Some of you may remember that back in August I collected some Ornamental Artichoke heads which had been uprooted from my local park ( you can see about it here )...

When I came back from Cornwall yesterday, I knew that virtually all my Christmas flowers would be past it, but I couldn't bring myself to throw them away before I left when they were all still thriving, albeit in the last stages of flowering...

Its been a busy last week as I’ve been trying to get everything done before Christmas; visit relations, clean the house, organise food, wonder when I’ll ever have a free moment to tidy the garden, write cards and completely avoid the ironing...

This week has been full of preparation for mini wreath making at the Instagram Christmas Party last night which was held in a rooftop wigwam at an amazing London venue called The Queen of Hoxton...

It may seem like I’m forever pulling flowers apart and carelessly chucking bits and bobs around the table, but I’m actually a complete re-user if there is anything to be saved or salvaged for another arrangement...

It’s all been a bit crazy over the last few months with my 'Sea Marks’ exhibition, workshop and the Open House , but now that exhibitions are all over for this year, I am really excited about working on a new art project with London...

Today the sun has come out for probably a short while, but it is a lovely bonus after so much massive rain...

  It’s been a really crazy couple of weeks as I’ve been organising and setting up my Open House exhibition, which has one weekend left ( I’ll be posting a bit later about the Christmas shed installation ), so as I’ve been kind of absent present here,...

After an amazing Summer of garden colours, now that the Winter darkness is creeping in and I’m left wanting of colour directly from my garden, I’ve turned to combining inanimate objects ( or props ) with living and working domestic colours...