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Grace_in_southwick, Burgess Hill (2024)

14/10/2022

Morning!

This autumn wreath is going out today , teasels , bunny tails, dried delphiniums , oak and euycalptus . 🍁

I would have taken more time photographing it but I was trying to get the boys dressed , breakfasted etc. The scaffolds coming down today and , Bob decided he didn’t like one of the scaffolders, barking and bouncing on people in the driveway. It was all too much for before 8am.

School run done, now time for coffee ☕️.

Can any of you local people know a good dog trainer in the Hassocks, Ditchling , Burgess hill area? We need to calm Bob down a bit . Recommendations welcome. 🐶

12/10/2022

Back at for the day learning all things eco floristry and making fantastic things with no foam , just chicken wire and moss. Lovely to catch up with everyone again .

08/10/2022

Dried flowers , but make it Halloween. Witchy greens and purples. Dried delphinium , gypsophilia and bunny tails 💀🎃

it’s really hard to take photos in this house, every room has bad lighting and shocking wallpaper . 🙃

30/09/2022

I call this . “Thinking big and making plans” 🙃🌸

24/09/2022

It was my birthday last Saturday, I had a lovely weekend, a walk , a pub lunch etc etc. I got some good gifts for a someone who’s just moved into a run down house with a big garden.
A gardening through the seasons book, some big bushes for planting in the front garden , an air fryer and the biggest Amarylis bulb you ever did see. 🌸.
Hopefully it will be a double one. 🙃

21/08/2022

Here’s some proper slow Sunday morning content for you …

This house was once upon a time the gardeners cottage to the big house a few houses down. It was quite a well thought out garden and good soil , though I think it has been neglected for a while.
One of the removal guys pointed out to me that this was a walnut tree. I did not know walnuts looked like this and grew on trees, in fact I’ve never really thought about it before .

Do any of you know about walnuts? If I break open this green skin underneath there is what’s recognisable as a walnut, but it’s defiantly too fresh and the actual nut is white inside. Do I leave them to dry somewhere? Do I pick them? Any walnut experts out there? Feel free to message me advice. 🙃🌰🌳

19/08/2022

We’ve moved !

It’s so good to be in, I’m so excited about what I’m going to do here, I excited about all the gardening I’m going to have to learn how to do, I’m excited for the floristry studio I’m going to have ,it’s all looking pretty good.
Im excited about how we are going to renovate the house but for now I’m enjoying the quirks of a house that hasn’t had much done to it for 40 years.
It’s going to be at least 6 months of “before” photos while we get our planning in etc but it’s going to be fun. 🙂🏡

12/08/2022

I’ve had a mare of a day. I was trying to organise boxes in the spare room and tipped an entire tin of paint in the carpet. In a mad panic to clear it up with wooden spoons and every cloth in the house I spread it all down the stairs. I finally cleaned it up with a load of white spirit , the carpet isn’t looking great. Sorry new owners. 😬.
I burnt my leg on the oven whilst cooking the lunch , this was because I’d taken off most my clothes whilst cleaning up as I had covered myself in paint and also it’s very hot .

I took a break from trashing the house to go to meet friends on the beach, I couldn’t get out of my parking space when I was coming home and so instead of calling Ricb for help I reversed into a post. I’m done with today!! 😂

This is the last picture of this house , we move next week . This picture is also 2 years old and completely unrelated to caption. 🙃

Hope everyone’s day is not going like mine. Happy Friday 😎

29/07/2022

I’ve spent the last week sort of trying sort the house out , sort of started packing. It’s all so messy.
Yesterday I left my shoes in the garden and a fox ate my favourite green Birkenstocks .
Basically it’s a bit chaotic over here.

I’m just remembering when I used to take calm, styled photos in a tidy house.
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Hoping to be in the new house by mid August 🤞.

10/06/2022

Keeping it simple and keeping it seasonal. I’ve even got some home grown stuff here too!

Purple and yellow is a lovely combination .💛💜

We’ve been home a week and today I finally finished unpacking. Two more weeks and I can start packing again.
Our road trip is pretty much planned but if you have any recommendations of great places to visit in California , let me know.😎x

03/06/2022

Just googled can I grow Jasmine at our new house 🙃- short answer seems to be not really. It would do ok in a green house or on a really sunny wall but it would never grow in the abundance it does down here.

We are in southern Italy and we had a lovely day wandering around the Trulli houses yesterday. It looks lovely and smells devine. 🌸☀️

It’s been a relaxing week of being by the pool , trips to the beach and cave.
Last day today so hopefully back to the beach. 😎

27/05/2022

And I’m off on holiday. Happy half term 😎

27/05/2022

And we are off on holiday….Im packed and ready to go, and then I re packed and packed again. We had a last minute dash for fit to fly PCR for the boys and the house is spotless ready for the house sitter. - phew , going on holiday is stressful.

Italy here we come. ✈️😎

( I took this 3 years ago when I had more time to faff about and take pictures of my packing . I like it though, it’s a bit like an out of office 🙃)

19/05/2022

Super proud of this flower arch today. Great to be reunited with my Plumpton florist friends . We learnt to make this archway without using any foam. 🌸

Still not sure how to pose with flowers . 🙃

15/05/2022

I made this for Katie . She had the hoop , I had dried flowers to use up.
It’s looking lovely in her studio.

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I looking forward to having a proper space to do this - at our new house I’ll a floristry studio/workshop space. It will be nice to work without the dog running off with bits of foliage and without covering the kitchen in leaves. I can’t wait. 😀

04/05/2022

That was quick!

I’m going to have to think of a new instagram name. 🙃

29/04/2022

Our house is up for sale and we have an open day tomorrow. - Lots of people coming to come and have a nose around and hopefully make an offer. 🤞
Here’s a question for any of you who have recently sold up. How much do you tidy up and “stage” your house for an open day? I’ve hoovered and decluttered the boys room ( there were lots of bits of nonsense plastic toys all over the floor) . Rich may mow the lawn later. Is that enough? Do others do more.
I don’t intend to do more but was just wondering. 🙃

Time is better spent out in the sunshine ☀️

08/04/2022

Easter tree complete with egg monsters jazzing up the kitchen this afternoon. 🐣🌱

04/04/2022

A bit of colour for a grey monday morning. 🌱🌼🌸🌷
My boys are at an out doors holiday club and it’s the first morning for a week I’ve had time to get stuff sorted . - I haven’t got far with tidying up or doing laundry but I have made an arrangement of scented spring flowers. 😍

29/03/2022

RIP Max . We said goodbye to our dog Max today. He had been my side kick for over 10 years , I got him to live in my pub with me, a life time ago. He was the most good natured gentle dog you ever good meet. He will be missed x 😢

26/03/2022

Planted muscari , pink roses, and lisianthus making up pretty spring/ Mother’s Day baskets 🌸

23/03/2022

Last day of college today. 2 years on and off , of heading over to to learn all things floristry .
The sun is shining and I’ve got the afternoon free. Happy days. Photo is old but it seemed suitable. 😄
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The course has been good but the ladies I’ve met have been the best bit.

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17/03/2022

When I went to the flower market to get flowers for my funeral piece earlier in the week I bought myself some parrot tulips. It always happens, I’m tempted by beautiful flowers I don’t need but must have and they sell in such big quantities.

Anyway, maybe there isn’t such thing as too many pink tulips. 🌸🤷🏼‍♀️

09/03/2022

Asymmetric table center piece and a matching buttonhole. 😀

Beautiful roses, ranunculus , anemonies, wax , snapdragons and eucalyptus . 🌸💐🌼

08/03/2022

I brought myself a big bunch of mimosa , because mimosas nice and also all money from the sales was going to Ukraine . 💛

21/02/2022

Bored of this wind and rain. . Looking forward to dog walks being less of an effort. 🦮💨🙃

18/02/2022

I have assessments coming up so thought I’d put some valentines roses to good use and practice some wiring . This is a glamilia design or carmen rose . It’s made by deconstructing roses and pinning the petals together to make one big rose. I only had an hour and was joined by the boys so this isn’t that big but it’s still very pretty.
Some florists make huge ones as wedding bouquets. - I will share some on stories later.
It’s a bit to intricate for 6/ 7 year olds fingers so they made their own designs. Charlie made Petal man and Stanley a Rose kebab. 😂🌹🥀👉👉

05/02/2022

A lovely bunch of left overs. 🌸

Not even really left overs , I didn’t use the runnuculus yesterday and they are rather lovely. ✨

Wishing you all a happy saturday . I’m going to attempt to make a Normandy apple cake this afternoon , assist Charlie with a Lego plane and watch Olympics with Stanley . A happy bunch of tasks. 🙃

04/02/2022

It’s been a while since I’ve done of these. You know the posts where I struggle to take a recent picture of myself holding some flowers. 😂

I’m practicing a egg bridal bouquet for my assessments next month. I’ve used anemone , roses, Eustoma , camiomile and eucalyptus and I’ve even put on a floaty pink skirt to photograph them. 🙃
For my assessment I’ll do one much bigger in different colours, maybe rusty reds and pinks.
That’s all for now, bit more practice needed .

20/01/2022

This weeks left overs are good. Gerbera, limonium and delphinium . A bit of mess but I love the colours. All the stems were random lengths so attempted an arrangement using a vase with a flower frog in it.

I’ve got no chat today , no random news or musings. Just flowers. 🌺🌸🌼🌹🌸

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