Find out why I’m setting out to shake up the world of funeral flowers from my shed. Read more about the new Farewell Flowers florist directory which aims to connect people across the UK with more planet-friendly choices for funeral flowers.
Why choose and use locally grown flowers?
Read why I love using my own and other local flowers and why and when I may choose to use flowers from further afield.
Sustainable floristry – what does it mean?
Carole looks at sustainable floristry techniques which are easy for any of us to use as we move away from plastic-based floral foam without compromising on the beauty of our arrangements.
Why I love funeral flowers
I’ve just spent a truly joyful morning cutting early summer flowers for a funeral later this week. The flowers came from a real gardener’s garden – rambling, slightly wild and completely magical. I was caught in the act of exclaiming
Green Funeral Flowers go online
Anyone who knows me knows just how buzzy the bee in my bonnet is where green funeral flowers are concerned. They’re one of the things that pushed me off down the flowery path after seeing people’s responses to the wild
Weaving flowers into a life story
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
BrumYODO: lifting the taboo about death
In June, I worked with BrumYODO (You Only Die Once), a local collective, as part of Dying Matters Awareness week. The aim of the week is to raise awareness, that just as in the gardening world, death and dying is
Flowers that fit: getting it right
I got a lovely card in the post this morning – and, serendipitously it was one of the British Flowers Week cards inspired by my flowery link up with More By Design, back in June this year. It came along,
Inspired by nature
I’ve been asked to provide flowers for a green funeral this week – a hand-tied sheaf of seasonal flowers and foliage, with no stipulation other than it being natural and relaxed: exactly the brief which led me to set up Tuckshop Flowers, after witnessing