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Making an Autumn Table centre

Last weekend I did a wedding open day at the lovely Moonraker Hotel and the day after brought back the centre-pieces I had made (You can see them here) I thought it would be a shame to throw them away so I’ve had a go at a simple Autumn table centre. For the open day…

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An easy Autumn craft idea

I just wanted to share this easy Autumn craft idea, as the weather is turning and there is a chill in the air then thoughts turn to being inside and cosy. I’ve started making soups and roasting vegetables and definitely getting more blankets out for the sofa. My neighbour introduced me to this cute idea and I now have the perfect hanging place for them in my living room.

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The charm of British flowers in your Bridal bouquet

I got back from holiday and was wandering around our flower garden and thought I’d be interested to see what flowers I could pick to make an entirely seasonal bouquet for a bride. So often couples come in and have very specific ideas of looks and designs that they want for their big day and…

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Hill Barn Wedding

Cotswold bride, southwest wedding

It was a first for our Young Blooms team to decorate Hill Barn, nestled up in the cotswolds hills. Its a glorious space full of warmth and light and its so lovely to be able to share these photos from Sophie and Tom’s special day taken by the very clever Siobhan Beale The couple said…

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A rather gorgeous photoshoot

wearable flowers, wedding flowers

I’m beyond excited to finally share these photos! I’ve had the pleasure of working with Jackie from Fox and Beau Photography countless times, and every shoot with her is great fun. Our journey together started when we met in the new year and sparked the idea of creating a photoshoot inspired by a captivating image…

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Learning How to Wrap a Bouquet – Expert Floristry Tips in Our New E-book

Have you ever admired a beautifully wrapped bouquet, posy or plant and wished you could do the same? If so, I’ve got some news I’m really excited to share with you… Learning to wrap a bouquet was one of the first skills I mastered at the beginning of my floristry career. Working in an Interflora…

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Creativity and foraging – a brief study of a seaside walk and attention recovery theory.

I recently went away for the weekend with a friend of mine, we headed of to Rye and also went down to the seaside at Dungeness. You feel like you might fall of the edge of the country and its all a bit apocalyptic but we spent an hour wandering along the coastline foraging for…

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The Health Benefit of Flowers

growing flowers

Can flowers help us with self-care? I always considered myself lucky to be able to run a business and do a job that I love and during this month of January I guess there is a lot more talk about resolutions, making sure we taking care of our mental health and trying to improve how…

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Making a non-traditional door wreath.

Yellow Christmas door wreath

Now don’t blame me but we painted our front door bright yellow, so this year I decided to throw any idea of a traditional red and green door wreath out the window and go different! Before you start reading you might want to check out the actual colour of the door so click here… My…

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Young Blooms Christmas gift guide

We’ve not done this before, so we thought we should! 🙂 Finding the perfect present for friends and family can we hard so we thought we’d have a go at collating some of our favourite things if your into our sort of flower filled world. We recently discovered the wonderful world of willow weaving and…

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