COLOUR & CONNECTION WITH FLOWER FARMER FLORIST SARAH BARNES, ONE HALF OF WE GROW COLOUR
It’s been interesting to reflect on how our business has evolved over the past 4 and a half seasons
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JOURNAL
Representing creative individuals whose craft, skill and practices are all connected by a commitment to positive change.
- Mar 11
JOANNA GAME - BELTANE
For as long as I can remember I have been enchanted by flowers
- Feb 11
- Feb 9
UNA ROSA EN TERRITORIOS DESPLAZADOS: FROM GARDENS IN EUROPE TO FLORICOLAS IN PISQUE, ANDES
Charlotte More and Claudia Robalino
- Jan 26
CISSY BULLOCK - THE SCHOOL OF SUSTAINABLE FLORISTRY
The late afternoon sun was slanting across the field, cutting across plots filled with late summer flowers
- Nov 30, 2023
GREENING THE GREY - THE POTENTIAL OF PARKLETS
What seems like way back in 2019, my partner Rob and I entered a competition with Hackney Council to design a community parklet
- Feb 6, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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.
- Sep 16, 2022
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...
- 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
- 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
- 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
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