Superstitions. As the saying goes One for sorrow, Two for joy. Superstitions extend to flowers to some degree. When hospitals allowed fresh flowers for patients, nurses often separated red flowers from white in different vases. The superstitions surrounding red flowers signifying blood & white flowers bandages. Two Magpies. One for Sorrow Two for Joy When [...]
I don't quite know whether it's because I'm a florist I have a love of vases, vessels and plant pots or I'm just drawn to the beauty of their form and function. I have shelves of clear glass vases I use & hire out for different events and for home and room styling, but I also [...]
Who doesn't love spring flowers. Who doesn't love grabbing a bunch of daffodils or tulips at the supermarket checkout. As a professional florist I suppose I shouldn't really be advocating buying flowers from supermarkets, except I do. I say buy them wherever you choose, just buy them. After all, similar to the hashtag 'we are [...]
Flowers for funerals are as highly personal as any other floral occasions. I say it so often; but it is really true, I feel privileged to be involved in the celebration of someone's life. A thanksgiving service fairly recently I was asked to create flowers for, was for a lady who in her earlier years [...]
With another year coming to an end trying to choose just nine images to conclude the 'best' bits of my floral year is a bit like being asked to pick your favourite child. Anyway, I've given it a go - the nine images that is! It's not always about the flowers for me as a [...]
A lovely customer who I visit regularly - she receives one of our flower subscriptions - (more of this in another blog post!) decided to go for something slightly different in her hall vase. As one of my lovely regulars, a good sized varied floral table centre from the weekend lunch gathering was still looking [...]
With the festive season approaching & an abundance of red, gold & glitter everywhere, things are busy as ever spinning the many floral plates in the studio. Talking peonies, hydrangeas & Lily of the valley for some lovely spring summer 2017 brides, at the same time arranging winter tables evoking sparkle, warmth & winter white. [...]
Along with waiting for winter & the Autumn snooze for flora & fauna, it's also a good time for us humans to take stock. & I don't just mean spending a few hours counting all my vases & glassware as in stock taking. With the many major polictical changes recently, excited new world leaders, creating [...]
With summer days drawing to a close, the chill of Autumn brings less talk of soft pastels and more of vibrant firecracker colours when people come & talk to me about flowers. Strangely, many dread the start of Autumn. Ashen, shaded sky's seem less exciting than the treats of bright crispness, falling leaves in colours [...]
Most early morning market days all start the same. Piles of 'wraps' of flowers and foliage on my bench to be prepared. Once trimmed & conditioned, they stand tall in buckets & vases all ready and waiting to be transformed into something completely lovely and smile raising. Over the summer months we have had [...]
