The four-hour event raised the money for cancer charity Macmillan. Around 1,200 visitors attended.

A representative for the Norfolk nursery, Christine Howard, said: “Due to us being wholesale, the day was a rare chance for the public to see behind the scenes of a production nursery and, due to crop rotation, it is unlikely we would have the 90,000 irises in one place again for a number of years.”

The company also hosted plant stalls from a range of local growers including Blacksmiths Cottage Nursery and Seagate Irises. Visitors could either take the option of a walk or a tractor ride to view the nursery’s flowering iris fields. Local artist Timothy Easton also had a stand at the event. Easton produces oil paintings from the views of iris fields.

Diss Flower Club and Rickinghall WI offered cakes and cream teas to visitors, who had travelled to the event from as far away as Milton Keynes and Southend.