escaping the heat....

The answer is to start early....cutting flowers in the walled garden at 7am.........the suns high and its already pretty warm....

At last the sweet peas are flowering their hearts out.

Bunches now available in the shop!

my Erin moment!!

Our aim....

.....is to try to please and make the flowers just how you dreamt them to be...

 ..a woodland garden basket.....hedgerow flowers.....oak apples....entwining sweet pea tendrils from the walled garden.... baby pears on branches.......peonies and garden roses......

 ....a posy that would float......we made a base of hollow delphinium stems....added some moss.....entwined ivy and  crossed our fingers....it worked in the sink.....just hope it did on the river....

 people sometimes get fuchsias and freesias mixed up......but no this was to have fuchsias in ...they were so pretty....

whats your favorite??

Four things.....

The pile of cards with vouchers for the fashion show goody bags....we could have made twenty hand ties in the time it took to complete this simple task which involved three trips out...for printer ink...for extra white card....and for more ribbon...keep calm, dear!!!

 ...let them eat cake.....chocolate or fruit??

...our new favourite thing...Dicentra....be still our bleeding hearts....

late evening in the garden......seedlings are crammed in every undercover space......the plan for where the sweet peas are going is ready...the compost bins are built..they are BIG...you could hide a small army in them.......pictures laters....xx