“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
Permission to forage
I’ve been ogling grass verges on every semi rural journey I’ve made for the past few weeks. The froth of cow parsley waving its white umbellifers at me has been calling me relentlessly as wedding flower season begins and as I wait (impatiently)
Hoopla! Chandelier flowers
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
Lit up by lanterns
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
Sowing seeds for future flowers
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
Wonderfully wild
I nearly laid an egg when Jess and Tony sent me the photos of their wedding at Wethele Manor in September. Frank Wood, their photographer, had caught the vivacity of Jess’s wild bouquet, in a collection of stunning shots - and
An early October wedding
It seems an eternity since I first sat down to talk to Charmaine and Pete about their rustic barn wedding at Hyde Barn in Stow on the Wold. What stuck most in my mind about their day, was Charmaine’s love
A romantically rosy July wedding
I love getting photos of my flowers at work. This week, Caitlin and Ryan’s photographer, Dale Stephens sent through some gorgeous images of their July wedding. A big thank you to you all for sharing these lovely photographs with me. I’ll
In with the creatives
I was very flattered, during British Flowers Week, to be featured in the Daily Telegraph’s list of the Top 20 Creative Florists - a list which contains many of my flowery heroes so I’m incredibly honoured to keep such esteemed company. It’s lovely to
Cataloguing containers
I’ve been having a bit of a photoshoot this morning, collecting together a selection of the containers I’ve amassed to date. Let’s face it, you can never have too many. And the weird thing is, no matter how many you