Planet Bloom

07/05/2024

Seeing the underside of this Orange-tip made me think how some of the most beautiful aspects of life can lie in the less obvious.
How our deepest joy often dances between big life events, cloaked in the mundane.
How the “weed” we’re quick to remove turns out to have the most exquisite little flowers.
How we can know someone for years then one day realise they’re our soul mate.
Flipping butterfly! I only popped out for some lettuce… 🫠

13/02/2024

Cumbrian - naturally grown and dried flowers for sale.
Medium = £15 (pics 1&2)
Large = £30 (pic 3)

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20/01/2024

20/01/2024

One good thing to come from lockdown is I FINALLY learnt how to use a sewing machine! I love finding funky fabrics to personalise our home. This ‘vintage-veg’ style material makes me long for spring and even more sowing!

11/01/2024

The robin is the one
That interrupts the morn
With hurried, few, express reports
When March is scarcely on.
The robin is the one
That overflows the noon
With her cherubic quantity,
An April but begun.
The robin is the one
That speechless from her nest
Submits that home and certainty
And sanctity are best.

(The Robin by Emily Dickinson.)

14/12/2023

I make a limited number of fresh wreaths a year because, frankly, I can think of better things to do! 🫠
I enjoy the more unusual, creative ones where I have to work with what I can forage and find. This is the final one of ‘23 for me… Amen!
Merry Crimble everyone! 💙

12/12/2023

An understated woodland wreath of natural beauty for my folks - foraged from the land.
I’m from a mining town in Yorkshire. My parents are genuine, grounded, no-fuss people who know what’s really important in life. I remember a time when I told Mom that Bryan Adams might be coming over for tea and could she cook something vegan. I was proper giddy about it. She didn’t bat an eyelid at the time but said, matter of factly, “Oh, Gemma, isn’t he a bit old for you?” 🫠
This wreath is for their door and reflects the qualities in them I hope I’ve inherited.

23/11/2023

It’s that time of year again!
I made this wreath from foraged goodies (with permission, as required!)
It’s unique, easy to make (even if it does create a right ol’ mess) and really gets you in the festive spirit! Ho-ho-how about it!? 🎅🏽

16/11/2023

Scott and Emily opted for natural, free flowing, seasonal florals, most of which I grew especially for their big day (just a few miles away).


Photography 💚

13/11/2023

The delightful Emily on her and Scott’s special day.💚

19/10/2023

“High on dry!”
I love working with dried flowers - especially ones I’ve grown, cut and dried myself! This half-wreath commission is to adorn the bedroom wall of a gorgeous, cosy Cumbrian cottage. It’s a luxury holiday rental property and the owner wanted something natural and beautiful that wouldn’t need replacing for some time. Carefully dried flowers retain their colour well and are a pretty and sustainable way of bringing cheer to the home all year round!

17/10/2023

“I am (Bohemian) Spartacus!”

These dahlias are true warriors, standing proud in the face of the enemy (Jack Frost X2)!
Picked today for home and complemented by some Ammi Visnaga (also still going strong!)
We breed ‘em tough oop North. 💪🏻