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Love I Love mixing unusual textures with soft garden

flowers, I like to add something a little bit unex-
I’ve always really loved
or even fruit. Something different that makes the
flowers from a really early age. pected to the arrangements such as a native grass
My mum and grandma are both avid viewer think a little deeper about the flowers.
gardeners Flowers have always been all I would describe my style as very loose and nat-

around. ural I try and recreate how the blooms look in
What I love most about flowers is that they nature.
have a cycle of life. I love the thought that so
much love and attention has gone into each At the moment, I have really enjoyed the colour
specific bloom even before I have seen the trend to use muted colours such as dusty pinks
flower. nudes and blush coloured with a contrasting col-
I am always in awe of the fact nature can our like a deep dark burgundy.
produce such intense beauty, I love how
proud the growers are of what they produce One of my favourite things about my job is work-
you can see how much love goes into the ing in my flower studio.
process to get the flowers to the markets. I Flowers on The Mill’s studio is based in my great

guess I feel really honoured to use these uncle’s house. He has lived in the house on our
flowers. dairy farm all his life. All 94 years!