Flowerona reflects: potholes & pinterest

Brrrr….what a cold week we’ve had here in the UK!  Apart from trying to keep warm, here’s what I’ve been up to…

Out & about

Monday & Tuesday

Wrote blog posts and dealt with emails. Also dabbled with Pinterest and found some beautiful images, including the first two in today’s blog post.

Wednesday

Went to my freelance writing course, where I had to pitch five article ideas to my tutor and he chose which one he thought I would be most likely able to sell. Now all I have to do is research and write it by the end of February.

We also looked at preparing for and conducting interviews, which came in very handy the next day!

Thursday

Attended The Garden Press Event in London.  It was lovely to see Auntie Planty and Liz Anderson on the Hillier Nurseries and Garden Centres stand.

I also had the wonderful opportunity of interviewing garden designer Joe Swift who’s designing Homebase‘s show garden for this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show.  A blog post will follow…

And I met garden designer James Alexander Sinclair, plus Jonathan Moseley and Margaret Marriott on the NAFAS stand.

Friday

Wrote blog posts and dealt with emails.

At home

Reading…

• RHS Grow Your Own Flowers by Helen Yemm

Listening to…

• Alicia Keys’s album, The Element of Freedom

Bought…

• Some more bunches of daffodils to brighten up the kitchen and my office

Most popular blog post this week on Flowerona

My blog post featuring designs by Mary Katrantzou, which I published in December.

The reason for the post being so popular this week was due to the very kind journalist, Imogen Fox, putting a link to it in her article on The Guardian website, The new rules of winter fashion.

Guest blog post

On the Heart Home blog this week, I featured Botanical-inspired house number plaques from Tillie Mint, including the one below.

I also had a guest blog post on Wedding magazine’s website, featuring six of my favourite floral finds for weddings, including the designs below:

Twitter links

Here’s just a selection. Simply click on the purple hyperlink:

• Great read for bloggers – interview with Liberty London Girl
• What a wonderful idea? Miniature pothole gardens by The Pothole Gardener
• Beautiful bridal blooms in pale peach, cream & white from McKenzie Powell Designs
• An article in the Daily Mail – War veteran, 89, has bought his wife flowers every week for 70 years
• Beautiful white and cream bridal flowers via Style Me Pretty
• Lovely blog post about roses for Valentine’s Day via Wild at Heart

So, I hope you have a lovely weekend and I look forward to seeing you on Monday.

(Images : Pinterest, Mary Katrantzou, Tillie Mint, BHLDN, Basia Zarzycka, Emma Gordon)