From time to time I receive emails from people who remind me of myself. People who love gardening and/or flowers, who dream of leaving their current jobs behind, and plunging themselves into a new career in growing or floristry. When
“Now I’ve seen your flowers, I forgive you for the bits I have to clean up from the floor after your workshops” were the words, that greeted me (but said with a smile!) when I arrived at St Nicolas Place
Here’s a small snapshot of my corner of the world this week. The recent sunny weather has got all the tulips galloping at a hundred miles an hour, regardless of me wanting to rein them in for May weddings! Everything is
This graceful airy creation is a suspended hoop of blossom and ferns and it makes me say ‘ooh’ a lot. Perfect for hanging over a narrow refectory style table which doesn’t have a lot of space for flowers, or to
To offer wedding couples a wider choice of statement arrangements, I’ve recently invested in some larger scale hardware, namely a set of large metal lanterns. Though attractive in themselves, I bought them mainly because I want them to be able to lift
It’s been a busy week this week. I’ve been sowing some marketing seeds - booking rooms for British Flowers Week workshops, sending out mailings and doing my first Fazeley Studios wedding fair. In fact running a flower business is as
Caroline of Forbes Flowers, Aberdeenshire, came to Tuckshop Flowers last week to do a floral workshop on natural funeral flowers and it was such a pleasure to share ideas, experiences and techniques. The woven heart tribute above is just one
My workshop was only a notion about a month ago. I realised, during a three-wedding weekend in September, that life as a kitchen florist was becoming untenable. My family’s patience with tiptoeing tentatively around buckets of flowers to even make
Wreath making season has started and it’s time to invest in super strong hand cream as hands get some hammer! Twisting, weaving, wiring and wiggling all take their toll but despite all that, I can’t wear gloves. Somehow, you just