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CONSTANCE SPRY: GARDENER, FLORIST, RENEGADE 1886–1960

constance spry: gardener, florist, renegade 1886–1960

Words by Laura Bayliss Constance Spry was the kind of woman who said ‘yes!’ and worked out the details later. When her culinary pal Rosemary Hume ...

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aim high: hanging baskets, window boxes and pots

Words by Laura Bayliss The Beast has finally gone back home East, and spring is just around the corner. We made it! It’s time to start thinking a...

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'a rose is still a rose’ (how to dry your valentines roses…)

Words by Jessica Peace You’ll need to shove your rose (or roses…) somewhere dark, dry and hot - we’ve become big airing cupboard lovers. Turn your ...

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semla/semlor with klara risberg

Recipe and words by Klara Risberg Semla – singular Semlor – plural A Swedish tradition not to be broken, we go mad for these! We even have a des...

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scrolling back the years

Words by Laura Bayliss Let’s not pretend like we’ve not all been scrolling our way through the past year. Our online worlds have been saving the ...

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little sow and sows

As the new year takes hold we are finally starting to see some tentative signs of life returning outside and, if you're that way inclined, you mig...

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miso onions with klara risberg

Recipe and words by Klara Risberg I can't take any credit for these incredible onions and I am sure you have seen them all over social media. ...

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solace & love

Words by Laura Bayliss With every purchase of our Solace & Love bouquet, we will donate £5 directly to Solace Women’s Aid, a London-based char...

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the lockdown almanac

Words by Laura Bayliss Another year, another lockdown… We’re all suffering from lockdown fatigue by now (read: WHEN WILL THIS END?) and never has t...

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calathea: let’s turn over a new leaf

WORDS BY LAURA BAYLISS We don’t usually go in for the whole New Year, New You mindset – we love the old you just the way you are! But 2021, could, ...

you can put baby in the corner

WORDS BY LAURA BAYLISS We’d all love a sweeping bay window to show off our 6ft weeping fig to the world, but if you’re more two-bedroom basement fl...

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inhale, exhale - breathwork with avni sanghvi

Why Breathwork is the New Yoga? Just kidding, though Breathwork is a great way to deepen your current practice or introduce a safe and natural s...

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agony plant: january survival guide

Words by Jessica Peace We’ve eaten and we’ve drank and we’ve tried to be merry - and that’s about it for the last fortnight (or 6 weeks…), time we ...