From Seed to Broom

Almost every tree in our woodland was grown by me, from seed or from cuttings.

The Silver Birch that becomes the sweeping heads of our besoms. The Willow, Cherry, Apple, and Hazel that become the handles. The Rowan, Oak, Field Maple, Pear, Quince, and Plum that share the space alongside them. We also have a dedicated orchard of fruit trees — a place of real beauty through every season.

None of it was here. We made it.

That means that when you hold one of our brooms, you're holding something that began as a seed or a cutting — tended by hand, watched over through fourteen winters, grown slowly in Lincolnshire soil. Long before the birch was harvested and brought into our barn to season for a full year.   Long before I walked through the trees looking for the perfect handle. Long before the binding, the shaping, the decorating.

The making of a Blooms and Broomsticks broom is not a quick process. But then, neither was the woodland.

I came to besom making because I love traditional craft — the kind that asks you to slow down, pay attention, and work with nature rather than around it.   I won't pretend the sales side comes naturally to me; I'm a maker at heart.   What I care about is the quality of what leaves our hands, and that every person who receives one of our brooms knows exactly where it came from and how much care went into it.

The dried flowers and herbs that adorn some of our brooms are grown here too — tended without chemicals, harvested at the right moment and dried slowly so their colours and form last.

 From seed to broom, as close to home as it can possibly be.

No two brooms are ever the same. Every handle has its own character. and every broom carries a little piece of this woodland with it.

We're so glad you found us