Flowers are the Perfect Gift Flowers are the perfect gift for so many occasions. As a floral designer, wedding flowers have been my gift to many relatives and friends on their special day. I always take flowers to dinner parties – often adding blooms and foliage from my own garden. bouquet with myrtle, red robin… Continue reading Flowers. The Perfect Gift
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Happy New Year and happy foraging from Stems of Holborn
We foraged these branches for Vogue Magazine
Stems in Holborn
As a florist in Holborn for the past 32 years, I have seen many changes. The home of Stems has always been in Sicilian Avenue. Central St. Martin’s School of Art and Design, www.arts.ac.uk was opposite my shop in Sicilian Avenue, and Victoria House was The Liverpool Victoria. So when they both moved out, it… Continue reading Stems in Holborn
Foraging and Shakespeare’s flowers
Foraging for flowers mentioned in Shakespeare’s work has been our project of the week. It has been great fun. I was given a copy of Gerit Quealy’s beautiful book, Botanical Shakespeare, so I could do the reaearch required and compile a list of possible flowers and foliage, (and fruit and vegetables) available at this time… Continue reading Foraging and Shakespeare’s flowers