Meet the Growers
Chippy Flower Farm is run by a small team of talented growers and florists, each of whom bring unique skills to the work we do.
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Tif Loehnis
Tif Loehnis grew up around gardening talk: her mother and grandmother were both gardening mavens who created beautiful, well known gardens during their lifetimes. A former literary agent, Tif left the publishing industry after moving to Oxfordshire 12 years ago. Since then she has studied flower farming, horticulture and floristry with a number of British flower farm specialists. She founded Chippy Flower Farm in 2021 and is passionate about the resurging British-grown flowers movement.
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Anna Benn
A registered member of the Society of Garden Designers, Anna Benn has practised as an independent garden designer creating private city and rural gardens for over a decade. Passionate about plants, she has worked with some of the country’s greatest plant specialists including Derry Watkins at Special Plants, Mary Keen and Dan Pearson. Before joining Tif at Chippy Flower Farm, Anna oversaw the cutting garden at Worton Kitchen Garden.
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Rachel Roberts
Rachel Roberts has lived in Chipping Norton for over 25 years, and has been involved with farm from its inception. She has years of gardening and floristry experience, and has a particular flair for wreath making, willow-weaving and flower crown making.
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Amie Salt
Amie Salt is a florist, artist and maker who has a passion for all material grown from seed. She trained as a grower under Anna Greenland. A mother of four and former teacher, Amie co-runs our children’s workshops and Kids Parties. She is a freelance florist and maker, increasingly sought after for installation work.
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Sas Cooper
Sas Cooper began her working life at Gifford’s Circus. Since then she has worked in gardens for the last 18 years, on hard landscaping, planting and designing, with a detour via Whichford Pottery, making flower pots. She also supplies local cafes and restaurants with mushrooms grown by her company Fresh Cotswolds Mushrooms.
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Anna Eykyn
Anna Eykyn founded the Forest School at St Hugh’s, Farringdon, where she taught children about wildlife and conservation for many years. Passionate about the outdoors, she has retrained as a florist and grower. She runs our Kids Parties workshops alongside Amber Salt.
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Donna Bott
A former pre-schooler teacher, Donna Bott has worked in gardens for many years and helped set out the farm from the very beginning. She works on the gardening side of the business and helps run the farm’s back office and logistics. In her spare time, she is a professional organizer.
