Green Feather Flowers

08/11/2024

My friend passed away last week so this is dedicated to her and the amazing, inspirational woman that she was.
The overall shape of the bouquet is a loose heart because she was someone absolutely bursting with love. The design is a fairly solid mass to represent her safe, nurturing homeliness. The tight, neat arrangement also nods to the affectionate unit that she made with her husband, and the inseparable intertwined unit of her family. The majority of the colours are vibrant, as she conjured fun and frivolity. This bright palette of dried flowers summons her optimism; as we head towards winter, they are a reminder of the summer abundance that will come around again following the darker stage of the year. The combined attributes of being both colourful and long-lasting illustrate her positive and reassuring presence. The longevity of dried flowers represents her strength. She was full of warmth and wit, indicated by the collection of warm yellows and oranges. The ingredients are predominantly arranged in blocks of individual colours, as a reminder of her calm, straightforward practicality. She both wrote and spoke with an optimistic, inclusive sincerity that was genuine and engaging, shown here through silver honesty pods interspersed with warmly centred delicate daisies.Tiny stars of alchemica mollis hover in the top right, acknowledging her return to nature and a reminder that she will always be with me. The spiky balls of thistle symbolise the hurt of her loss. Nigella holds the meaning ‘perplexity’, and voices my feeling of powerlessness in helping her family other than sending messages of love and quietly processing my own comparatively small grief. The dark pinks of the dahlias at the bottom stand for the rupture of her death being so sudden, the irreparable hole left in the centre of her family, but also her characteristic cheeky wink.

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07/03/2024

We’ve got a few spaces left for our workshop this Saturday and you lucky lovelies can book by following this link: https://www.greenfeatherflowers.co.uk/booking-calendar/workshop-double-barrelled-brewery?referral=service_list_widget

01/03/2024

What a treat have our first podcast appearance, in conversation with Damien of What's On Reading! This is such a handy monthly listen for busy local people; 10-15 minutes at the beginning of each month outlining an array of fun and exciting events that you can attend across Reading. Plus each month there’s an interview with one of the fascinating folk behind these activities…just look who it is in March! Go on, have a listen… 💚💐🐓

Our March is here! We chat with Kathryn from Green Feather Flowers about the fun foraged floristry workshops they've got coming up this month, combining creativity with the natural heritage on your doorstep!

Plus, we pick our other highlights for the month - music festivals, choral concerts and lots of fun for kids!
Listen now via https://whatsonreading.com/podcast

05/01/2024

Collaborating with nature in aesthetic choices runs through all Green Feather work, whether it’s the unpretentious wedding posey, the fondest farewell or the most abundant workshop ingredients list. This is rooted in a commitment to working sustainably, but I find it almost always enriches designs, often in unexpected ways. On New Year’s Eve I wanted to cut something from my garden to mark the change from 2023 to 2024. In other local gardens and our nearest park I had seen ivy sporting its beautiful black berries, heavy and generous, and had been eagerly awaiting our garden ivy to fruit, envisaging a simple little jar of stems bursting with black berries sitting on my kitchen table. Our ivy was not accommodating. Disappointed at first glance that there were only a few ripened berries scattered through the wall of greenery…but when something isn’t as I’m expecting it encourages a closer look. Instead of the simple vision of green and black in my head, I was rewarded in reality with ivy berries at multiple stages of their life cycle; from barely formed yellow smudges, to small plump green spheres masquerading as tiny acorns before darkening to dusky blue and finally black. A jar of glossy leaves and ripe berries is elegant beauty, but my garden gifted me a portrait of transformation to transition into 2024. Wishing you all a thoughtful, happy, healthy New Year… Curiosity blooms.

24/12/2023

‘Tis the season for a festive swag to hang on your door or in your home. Cypress, eucalyptus, mistletoe, euonymus, pittosporum all saved from garden waste and turned to botanical treasure, plus grasses, pennycress and bluebell pods cut and dried in the summer. This style of bouquet is also well-suited for lying flat in memory someone departed from us. Loss doesn’t pause during holidays, so it is a soothing thought for me that this design combines Christmas magic with peaceful farewell. Wishing you all a calm and joyful Christmas.

07/12/2023

My one and only Christmas Market of the year is this Saturday. Come and talk compostable Christmas decorations with me in the warm and wonderful atmosphere of .

✨Unique, beautiful, hand-made decorations available on the day and to pre-order for Christmas, as well as mini tutorials on DIY decorations.✨