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Holly Becker from Decor8 – Book Launch at Liberty in London : Part 1

April 15, 2011 By Rona 10 Comments

On Wednesday evening, I was thrilled to attend Holly Becker from Decor8’s book launch of her new book Decorate at Liberty in London.

For those of you who are not familiar with Holly, she’s an American living in Germany who writes a very popular blog called Decor8. With over 35,000 readers daily, Decor8 is a site dedicated to sharing decorating ideas, beautiful interior spaces, plus independent art and design.

I first heard about Holly when attending Fiona Humberstone from Flourish’s Blogging workshop last year. … Read more

Flowers In Pots : The Fundamentals – Terracotta Pots

April 15, 2011 By Rona Leave a Comment

Lisa and I hope you’re enjoying our ‘Flowers In Pots‘ series. Perhaps you’ve potted up your primula plants and agapanthus bulbs.

Our plan as part of the ‘Flowers In Pots’ series is to also write a monthly post on the ‘fundamentals’, as in other things you need to consider when putting pots in your garden or home.

First of all, we’ll be covering the different types of pots available on the market and today’s post is about terracotta pots.

Terracotta pots

Terracotta, which means ‘baked earth’ in Italian, is refined clay and is probably the oldest of all container materials.… Read more

Florist Profile – Nikki Tibbles of Wild at Heart

April 7, 2011 By Rona Leave a Comment

I thought today you may like to have a peek at some beautiful images from the very talented London-based florist, Nikki Tibbles.

Nikki started her company, Wild at Heart, seventeen years ago and now has two shops in Notting Hill and Pimlico, plus concessions in Harrods and Liberty.

The images above and below are examples of the amazing arrangements Nikki and her team have created for events.

And here are two arrangements available to purchase in her online shop : Vintage Bouquet and Eclectic Bouquet

Here are two more beautiful bouquets from the Flower Gallery on her website:

In March this year, Nikki launched a range of bouquets in partnership with The National Gallery. … Read more

Flowers In Pots: Recipe 2 – Agapanthus

April 1, 2011 By Rona 9 Comments

April is the season to start thinking about planting summer bulbs in the garden. Most species are tender to the frost, so unless you allocate time in the autumn to protect them from the cold there’s a very high probability that they will not survive the winter.

One way to aid with winter protection is to plant them in pots so that you can either cover the whole pot with fleece, mulch with straw or move them to a more sheltered place (a cool greenhouse or conservatory is ideal) to protect them.… Read more

Beautiful Mother’s Day arrangements from Jane Packer Delivered

March 23, 2011 By Rona 2 Comments

Mother’s Day in the UK is soon approaching. And this year it takes place on Sunday, 3rd April.

Today’s post features a stunning selection of arrangements from Jane Packer Delivered.

Spring Glow

A bouquet of green hydrangea, yellow and orange roses, yellow achillea combined with variegated pittosporum.

Pink Rose Sorbet

A hat box full to the brim with different shades of pink roses.

Tulip Treasure

Soft pink parrot tulips surrounded by birch twigs.

Sweet Marshmallow

A special edition Mother’s Day hat box filled with white and pink roses, plus white cymbidium orchids.… Read more