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A space to explore joy through nature, creating botanical arts and crafts, sharing nature books, and making beautiful food from plants, with a special love for edible flowers.
Gorse flower cordial
"When gorse is out of bloom, kissing is out of season". What a lovely expression. Thankfully, gorse is in boom pretty much all year round and at some times of the year they seem to be the only...
On Flowers by Amy Merrick
I heard Amy say in a podcast that she had waited nearly a decade to write this book. On Flowers: Lessons from an Accidental Florist is testament to doing something at precisely the right time for...
The connections plants make
I don't think it's any accident that when we make connections with plants, we make connections with each other. I discovered how true this is when I was selling edible flowers. My customers would...
Petal printed top
Of anything I've ever created using flowers and plants, this is one of my all time favourites. It has the perfect combination of simplicity, satisfaction and a beautiful outcome. Two of the most...
Edible flower culinary creations
During my time growing and selling edible flowers it was a real dream come true for me to to work with extremely talented food and drink professionals and and to see my flowers being used for...
Creating an edible flowers feast
Back in the summer I took a morning out to create a little edible flowers feast for two. I wanted it to be beautiful as well as taste good, so here are some lovely flower and food combinations whose...
