18/12/2025
It’s been so long since I last posted. Multiple things stalled me: health, a job draining the life out of me, fear of being seen, not really knowing where to start (again) and the good old analysis paralysis. Despite my lack of posting, flowers haven’t been far from my mind, I grew my own flowers in my own garden for the first time, I even cut some of these and sold them at a market I did, I fell in love with having a garden full of flowers that attracted pollinators and I’m waiting on a delivery of my very own beautiful potting shed. I visited the Netherlands twice and fell in love with the planting at Efteling theme park, I had never seen such big Zinnia. In the summer I helped a friend do the flowers for the tables at her wedding - bright colourful and chaotic country garden vibes - I’m so proud of what we achieved and I had a lovely time during set up with my closest friends on the hottest day of the year - and I also made all of the confetti and we had a lovely little hen do ritual where all of the hens contributed to it as well. I also had the pleasure of shooting some photos for my good friend folk musician , as well as styling and providing the location for the shoot. Later in the year I invested in the Online Career Change Course from and have been working through that - the business lessons are invaluable. I left my NHS job in November (well I was put on garden leave - essentially) and took up some freelance work as a Horticultural assistant and facilitated on lots and lots of wreath-making events - in London, Southampton, Leicester and Manchester. I’m trying to figure out the road ahead - but I do know it will contain flowers - in one way or another. I hope everyone has a lovely Xmas, and I hope you’re okay with my somewhat uncertain posting agenda. It feels like there’s so much pressure to immediately be an absolute boss at everything, but I find that unachievable, and reaching for that hinders good, honest progress.
