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