A Guide to Edible Flowers

Edible flowers are becoming more and more popular and you can now even buy them in Sainsbury’s as well as specialist online stores. They are also super easy to grow and make beautiful bedding plants which benefit from deadheading meaning you encourage more growth from the plants the more flowers you pick. Here is my guide to edible flowers.

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A Spring Wreath Tutorial

The result of an experiment! I've prepared a how to guide to making this beautiful spring wreath to brighten up any home this gloomy Easter weekend!

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DIY Wildflower Seed Hearts

Show the love this Valentines by making your own wildflower seed heart for your loves ones and friends. Let me show you how, it's so simple!

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A Mid Winter Treat for the Birds

So I guess it is about time that I said hello and introduce myself properly. I know Bex occasionally mentions me (as the third man in her life), but I wanted to tell you a little bit about me and also share with you this fun DIY winter bird feeding tutorial as inspiration

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Decorating with Nature this Christmas

Styling my house  and table for Christmas is something I have always loved doing, ever since I was a little girl and I used to help my mother prepare her house. I still have some of the decorations she used such as silver clip candle holders that belonged to her mum. Back then there was a lot of oasis used to make big show stopping centre pieces and hanging decorations and whilst I still use many of the same things to decorate my house as my mother did, I have evolved my own style.

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An Alternative DIY Christmas Wreath Tutorial

The thing I love the most about Christmas is the abundance of wreaths and the acceptance by nearly all sane people to have them in the house and on the front door. There are a couple of styles of wreaths that I enjoy making the most, the wild and wayward variety that I teach at my workshops as well as the more contemporary festive wreaths like the one I’ll be teaching you here, which are made using a metal hoop as the base.

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A Sustainable Christmas Tree

Are you looking for a way to be more sustainable and save money this Christmas? If yes, then read on, this blog post is for you!

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A Conscious Advent Calendar

There are so many things I love about Christmas: seeing friends and family, watching my boys excitement grow as the big day creeps closer, foraging for and then decorating the Christmas tree and of course eating all the mince pies.

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It's OK to feel SAD

I was really interested to read the response to my recent post where I confessed to feeling down and how I was struggling with the cross over between Autumn and Winter. It seems many of you are feeling the same, so I thought I would share with you some of my tips on how to beat the Winter Blues.

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