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Flowerona Reflects: blooms & bloggers

April 20, 2013 By Rona 5 Comments

It’s so lovely to finally feel that spring is here with the temperature starting to rise a little in the UK.

Here’s what I’ve been up to this week…including buying these new (and very budget friendly) spring blooms to brighten up my desk. They smell absolutely beautiful…

My week

Monday, Wednesday & Thursday

Mainly stay-at-home days…writing blog posts for Flowerona plus guest blog posts, editing images and using social media (Twitter & Facebook).

Tuesday

On Tuesday evening, I travelled into London for a ‘Making your blog work for you’ event organised by Made.com.… Read more

Flowerona Reflects: muscari & mimosa

March 30, 2013 By Rona Leave a Comment

It’s been another busy week! Here’s what I’ve been up to…

My week

Last weekend

Last Saturday, I was invited to attend a course run by Georgie Newbery of Common Farm Flowers. You may remember that I featured an interview with Georgie last year.

The course was called ‘Growing cut flowers in town gardens’…and what a wonderful way to spend a Saturday!

To be honest, I’ve never been very successful growing flowers from seed and it’s something I’d love to be able to master. … Read more

Flowerona Reflects: roses & more roses…

March 9, 2013 By Rona Leave a Comment

It was so lovely to start off this week with sunshine. And the warmth encouraged the Tete-a-Tete narcissi in our garden to bloom.

Here’s what I’ve been up to…

My week

Monday, Tuesday & Thursday

Mainly office days…dealing with emails, writing blog posts and using social media (Facebook & Twitter).

I also started Holly Becker from Decor8’s online Blog Boss course to help me improve and develop Flowerona.

Wednesday

What a wonderful day I had..! I travelled to East Sussex to attend an ‘Introduction to Floristry’ course at Philippa Craddock’s Flower School.… Read more

Flowerona Reflects: tulips & traders

March 2, 2013 By Rona Leave a Comment

I hope you’ve had a great week…

Here in the UK, the weather’s beginning to warm up just a little and spring bulbs are slowly starting to emerge in our garden.

My tulip bulbs, even though the squirrels have tried to excavate them and have had a few nibbles(!), seem to have just about survived.

Here’s what I’ve been up to this week…

My week

Monday

On Monday, I was up at 4.50am and on the train into London an hour later to visit New Covent Garden Flower Market.… Read more

Flowerona Reflects: crocuses & catwalks

February 23, 2013 By Rona Leave a Comment

Well, it’s definitely still winter here in the UK…with biting icy winds and overcast days.

But at least we’re starting to see little purple, yellow and white crocuses being brave enough to bloom!

Here’s what I’ve been up to this week…

My week

Monday-Thursday

Mainly stay-at-home days…wrote blog posts, edited images, dealt with emails, wrote a magazine article and my guest post for Sarah Raven’s blog. Plus spent time on Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest.

On Tuesday evening, my garden designer friend Lisa Cox and I travelled into London to attend a mydeco/made.com… Read more