IMME ERMGASSEN - BOTIVO
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Representing creative individuals whose craft, skill and practices are all connected by a commitment to positive change.


We were first introduced to Botivo at Groundswell Agricultural Festival which is based on the same farm


- Apr 30
NAT MADY - HACKNEY HERBAL
My journey into the world of herbs started and was very much fuelled by joining a community garden close to my home in Hackney.

- Apr 25
RACHEL LANDON - WILDER BOTANICS
I’m the youngest of 4 siblings with a big age gap between myself and my brother and with that I often found myself on my own creating lotion


- Feb 6
WHY NOT BUY ROSES IN FEBRUARY?
So why not buy roses in February? This is not a straightforward question and there is not a straightforward answer, but for us our findings


- Feb 1
HAZEL BRYER - WHY BUY ROSES IN FEBRUARY?
Hazel Bryer is an illustrator and printmaker. She works mostly with linocuts, relishing the handmade process of cutting and inking up a...


- Feb 1
EMILY ANN HARRIS - WHY BUY ROSES IN FEBRUARY?
Emily Harris’s work is deep rooted in her childhood growing up on a family farm. Nature has always been the central subject of her work,...


- Feb 1
LAURA DIGGENS - WHY BUY ROSES IN FEBRUARY?
Laura ’s artistic practice is centred primarily on architecture, her background in landscape design and working with the seasons meant...


- Feb 1
ED DINGLI - WHY BUY ROSES IN FEBRUARY?
Introducing Ed Dingli as the first of our WBR23 campaign artists - Ed is an illustrator and designer whose work is driven by...


- Nov 18, 2022
KITTEN GRAYSON - KITTEN GRAYSON FLOWERS
Flowers evoke a sense of wonder, keeping me connected to the seasons and what is going on in the world around me.


- Nov 4, 2022
KATHERINE PRESTON - WAYZGOOSE
We first met Katherine when she helped us source some fabric to use as tablecloths for one of our earliest events.


- Sep 6, 2022
ROS HUMPHRIES - THE NATURAL DYEWORKS
Ros makes ‘small batch, slow crafted, hand dyed ribbons, accessories and homewares using the alchemy of 100% plant based dyes


- Jun 5, 2022
GEORGIE BEACH - RIPE CIDER
My husband, Cameron, and I are natural cider makers based in St Veep, Cornwall.


- May 27, 2022
GRAEME CORBETT- BLOOM AND BURN
Last March I made the decision to use only British grown flowers in my work, by February this year I was waiting for a delivery of Italian g


- Apr 29, 2022
LIV JAMES - DOWN FARM GROWERS COOPERATIVE
Liv first met Liv at university in the student journalism room of the SU. Despite taking different routes to get there, they've found...


- Mar 5, 2022
IAN JAMES - WATER LANE
Water Lane is one of the projects that may never have come about if it hadn’t been for the first lockdown.


- Feb 14, 2022
WHY BUY ROSES IN FEBRUARY?
This is not a simple question and there is not a simple answer, but with the environmental and ethical impacts of our demands for unseasonal


- Oct 23, 2021
PEAT
As Autumn draws in, leaves fall and we start to put our fields to bed, we think about the myriad of organic mulches and bagged composts


- Sep 17, 2021
LUCY VINCENT - FOOD BEHIND BARS
The other week I put a set of photos on Instagram of a vast, dilapidated old greenhouse set within some wild and unruly grounds.


- Sep 9, 2021
BREAD & ROSES - FLORISTRY AS A TOOL FOR SOCIAL GOOD
When I’m not in the fields growing or in the studio with SSAW, I work with Sneh Jani and Olivia Head on Bread & Roses


- Aug 27, 2021
CHARLIE HARPUR - PLANTSMAN
Charlie Harpur is a plantsman, landscape architect and ultramarathon runner. After an initial stint stuck behind the computer at work...
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