It’s not too late to sow sweet peas - so easy to It’s not too late to sow sweet peas - so easy to grow and blissfully fragrant in the summer months. 
They were my mum’s favourite flower, so growing them now feels like a precious connection. Especially when I pick some and arrange them in her beautiful old blue and gold jug just as she used to do with the sweet peas my dad grew for her every year.
There are some really handy tips for growing success from founder of The Real Flower Company Rosebie Morton over on the blog (link in bio). Rosebie has a whole farm dedicated to sweet peas near Chichester so she knows a thing or two about the subject!
Main thing I’ve picked up from her is to allow lots of depth for root growth at this stage and to make my own supportive wigwams from twiggy branches when the plants are really starting to go for it and need a bit of direction. This photo is making me yearn slightly.
I love this image of my friend Jo - we were trying I love this image of my friend Jo - we were trying out tiny living for a feature I was writing - this was taken on our way to indulge in a spot of forest bathing. To be totally honest, we were both a little sceptical beforehand. But we were only saying the other day how taken aback we both were by the amazing effect it had. I’m working on some new ideas around the subject - will keep you posted. X
I’m currently working on a redesign of the whole I’m currently working on a redesign of the whole site - which has meant lots of photo editing and reorganising so much content. What’s been lovely (despite the claw hand from so much keyboard work!) is revisiting work and becoming engrossed all over again. I thought I’d share a few of the things I’ve been (re) loving - with links in the bio to the old site for now, but not for long…! X
This  image is from a feature about preserving garden roses. I’m going to give this a really good go this year, now I have a better idea what I’m doing. I know there’s nothing quite like a fragrant fresh rose in Summer but there’s a fragile beauty to dried and preserved flowers that I also love, don’t you?
Snowdrops 🌱🤍 . . . . . . #capturequiet #ins Snowdrops 🌱🤍 
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#capturequiet #instabritain #natureandnourish #thewildernesstonic #cornersofmyworld
Signed copies of Bex Partridge’s new book Flower Signed copies of Bex Partridge’s new book Flowers Forever to be won! My bio has the link to enter as well as to get a peek inside. Beautifully photographed by Laura Edwards, I really enjoyed escaping into the pages and making plans for my own garden - hope you do too! X
To the Moon and Back Hares KNITTING PATTERN by Cla To the Moon and Back Hares KNITTING PATTERN by Claire Garland aka @dotpebbles_knits has to be the perfect post Christmas craft project 😊 
If you fancy getting your needles out to make this adorable pair, the link to buy Claire’s pattern is in my bio. Happy knitting! X
Thank you so much to Sarah @floribundaroseflorists Thank you so much to Sarah @floribundaroseflorists for a wonderful wreath making workshop yesterday. Such a special and creative space to spend time. I loved making my wreath - I went for a mixture of greenery arranged quite randomly with red waxed fresh apples, dried hydrangea, dried flowers, poppy and nigella seed heads and a winter white velvet bow. 
There were so many wonderful ingredients to choose from we were really spoiled for choice. 
Sarah’s new studio is such a beautiful, creative space. Think fragrant botanical candles flickering everywhere, mulled wine and apple juice simmering on the stove and containers full of fragrant festive greenery, waxed fruit, dried flowers and oranges, pine cones, lichen covered branches and even tiny gold wax-dipped fresh crab apples. 
Thank you for being so patient with my lengthy ribbon choice deliberations Sarah - and for bagging up a second choice option (dusky pink) to take home! X.  #wreathmaking #wreath #wreathsofinstagram #sustainablewreaths #wreathdecor #christmaswreath #velvetribbon #christmasdecor #festiveflowers
I’ve loved Olga Prinku’s work for ages now - s I’ve loved Olga Prinku’s work for ages now - she came up with the genius idea of embroidering on tulle using nature as her thread - and the results are sublime - like this Autumn colours beauty from her latest book.
I’m delighted that Olga is offering a fantastic prize bundle to my readers. For a chance to win one of her beautiful new dried flower embroidery kits (in collaboration with @driedandfloral ) as well as a signed copy of her wonderful new book(published by @quadrillebooks , pop over to my blog (link in my bio). It’s easy to enter so why don’t you give yourself a chance of winning this very lovely prize? Good luck! 
#driedflowers #driedflowerembroidery #olgaprinku #embroideryhoop #flowerembroidery #competitiontime #signedbooks #embroideryart #flowersontulle #autumn #autumncolours #hoopart #allthingsbotanical #instacraft
This beautiful image is by Laura Pashby @circleofp This beautiful image is by Laura Pashby @circleofpines and is from her beautiful new book Little Stories of Your Life. 
It’s packed with inspiration and practical ideas to help you become a visual story teller. Because, as Laura says, it’s the little moments that make up the fabric of all of our lives - and those moments are worth capturing and sharing with others.
We have three signed copies of the book to give away - just click the link in my bio to find out more. There’s a peek inside and a lovely film by @xantheb to enjoy too! X 
#littlemoments #littlestoriesbook #alifeofwords #lostinwords #competition #booksarelife #mindfulphotography #bookstagram #booksmakemehappy #booksconnectus #igreads #whatareyoureading #signedbooks
Thanks to Lisa from @inthemaking_aprons who has sh Thanks to Lisa from @inthemaking_aprons who has shared her wonderfully creative ideas for visibly mending well-loved clothing in need of repair and a little TLC.
She had me at ‘sometimes I like to use giant sequins…’ 
Hope you like Lisa’s ideas as much as I do. The link to head over to my blog and get all her step by steps is in my bio x
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LIFESTYLE · September 28, 2022

Natural soap made in Britain with love and care

Natural soap made in Britain with love and care – my pick of the very best natural, sustainable options from my favourite UK makers.

I made a return to using solid bars of soap during the pandemic when frequent hand washing with liquid hand wash left my skin cracked and hide-like. Switching to a bar of Rose Geranium soap from The Little Soap Company quickly improved the sorry state of my hands. Like most of us, I reuse and recycle as much as I can, but there’s something so much nicer about a bar of soap simply wrapped in paper with no plastic in sight.

I love that soap making is a truly ancient craft that dates back millennia and it feels important to support those who are still making it in the traditional way. So I’ve done some homework and searched the UK to bring you my findings. My aim is to share the best natural soap makers around the UK with you and I’ll keep updating as I find more. I hope you find something that brings you a little daily joy – just as that pandemic bar of geranium soap did for me.

Natural soap – my pick of the best

The Little Soap Company

When founder Emma Heathcote-James began selling her handmade natural and organic soap at local farmer’s markets, it was soon clear that the products were a winner with customers. So she set out to make natural soaps accessible to everyone by getting her products into UK retailers – which she has done! You can find these beautifully fragrant and natural soaps at your local supermarket or online.

Rose Geranium soap

little soap company rose geranium soap organic sustainable vegan cruelty free and made in britain

This is the one that started me off down this path and I love it just as much now as I did back then. The natural fragrance is utterly blissful – makes you want to stop, close your eyes and breathe it in.

Organic and made with the finest natural ingredients, including pure Rose Geranium essential oil, it’s also free of detergents, SLS, sulphates, alcohol, parabens, sorbates, silicones and synthetic preservatives. Packaging is plastic free, eco friendly and biodegradable and the palm oil is RSPO certified sustainable.

A great price too for an organic, natural British soap, so it’s a bit of affordable daily luxury.

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Lavender & Citrus Soap

british soap from the little soap company lavender and citrus soap organic sustainable vegan cruelty free and made in britain

A very close second to the Geranium soap, this one is a totally gorgeous combination of lavender and citrus. I blow a bit hot and cold with lavender on its own, but adding a spritz of fresh citrus works brilliantly. It’s like a ray of warm, refreshing sunshine and is a Little Soap Company best seller for good reason.

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Tilda’s Tribe

Made in Yorkshire using milk from their own small herd of naturally reared goats, Tilda’s Tribe soaps have won multiple awards and it’s easy to see why. The Honey and Oatmeal Soap Bar is a worthy winner in the problem skin category and is a little bar of natural soap wonderfulness.

Honey and Oatmeal Soap Bar

british soap by tildas tribe made from goats milk from their own hurd sustainably handmade in yorkshire

Made using the ancient and traditional cold process method, this soothing and gentle soap combines the benefits of raw goats milk with shea butter, olive oil, oatmeal, coconut oil and honey.

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I also love Tilda’s Tribe shampoo and conditioner bars – perfect for anyone with a sensitive scalp and beautifully plastic free.

tildas tribe goats milk soap shampoo bar conditioner made in yorkshire using their own herd of goats
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Kelsey Cornish natural soap

I love this natural soap handmade in Cornwall using all natural/vegan ingredients and the traditional cold process method. This Geranium and Pink Clay is my favourite. I do love the floral blissfulness of geranium – as we’ve already established – and the addition of pink clay deep cleans the pores of the skin without drying it out.

Geranium pink clay soap

british soap made in cornwall by kelsey cornish using traditional cold process and natural geranium essential oil pink clay and all natural ingredients to balance and cleanse
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Neal’s Yard Remedies

It’s easy to take brands like Neal’s Yard Remedies for granted, but they have been promoting natural, organic British soap and UK-made skincare for decades – and still very much do. This Geranium and Orange soap is a fragrant beauty with 100% natural and 71% organic ingredients. There must be a generous amount of geranium and orange essential oils as the whole bathroom fill with fragrance.

neals yard british soap made using natural ethical and organic ingredients including geranium and orange essential oils
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Floris

I had to include these three White Rose signature soaps from Floris London in my round-up of great British soap because of their sheer history and luxurious quality.

Family perfumers since 1730, Floris London soaps are beautifully hand wrapped, tripple milled with a vegetable base and perfumed with fine fragrance. Embossed with the brand’s iconic floral design dating back to the 1800s, these soaps are still hand poured at the original 89 Jermyn Street store.

Although the company prides itself on always having sourced the finest sustainably sourced absolutes and essential oils, I note that the soap ingredients list includes derivatives of palm oil without specifying whether it’s sustainably sourced or not.

Given the devastating deforestation caused by unsustainable palm oil production it feels important for such an iconic brand with a reputation for responsibility and quality to make it a priority to clarify this for their customers. (Find out more about RSPO sustainable palm oil here). Better still, why not contact Floris directly (as I have just done) asking for clarity on whether they use palm oil products that are RSPO certified and if not, why not…

White Rose Floris London Soaps

british soap floris london white rose box of three triple milled fine fragrance soaps made in england and simply the best soap you can buy
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Yardley

Hear me out. I know for many of us Yardley Lavender Soap conjures up somewhat old-fashioned images of times past. I can clearly see my Nana happily opening boxes of the stuff on Christmas Days back in the 70s. Probably well into the 80s too… And that’s the point really. Yardley soap – and particularly the classic lavender one – is part of the fabric of our collective memory. At least for those of us above a certain age…

Yardley lavender soap was said to be a favourite of Queen Elizabeth II, fragrantly filling the soap dishes in royal palace bathrooms. Indeed Yardley has been awarded 6 Royal Warrants of Appointment since 1921 because of its high quality and rich heritage. (The brand is celebrating its 250th year this year!).

Yardley Original English Lavender Soaps

yardley original lavender soap british soap made with english lavender triple milled and by royal appointment to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second

Choose from Original English Lavender Soaps (above) with the classic scent that combines lavender leaves, neroli and clary sage with a heart of lavender oil and geranium, enhanced with deeper notes of sandalwood and tonka bean or…

English Lavender Luxury Soaps

british soap maker yardley lavender
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A new version of the classic fragrance (combining bergamot and clary sage with English Lavender, eucalyptus, geranium, jasmine, chamomile and violet, enhanced with deeper, warm notes of wood, vanilla and patchouli) and updated packaging.

The lavender oil used to make Yardley soaps and fragrances is distilled from flowers harvested from English lavender fields in June and July when they’re at their fragrant best. Yardley products are vegan, cruelty free and the company says it’s committed to a responsible supply chain as well as sustainable business policies, making and packing all products within the UK.

Sustainability questions

To be brutally honest, though, I feel Yardley still has a way to go. Both of these soaps are described on their website as containing ‘up to 97% naturally derived ingredients’ – a description that does irritate me as ‘up to 97%’ is very different to ‘contains 97%’. ‘Up to’ could in all accuracy mean 1%! I’m sure it doesn’t but you get what I mean. More transparency would go a long way with me.

It’s quite hard to actually pin down the full ingredients list but I managed to find it by doing a little research beyond the Yardley website (it should be on there!). As well as being paraben-free and including beneficial natural ingredients such as shea butter and essential oils, disappointingly the list also contains sodium palmate, sodium palm kernelate with no specification about whether this is made from RSPO certified sustainable palm oil or not, as well as one or two other chemical additives that I don’t like.

For such an iconic British soap brand it’s a shame Yardley aren’t making these soaps in a more transparently sustainable and natural way – as they would have been in the past. But I couldn’t leave them out of a piece about British soap could I? My Nana wouldn’t have approved and I doubt that the Queen would have been too impressed either.

Clovelly Soap Company

I love this artisan Devonshire business and have known founder, Sarah Harper, for more than a decade now as she has been listing in the FBWL directory since our earliest days.

Using traditional cold process techniques, Clovelly Soap Co make natural soap scented with essential oils, spices and botanicals that are kind to your skin and the environment.

It’s their beautiful paper packaging that really makes Clovelly soaps stand out from the crowd. Browse the whole collection here

I’ve picked out a couple of my current favourites to give you a flavour here too…

Ocean Breeze Seaside Soap

clovelly soap company ocean breeze handmade natural soap made in devon using essential oils

Handmade using olive oil, coconut oil, sustainable palm oil, UK printed paper and essential oils of bergamot, lemongrass and lime, this is as refreshing as a blowy walk beside the sea.

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Grapefruit and Neroli Soap on a rope

clovelly soap company soap on a rope made in devon from all natural ingredients
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Soap on a rope is as good an idea now as it was back in the day. No more shooting bars of slithery wet soap in the shower and no need for plastic bottles either. There’s a whole range of delicious fragrances to choose from (browse them all here) but this one’s my favourite. It’s a fresh and floral scent that makes you feel uplifted and energised at the same time.

Bronnley

So it occurs to me that if I’m going to mention Floris and Yardley as iconic British soap makers, I really shouldn’t miss out Bronnley who have been making quality soaps for 137 years. When I started browsing their current collections and discovered they’ve made this gorgeous box of 6 Herbarium guest soaps I was sold. You can buy them from Fortnum & Mason which is the link I’ve added below, but they are currently sold out on the Bronnley website.

Herbarium Guest Soaps

bronnley herbarium guest soaps triple milled soaps made in england british soap makers loved around the world

This lovely box of six triple-milled guest soaps is designed to bring a sense of the English countryside. Enriched with berries, leaves and petals harvested from natural herbs and plants, the collection includes Wild Rosehip, Rowan Berry, Heather, Apple Mint, Thyme and Calendula.

Also a royal warrant holder to HM Queen Elizabeth II since 1955, Bronnley soaps do display all their ingredients clearly on their website and also clarify that they use RSPO sustainable palm oil. The soaps are all vegan friendly and not tested on animals.

A little bit of digging around their website convinced me that they are further along their sustainability journey than others we could mention. I’m looking at you, Yardley and Floris.

The Bronnley sustainability page confirms their conscious move away from the use of plastics, sustainable packaging and a whole section on the importance of using sustainable and traceable palm oil, as well as offering palm oil-free options.

Royal Warrant

I love how proud Bronnley is its royal warrant and the responsibility this brings:

‘As long holders of the esteemed Royal Warrant and Luxury soap & fine fragrance supplier to Royal Households across the estate, we know we have a reputation to uphold. Sustainable development is now an important part of that honour, and we intend to further excel in this field to establish ourselves as the lighthouse for sustainability within this membership.’

There are so many lovely British soaps to choose from on the Bronnley website (you can browse them all here) but I’ve picked out my own two favourites here.

Bronnley lemon & neroli soap

bronnley lemon soap british soap triple milled using natural ingredients and sustainability including neroli and lemon oil and sustainable palm oil

It’s triple-milled, enriched with shea butter and smells divine. Most exciting of all, however, is that it’s SHAPED LIKE A LEMON! Love it. I want a few artfully placed in a dish beside my kitchen sink.

bronnley lemon soap british soap triple milled using natural ingredients and sustainability including neroli and lemon oil and sustainable palm oil
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Bronnley Mandarin & Orange Blossom palm oil free soap

bronnley british soap triple milled with sustainable natural ingredients and palm oil free fragranced with mandarin and orange blossom neroli and made in england with care
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This beauty is infused with sweet almond oil, shea butter and jojoba oil as well as orange blossom and citrus fine fragrance. The packaging is eco friendly made from 100% plastic free recycled material and is fully recyclable. As well as being vegan friendly, this soap is also cruelty and palm oil free. The more I see of Bronnley British soaps, the more I realise what I’ve been missing.

Superfly Natural Soap

Award-winning eco-conscious and affordable soaps handmade in Scotland using renewable energy and zero waste. I love the simple, plastic-free packaging and would probably pick out this Coconut Milk & Lime Exfoliating Soap to share with you, but you can browse the whole collection here

Coconut Milk & Lime Exfoliating Soap

coconut milk and lime handmade soap made in scotland with zero waste and using renewable energy and sustainable
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Willow & Myrtle

Handmade natural vegan eco-friendly soap beautifully made in Dunstable. I particularly like this Orange & Mandarin soap which includes natural essential oils of sweet orange, mandarin and cedarwood as well as orange peel and a dried orange slice. Browse the whole collection here.

willow and myrtle handmade orange and mandarin soap made in england
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  1. Willow & Myrtle says

    February 5, 2023 at 8:13 pm

    Hello
    Just wanted to say a big ‘Thank you’ for featuring our soap.
    Orange & Mandarin has been a bestseller since day 1, really fresh and citrusy 🙂

    Reply
    • Laura Dunkley says

      February 8, 2023 at 12:20 pm

      My pleasure! 😊

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It’s not too late to sow sweet peas - so easy to It’s not too late to sow sweet peas - so easy to grow and blissfully fragrant in the summer months. 
They were my mum’s favourite flower, so growing them now feels like a precious connection. Especially when I pick some and arrange them in her beautiful old blue and gold jug just as she used to do with the sweet peas my dad grew for her every year.
There are some really handy tips for growing success from founder of The Real Flower Company Rosebie Morton over on the blog (link in bio). Rosebie has a whole farm dedicated to sweet peas near Chichester so she knows a thing or two about the subject!
Main thing I’ve picked up from her is to allow lots of depth for root growth at this stage and to make my own supportive wigwams from twiggy branches when the plants are really starting to go for it and need a bit of direction. This photo is making me yearn slightly.
I love this image of my friend Jo - we were trying I love this image of my friend Jo - we were trying out tiny living for a feature I was writing - this was taken on our way to indulge in a spot of forest bathing. To be totally honest, we were both a little sceptical beforehand. But we were only saying the other day how taken aback we both were by the amazing effect it had. I’m working on some new ideas around the subject - will keep you posted. X
I’m currently working on a redesign of the whole I’m currently working on a redesign of the whole site - which has meant lots of photo editing and reorganising so much content. What’s been lovely (despite the claw hand from so much keyboard work!) is revisiting work and becoming engrossed all over again. I thought I’d share a few of the things I’ve been (re) loving - with links in the bio to the old site for now, but not for long…! X
This  image is from a feature about preserving garden roses. I’m going to give this a really good go this year, now I have a better idea what I’m doing. I know there’s nothing quite like a fragrant fresh rose in Summer but there’s a fragile beauty to dried and preserved flowers that I also love, don’t you?
Snowdrops 🌱🤍 . . . . . . #capturequiet #ins Snowdrops 🌱🤍 
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#capturequiet #instabritain #natureandnourish #thewildernesstonic #cornersofmyworld
Signed copies of Bex Partridge’s new book Flower Signed copies of Bex Partridge’s new book Flowers Forever to be won! My bio has the link to enter as well as to get a peek inside. Beautifully photographed by Laura Edwards, I really enjoyed escaping into the pages and making plans for my own garden - hope you do too! X
To the Moon and Back Hares KNITTING PATTERN by Cla To the Moon and Back Hares KNITTING PATTERN by Claire Garland aka @dotpebbles_knits has to be the perfect post Christmas craft project 😊 
If you fancy getting your needles out to make this adorable pair, the link to buy Claire’s pattern is in my bio. Happy knitting! X
Thank you so much to Sarah @floribundaroseflorists Thank you so much to Sarah @floribundaroseflorists for a wonderful wreath making workshop yesterday. Such a special and creative space to spend time. I loved making my wreath - I went for a mixture of greenery arranged quite randomly with red waxed fresh apples, dried hydrangea, dried flowers, poppy and nigella seed heads and a winter white velvet bow. 
There were so many wonderful ingredients to choose from we were really spoiled for choice. 
Sarah’s new studio is such a beautiful, creative space. Think fragrant botanical candles flickering everywhere, mulled wine and apple juice simmering on the stove and containers full of fragrant festive greenery, waxed fruit, dried flowers and oranges, pine cones, lichen covered branches and even tiny gold wax-dipped fresh crab apples. 
Thank you for being so patient with my lengthy ribbon choice deliberations Sarah - and for bagging up a second choice option (dusky pink) to take home! X.  #wreathmaking #wreath #wreathsofinstagram #sustainablewreaths #wreathdecor #christmaswreath #velvetribbon #christmasdecor #festiveflowers
I’ve loved Olga Prinku’s work for ages now - s I’ve loved Olga Prinku’s work for ages now - she came up with the genius idea of embroidering on tulle using nature as her thread - and the results are sublime - like this Autumn colours beauty from her latest book.
I’m delighted that Olga is offering a fantastic prize bundle to my readers. For a chance to win one of her beautiful new dried flower embroidery kits (in collaboration with @driedandfloral ) as well as a signed copy of her wonderful new book(published by @quadrillebooks , pop over to my blog (link in my bio). It’s easy to enter so why don’t you give yourself a chance of winning this very lovely prize? Good luck! 
#driedflowers #driedflowerembroidery #olgaprinku #embroideryhoop #flowerembroidery #competitiontime #signedbooks #embroideryart #flowersontulle #autumn #autumncolours #hoopart #allthingsbotanical #instacraft
This beautiful image is by Laura Pashby @circleofp This beautiful image is by Laura Pashby @circleofpines and is from her beautiful new book Little Stories of Your Life. 
It’s packed with inspiration and practical ideas to help you become a visual story teller. Because, as Laura says, it’s the little moments that make up the fabric of all of our lives - and those moments are worth capturing and sharing with others.
We have three signed copies of the book to give away - just click the link in my bio to find out more. There’s a peek inside and a lovely film by @xantheb to enjoy too! X 
#littlemoments #littlestoriesbook #alifeofwords #lostinwords #competition #booksarelife #mindfulphotography #bookstagram #booksmakemehappy #booksconnectus #igreads #whatareyoureading #signedbooks
Thanks to Lisa from @inthemaking_aprons who has sh Thanks to Lisa from @inthemaking_aprons who has shared her wonderfully creative ideas for visibly mending well-loved clothing in need of repair and a little TLC.
She had me at ‘sometimes I like to use giant sequins…’ 
Hope you like Lisa’s ideas as much as I do. The link to head over to my blog and get all her step by steps is in my bio x
Thank you @therealflowerco for these heavenly swee Thank you @therealflowerco for these heavenly sweet peas - the perfect way to celebrate #britishflowersweek 
I just wish I could share the blissful fragrance with you too 💕🌸
#locallygrownflowers #flowersofinstagram #supportlocal #britishflowersweek2021 #britishseasonalflowers #flowersfromthefarm #sweetpeas
This heavenly knitted lamb is by Claire Garland ak This heavenly knitted lamb is by Claire Garland aka @dotpebbles_knits and just one of the creative spring projects you might enjoy immersing yourself in right now. To discover other inspirational ideas and to get all the info you need - including this free pattern by Claire - click the link in my bio. Hope you find something that brings you a little seasonal joy x
Thanks to Erin at @floretflower for sending me a s Thanks to Erin at @floretflower for sending me a surprise signed copy of her dreamy new book Discovering Dahlias - and another signed copy to share with one of you. 
To enjoy a peek inside - and for a chance to win - click the link in my bio. 
The truly beautiful photographs (including this one) are all by Erin’s husband Chris Benzakein #discoveringdahlias #floretflowerfarm #dahliasofinstagram #flowersgivemepower #giveawayuk
Thanks to @sarahravenperchhill for sharing a beaut Thanks to @sarahravenperchhill for sharing a beautifully simple way to arrange snowdrops and other early spring flowers over on the blog (link is in my bio). I’ve already made my own simple flower grid using foraged twigs and it works brilliantly! 
As well as sharing her simple step by steps, there’s also a video tutorial where Sarah shares more inspiring ideas for creating with early spring flowers. The beautiful photographs are by @jonathanbuckleyphotography - hope you enjoy! X
Last call to enter our Pippa Greenwood Grow Your O Last call to enter our Pippa Greenwood Grow Your Own gift bundle competition!
My favourite #gardenersquestiontime panellist @pippa.greenwood offers a range of totally brilliant Grow Your Own gift bundles - which include garden-ready veg plants sent out at the right time for planting, email growing advice, tips and recipes from Pippa herself as well as signed copies of The Gardener’s Year. It’s the perfect gift for anyone interested in growing their own fresh produce - and comes with the best expert advice!
We have two Pippa Greenwood GYO gift bundles to be won - the link to enter the competition, and to find out more is in my bio - Good luck!
Last call for anyone who’d like to enter our Cla Last call for anyone who’d like to enter our Claire Garland Christmas Mouse knitting pattern competition. The link to enter is the top one in my bio. Good luck!
If you’re finding the world a somewhat shouty an If you’re finding the world a somewhat shouty and overwhelming place right now, you might like to get behind Sarah Corbett @craftivists new project - she’s crowdfunding to create the final part of her Craftivism trilogy: the Craftivist Collective Handbook. It will be a beautiful hardback with 20 gentle protest Craftivist projects and tools to help readers become positive and effective change makers. Because slow and gentle can be more effective in the long run than fast and loud. I am 100% behind Sarah’s project and have no doubt that those of us in the crafty, creative community have plenty to contribute when it comes to making a better, fairer world. 
Stitching a powerful message can be  more effective than shouting it at someone who’s not listening to you. If you’d like to get involved or find out more, follow the top link in my bio.
Thanks to @botanical_tales for sharing beautiful d Thanks to @botanical_tales for sharing beautiful dried flower wreath ideas over on the blog - link in bio. I love this dried mini wreath as natural gift wrapping decoration (you can buy ready-made too) - all the links are in the post.
Thanks too to Kirsten @henthorn_farm_flowers for sharing her step by steps for creating a stunning giant foraged dried flower wreath as well as her beautiful simple wreath in silvery winter whites. 
I’m increasingly obsessed with the idea of growing my own flowers for drying and creating lovely things with them. Watch this space for more dried flower inspiration coming soon... X
One of the joyful things about this time of year f One of the joyful things about this time of year for me is making plans for next spring and summer in my flower cutting garden. After two years of growing cut flowers, I’m ready for some fresh ideas and to raise my game a little more. I would like to fill some gaps in shape and colour and to extend the flowering season in particular. I’d also like to start drying and preserving my flowers... so I am thrilled that Kirsten of @henthorn_farm_flowers has shared a beautiful glimpse into her seasonal and sustainable flowery world as well as lots of fantastic expert tips and ideas over on the blog - the link is in my bio. I hope you find some inspiration too. Kirsten lives in a very beautiful part of the world - the Ribble Valley in Lancashire. It’s an area very close to my heart as I grew up not far away. Loved spending a little virtual time there again, thanks to Kirsten - and I am yearning to go back in person one day soon and breathe it all in again.
To be honest, I’m still clinging on to the last To be honest, I’m still clinging on to the last moments of Summer. I do always eventually embrace Autumn but, this year in particular, I’m wanting to hold on for as long as possible to the quiet bliss of the last few months. 
I do really worry about what lies ahead for us all, but spending time outdoors, connecting, really up close, to what’s going on in the garden definitely helps. I still have roses, sweet peas, snapdragons, zinnias, asters and LOTS of dahlias blooming so there are always jars and jugs of flowers on every available surface. Rose geranium leaves have been a revelation for adding a fragrant green frilliness - and now I’m full of love for abelia. 
This beautiful photo is by @gandgorgeousflowers and captures the between-seasons beauty in the flower garden right now. I am inspired to create something similar as I have many of the same colours. 
I do realise that it’s silly (and utterly pointless 😂) to resist Autumn as it’s actually one of the most beautiful times of year. As soon as the leaves really turn, and everywhere starts to smell like Autumn, I’m sure I’ll be fully on board. 
With that in mind, I’ve shared lots of inspiring Autumn Flowers ideas over on the blog (link in my bio) from some of my favourite flower creatives including @gandgorgeousflowers @simplybyarrangement @therealflowerco @wildbunchflowers @floribundaroseflorists @thesussexflowerschool @electricdaisyflowerfarm 

Hope you enjoy - and find a little bit of creative inspiration too. X

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