Happy New Year and happy foraging from Stems of Holborn

Branches foraged by Stems of Holborn for Vogue Magazine

We foraged these branches for Vogue Magazine

Learn how to make a Christmas wreath in London or Windsor

Come and join us, Government guidelines permitting, and learn how to make a Christmas wreath to hang on your door or wall. This is a dried flower wreath, but for Christmas, we like to use blue pine, cones, dried apple, orange and cinnamon with seasonal twigs and cones We’ve been preparing our Christmas window with… Continue reading Learn how to make a Christmas wreath in London or Windsor

Flower Shop in Holborn, central London

Send flowers and make someone smile! I have a flower shop in Holborn, central London, and I have always taken my inspiration from nature. Never one to read fashion magazines, I’d rather be walking in the countryside or sitting in my garden. I see beauty in natural things. I feel blessed for that, and have… Continue reading Flower Shop in Holborn, central London

Bringing Floral Inspiration from the Countryside to the City.

Lockdown brought a new way of life for me. I have owned Stems of Holborn for 35 years, firstly living in Islington, and then for the past 20 years, living in Old Windsor and commuting to London. i think most of us push the long commute to the back of our minds, or tell ourselves… Continue reading Bringing Floral Inspiration from the Countryside to the City.