New four-part series to celebrate farming, food, craft and Ulster-Scots culture through the seasons
Jane Rea’s Bloomin’ Wild is a new four-part television series following a year on Jane Rea’s family farm in the Antrim Hills, where food, flowers, farming and Ulster-Scots tradition are woven into everyday life.
Set in the small townland of Shilnavogie, Co Antrim, the series tracks the changing seasons on a working family farm – from lambing and shearing, to harvest, Halloween and winter preparations.
Alongside the rhythms of the land, Jane shares her own journey as a farmer’s daughter, grower, florist and mother, balancing tradition with creativity and modern rural life.
Across the series, viewers are invited into Jane’s polytunnel – the heart of her growing world – where fruit, flowers and vegetables sit side by side.
From restoring an orchard and foraging hedgerows, to cooking family feasts and learning traditional crafts, Jane Rea’s Bloomin’ Wild is a celebration of seasonal living, local knowledge and the beauty of rural Ulster.
Jane said: “Filming Bloomin’ Wild has been the most wonderful whirlwind through the seasons, something of a childhood dream and, now that we’re out the other side, a bit of a blur.
“I hope people enjoy watching it half as much as I enjoyed making it, and can escape to the wilds with us for some floral faffery on the farm.”
The series is produced for BBC Northern Ireland by Below the Radar with the support of the Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund.
Credits:
Producer-director: Andrew Pugh
Assistant producer: Laura McConnell
The first episode airs on Monday 16 February at 8pm on BBC1 NI, when all episodes will be available on BBC iPlayer.