May 27, 2022GRAEME 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, 2022LIV JAMES - DOWN FARM GROWERS COOPERATIVELiv 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, 2022IAN JAMES - WATER LANEWater Lane is one of the projects that may never have come about if it hadn’t been for the first lockdown.
Feb 14, 2022WHY 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, 2021PEATAs 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, 2021LUCY VINCENT - FOOD BEHIND BARSThe 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, 2021BREAD & ROSES - FLORISTRY AS A TOOL FOR SOCIAL GOODWhen 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, 2021CHARLIE HARPUR - PLANTSMANCharlie Harpur is a plantsman, landscape architect and ultramarathon runner. After an initial stint stuck behind the computer at work...
Jun 28, 2021CHARLOTTE SMITHSON - ON NATURE AS OUR TEACHERMy 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, 2021CHARLIE WOOD - COFOUNDER OF CROSSOVER BLENDERYIt 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, 2021ON THE YOUNG PROPAGATORS SOCIETY - GEORGIA WARD DYERThe Young Propagators Society was created with three intentions in mind: to aid the dissemination of propagation knowledge through the gener
May 15, 2021SUZANNA GRANT - FOUNDER OF LINDAThree 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, 2021ON BEING OUTSIDE - TABI JACKSON GEEIt’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, 2021EXPECTATION 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, 2020FLORA 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.