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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!
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