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Summery, flowery drinks

Summery, flowery drinks

Summer isn't summer without edible flower drinks, right? Here are a few pretty and tasty ways to add our blooms to your booze. Float small, delicate edible flowers like Phlox, Dianthus and Violas in...

Edible flower lollipops

Edible flower lollipops

A handful of ingredients and half an hour et voilà! The best edible flowers to use in these lollipops are ones with stronger colours so you can still see them once they are encased in the candy...

Forget-Me-Nots on the rocks

Forget-Me-Nots on the rocks

Even though we're still in April you could be forgiven for thinking it was summer some of these warm spring days. I'm not complaining, I'm totally going with it - sunglasses, short sleeves, iced...

The first rule of eating flowers

The first rule of eating flowers

You can't just go round grabbing any old flower and eating it willy-nilly. No. Just because something looks pretty doesn't mean its good for you... and that's a valuable life lesson right there. The...

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