Newsletter Archive

Dahlia burst... Wishing you all  a very HAPPY CHRISTMAS, SUMMER HOLIDAY & NEW YEAR  It's time to down tools...to rest, reflect, rejuvinate and ponder...to inhale the sweet air that (here at least) is filled with the hedgerow scent of flowering carrot; fig...

Wild and abundant at every turn… Hello everyone, It's true…thanks to the extraordinarily wet spring, things are truly wild and abundant at every turn! While last week there was a definite romantic charm to the mayhem…this week I'm wondering if the garden like me,...

It was to be a spring flower workshop… Hello everyone, Yes…it was originally to be an early spring flower workshop…but we all know what happened to that idea! In the intervening lockdown months, we rescheduled several times in hope… And so it is that I am delighted...

Just-picked intoxicating Orange Blossom… Hello everyone, What uncertainty surrounds the timing of ORANGE BLOSSOM SEASON! In truest spring form, the stillness of a bright blue morning (after a chilly night) can turn swiftly to wind or heat, perchance to...

Herbal tisanes from the garden… Hello everyone, The topsy turvy uncertainty of these times has delivered us a handful of available places at our last HERBAL GARDEN WORKSHOP for this year, with Paddington based naturopath,...

Summer on the breeze… Hello everyone, The thrill of inviting you to this intoxicating workshop has had me on the edge of my seat all year! I hope you will be just as excited as me about our SPRING PERFUMERY & CANDLE MAKING...

Fleeting… Hello everyone, Already the spring has had its first flush (now being washed away in the fabulous rain) and there's joy to be found not just in the pristine new growth after winter's bare chill, but in the detail of those...

Peony Poppy Detail... Hello everyone, How I have been longing to release our Poppy Illustration Workshop here with Rose Colbeck...slated all year for a pure poppy celebration on Saturday 23 October. Planned with precision and anticipation, I sowed so...

It's kitchen gardening time...! (image Luisa Brimble) Hello everyone, First, thank you for your flurry of excited response to the first batch release of BOTANICAL WATER! Tiny bottles are now winging their way across the country and how I hope they lift...

Weighing scented leaf pelargonium.... Hello everyone, What a delightful response to this morning's first batch release of Rose Geranium BOTANICAL WATER!  I'm so thrilled that even the description transported so many of you...on a magic carpet of dreams to...

Weighing scented leaf pelargonium.... Hello everyone, I am SO EXCITED! As hinted at in my newsletter last month when I regaled you with my tale of Flowers and Scent... the first batch of BOTANICAL WATER is ready to release! One of my...

You know who...! Hello everyone, Just a reminder that I'll be kicking off the first of the two presentations for which I've released dates and times in the online CONVERSATIONAL PRESENTATION SERIES this weekend:    1. THE GARDEN JOURNEY,...

You know who...! Hello everyone, Thank you all so much for the interest you expressed when I first mooted this online CONVERSATIONAL PRESENTATION SERIES earlier this year and also for your patience. I know I said I'd aim to run this...