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international women’s day - ladies we dig
Words by Laura Bayliss In honour of International Women’s Day, we’re going on a trip back in time, dropping in on six brilliant plantswomen who hav...
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Our online botanical publication.
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the sisterhood of self-care
Words by Laura Bayliss If there’s one thing that gets us going as much as plant power, it’s girl power – and even better if we’re supporting small...
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the instant gardener
Words by Laura Bayliss We’re all working from home/living at work a lot more, which means sharing our space with our green-leaved colleagues. Nex...
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the moonflower - one night only
Words by Laura Bayliss On 20 February, for one night only a rare Amazonian cactus called the Moonflower bloomed for what is thought to be the firs...
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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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