With a greenhouse full of seedlings, and a workshop full of wedding flowers, it is really starting to feel like the 2018 season has begun - even if the weather outside doesn’t quite seem to realise it is supposed to
Wedding flowers season begins
After the Beast’s departure….
The Beast from the East has blown its way across the British countryside, leaving thigh high snowdrifts barring paths and roads, and my workshop with iced buckets holding their few flowers in a cement-like grip. I’m normally crouched in my
A Birmingham Arts & Crafts treasure
At Christmas, I was asked to create some festive displays to Birmingham University’s Winterbourne House and Gardens. This arts and crafts treasure, open to the public, is the residence which forms part of the university’s botanical gardens and which will,
Flowers from the Farm: Imminent chat warning
I’m meeting lots of fellow British flower folk on Feb 5th: we’re congregating at The MacDonald Burlington Hotel for #BRUM18, to discuss growing, marketing, arranging and everything in between. It’s an event I’m organising for Flowers from the Farm (FFTF),
Small business Saturday
Last week Steve McCabe, our local MP dropped into the Tuckshop as the national ‘Small Business Saturday’ initiative prompted him to find out what was going on in the world of small- and micro-businesses in his Selly Oak constituency. I was
Ranunculove
I’ve got things sprouting in the porch. Little alien claws which swelled when soaked are now layered in a pot, hopefully doing their rooty thing - but I guess I’ll find out in ten days time when I tip them
Fragrant kerb appeal
We’ve had a lot of work done on the front of the Tuckshop this year, and the final phase has just been completed: our iron railings, erected by the previous owners to deter the crowds of school children who still
Another growing season finishes (and another one begins)
When you get to this stage of the growing season and the flowers are starting to flag in the face of murk and drizzle (and that was just August this year…), the time for much clearing and resolving draws nigh.
A snippet of Rebecca and Sam’s wedding flowers
Just a quick peek at flowers from last weekend’s glorious rose- and sweet pea-perfumed wedding at Moxhull Hall. It was the first wedding I’ve florified at this lovely south Staffordshire venue, just round the corner from the Belfry golf course.
Front cover stars
When Inspired Brides magazine asked me if I’d be interested in providing flowers for their photoshoot at Oldberrow House, I was delighted to say yes, as the chance to get professional photos of flowers in a gorgeously styled setting is