Have you seen my new collaboration with the amazing L’Occitane brand? In our new series we have teamed up to bring you inspiration on creating three different garden styles. The first one which you can read here is all about the power of blossoms as design inspiration! As a designer I love gardens which have put thought into early flowering. Not only is it a spectacular addition to the garden from an
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Looking for that special last minute Christmas gift for the green fingered one in your life? Here is my ultimate garden inspired gift guide which features everything from garden tools, essential garden books, style and clothing, beauty from the garden, tree and home decorations, floral inspired accessories and gifts for little gardeners too. There’s something for everyone! ⭐︎ Garden Traditions 1- The essential tool- Burgon & Ball RHS-endorsed topiary shear.
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The history of perfume is fascinating and is shrouded in mystery, seduction and sacred practice. Its story brings us all the way back to as early as 7000BC, when found objects that hold perfume and cosmetics are thought to date back to. At that stage perfumes were mainly resins and even 2000 BC Egyptians captured fragrances in cold or heated fat and they used scented incense as offers at the
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The fabulous early blooming dwarf Iris one of those plants that look great in most garden schemes. Blooming early, some even as early as January, I would find it hard to believe that anyone can anyone resist buying these flowers in the garden centre. They are delightfully purple and feathery at a time of the year when there is very little colour to be had. In the garden I love
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As I write this there is a howling wind outside and the temperature is close to freezing. Winter in Ireland can be a tricky time for gardens. Most perennials have now died down and all we are left with are the strong evergreen structural plants to give gardens some colour. One plant that I love using for so may different reasons is the Rosemary plant (Rosmarinus officinalis). This wonderful kitchen
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