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
JOURNAL
Representing creative individuals whose craft, skill and practices are all connected by a commitment to positive change.
- Jun 5
GEORGIE BEACH - RIPE CIDER
My husband, Cameron, and I are natural cider makers based in St Veep, Cornwall.
- May 27
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
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
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
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...
- Jun 28, 2021
CHARLOTTE SMITHSON - ON NATURE AS OUR TEACHER
My connection to nature began in childhood. I grew up in Swaledale, North Yorkshire and most of my childhood memories are outdoors. Each spr
- Jun 20, 2021
CHARLIE WOOD - COFOUNDER OF CROSSOVER BLENDERY
It was in 2008 that George and I had our first taste of a Belgium Gueuze, a blend of 1, 2 and 3 year old Lambic beer, from Brasserie-Brouwer
- Jun 13, 2021
ON THE YOUNG PROPAGATORS SOCIETY - GEORGIA WARD DYER
The Young Propagators Society was created with three intentions in mind: to aid the dissemination of propagation knowledge through the gener
- May 15, 2021
SUZANNA GRANT - FOUNDER OF LINDA
Three years ago Suzanna opened Linda, to help Londoners make the most of every area that could be green, not only for their wellbeing but fo
- May 6, 2021
ON BEING OUTSIDE - TABI JACKSON GEE
It’s late April and I’m writing this sitting on the steps to my building. The screen’s barely visible in the bright spring sunshine. It’s a
- Mar 27, 2021
EXPECTATION vs REALITY IN FLOWERS - SUBJECTIVE PERFECTION
What constitutes the ‘perfect’ flower to you? Is it the vase life? The size? The vibrancy of colour? The scent? The stem?
- Jul 8, 2020
FLORA WALLACE - ARTIST & INK MAKER
I had never used such beautiful ink and was obsessed by getting more but had no idea if or when I would ever go back to Japan.