The story of Hays & Holm

Flowers in the blood

Black and white portrait of a man wearing a flat cap, a turtleneck sweater, and a coat.
A man in a brown jacket and white shirt standing next to potted flowering plants in a greenhouse.
A young girl in a striped dress and sandals sitting on a wooden bench in front of a large potted plant with pink flowers, inside a greenhouse or glass house.
Black and white photo of three people standing in front of a vintage car with the license plate HCS 391, beside a wooden building with a shed in the background.
Woman standing in a greenhouse filled with pink, red, and white flowering plants.
A river flows through a landscape lined with pink cherry blossom trees, with rolling hills and cloudy sky in the background.

Hays & Holm has been created by me, Jude Mott, a 4th generation plantsperson. My great grandfather studied botany and garden design in the 1800’s. My grandfather other than military service during World War 2, dedicated his life to growing at the family nursery and market garden in Irvine, Ayrshire. The farm was called Haysholm and as children my sister, cousins and I had the huge joy or running up and down enormous greenhouses full of flowers - while keenly aware this was a place of work with strict attention to detail, skill and the dedication it took to run the nursery and subsequently the District Parks Department which it became.

Today, following a rewarding career in communications technology which enabled me to travel the world, explore cultures, see a huge diverse range of flora and fauna I’ve found myself answering a call to my heritage.

I love sharing my passion for how colour art and landscape are linked and exploring how connection with them can help us find meaning and a sense of wellbeing. I live at the foot of the Ochil hills in my native Scotland.

Hays & Holm is a proud member of the Scottish Flower Grower Collective and Flowers from the Farm.