VICKI BAKER -UNCUT STEMS
We were honoured to be part of Vicki's initial conversations with growers when she was setting up her British grown flower club during...
JOURNAL
Representing creative individuals whose craft, skill and practices are all connected by a commitment to positive change.
- 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
- 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
- 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 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
- Apr 10, 2021
AMELIA PEMBERTON - FOUNDER OF DARN
When Amelia approached us to ask if we wanted to collaborate on a series of silk scarves inspired by the seasons, we knew very little about
- Mar 31, 2021
SYSTEMIC PESTICIDES -THEY ARE KILLING ALL OF US
You might have recently seen campaigns about the temporary allowance of a type of bee-killing pesticide called neonicotinoid thiamethoxam, F
- 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?
- Nov 27, 2020
MILLI PROUST - FARMER & FLORIST
This week’s journal entry is a much welcome antidote to Black Friday sales
- Nov 14, 2020
GOODBYE TO THE DAHLIA
We started our SSAW journal with an article saying farewell to the ranunculus and we are closing the season saying goodbye to the dahlia
- Oct 1, 2020
STEPHANIE CALLAGHAN - NATURAL DYE
There’s a sense of making the most of each season, especially with flowers...
- Jun 12, 2020
FAREWELL TO RANUNCULUS
As perennials, they can be left in the ground & overwintered, however lots of people choose to pull them out at the end of their season to m