry, providing flowers for weddings and events. We have a number of collaborative cut flower breeding projects, growing flowers which a beautiful and resilient.

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Flower Farmer & Florist

Emma Dixon

Emma is the other half of Meadowsweet Floristry, making incredible arrangements for weddings and events. She's been growing and arranging flowers for a decade and our catalogue is full of her sage recommendations.

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