I don’t really want to think about the onset of winter. I can’t ignore it, the days are getting shorter and the leaves are turning and falling, but I prefer to look ahead to the new growing season, plotting and planning the flowers that I want to grow in 2022. Things are still up in… Read More »
Tea towels and prints
I’ve just had a big delivery of tea towels, and as lots of people on Instagram and Twitter have been asking to have a closer look at the different designs, I’ve spent the afternoon photographing my stock. I took them to my dad’s potting shed, firstly harvesting sun flowers and dahlias from the flower patch… Read More »
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2021
This was my first visit to RHS Chelsea Flower Show. I have always wanted to go, but for various reasons, I’d never managed it, so I was very pleased to finally walk through the hallowed gates, which were suitably festooned with seasonal flowers and foliage. This year’s show was always going to be a bit… Read More »
An A-Z of Garden Flowers
I have a new tea towel design which has been causing ripples on Twitter! I hope to have this one available in six to seven weeks. It will be printed on the same natural, organic cotton as my other tea towels. I put a photo on Twitter one evening, as it’s interesting to gauge reactions… Read More »
Tea towel delivery
After a bit of delay, my tea towels are back in stock. I took them to my parents’ lovely garden to photograph them. It’s here that I have established a small cutting garden, and over the last few months, I have been planting, weeding and watering. I am growing some of the flowers that inspire… Read More »
A Visit To Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2021
I hadn’t been on a train since February 2020, and I was very excited as I set off for this years RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2021. It was an early start from my house in Lincolnshire, with my bag packed with phone, camera, notebook, sandwiches and flip flops for aching feet on the… Read More »