A flower lover who turned to making flower remedies at home after a busy career in advertising appeared on BBC’s The Farmers’ Country Showdown.
In this episode, Shelley Sishton, with the help of her husband Ian, prepares for her first flower show at the Kent County Show 2018, winning a silver medal.
Shishton, 58, from Horsmonden, started benefiting from treatment 25 years ago after three failed IVF attempts. Sadly, she was unable to have children and her friend suggested using flower essences as a stress reliever.
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She said, “I was taking them to please my friends, but then I started noticing that I was happier and more relaxed.”
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In 1999, Mrs. Shishton took a two-year course to become a flower essence practitioner. This involves turning flowers into drops to help people heal themselves.
The pond in the center of the garden is the perfect place to meditate, talk about healing properties, and hold flower bath workshops.
“It’s like forest bathing.” [a form of nature therapy] You can leave all your technology at home and reconnect with yourself. ”
Filming initially took place in Mrs Sishton’s two-acre garden on Schoolhouse Lane. It’s a place she’s been transforming into an organic wildflower paradise for 15 years.
The crew then joined her as she prepared at Kent Showground the evening before and from 5am on the day of the competition.
Mrs Sishton was used to being on the other side of the camera, having worked as a director and account representative for advertising agencies in London, including Bartle Bogle Hegarty, from 1983 to 1993.
However, the production team made her feel very safe.
“It was a very enjoyable experience. The team made us feel very at ease. They have a real talent for bringing your story to life.”
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Mrs Sishton was contacted by the BBC shortly after she applied for the Kent County Show and said the call from the production company came out of the blue.
She also creates wildflower displays for private events and feels that embracing nature has helped her see the bigger picture in life.
“If we can encourage our fellow Earthlings to step outside the box of how we generally view and live life, the world will be a better place.”
She grows only organic British varieties, including snapdragons, sweet peas and classic English roses.
“I’ll let them grow the way they want. I’ll let them. I think they’ll look a lot better that way.”
Mrs Sishton was delighted to receive the silver and gold award, adding: The flower show was judged according to the standards of the Royal Horticultural Society, and one of the judges was from the Royal Horticultural Society. ”
Mr. Shishton also has a background in advertising and helps his wife with her business by designing and managing websites.
Additionally, he works with her to choose new flowers for the garden and ingests their essences, agreeing that they have health benefits.
Another gardener, Darren Everest, who has been on the Kent Count Show for 19 years, also shared screen time with Mrs Shishton.
This episode was broadcast on Wednesday 9th January and is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.
Farmers Country Showdown airs weekdays at 3.45pm on BBC One.
