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01/12/2024

Wreath workshops came to an end yesterday! We’ve had three mega workshops, seeing 56 people make totally unique and biodegradable wreaths 🙌.

It was great to see the familiar faces of people who have been making wreaths with me for years now, and to welcome new faces to the workshops too. Thank you to all for coming!

Huge thanks to Gemma at The Arc for hosting us too. I said it in my stories this week but I’ll say it again. She’s an absolute local legend! Huge supporter and promoter of Bedford small independent businesses, and for that I am truly grateful 😘.

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15/11/2024

Thursday was a really fun day, spent bringing Christmas to the window in Bedford!

One of the things I really love about these kinds of jobs are the reactions from people who walk by. It stops people in their tracks, puts smiles on their faces, and starts conversations. Thanks Castle Road for all the lovely comments as you went by!

The task was to create a seasonal ‘stage’, shining the spotlight on the beautiful Nelly Mosa products over the Christmas season. I really enjoyed finding ways to create decorations using only natural produce… take a closer look when you walk past and see if you can spot the star anise!

Big thanks to for your help and to for keeping the hot drinks flowing! We had a great time x

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19/10/2024

We were delighted to dress the front of for the launch of their new boutique in Bedford this weekend 🙌.

and I worked hard to secure as many British-grown flowers as we could, at the very end of the growing season, with many flower farmers having fewer crops than usual due to early frosts and huge amounts of rain!

We’re proud to say over 95% of this installation was British-grown, and no floral foam was used to build it.

Big thanks to all the British growers who supplied stems for this; and Sylvia.

And thanks Bedford for all the positivity! We really enjoyed meeting loads of you while we were working on it!

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14/10/2024

It wouldn’t be Christmas without a wreath on the door! And so with the arrival of Christmas this week and comes the hanging of this vibrant number.

It had to have a fun vibe (you’ve been to The Arc, right?), punchy in colour and needed to last some serious time (because yes, it’s October 😂). So I’ve used handmade wool pom-poms and silk velvet ribbons, as well as long-lasting conifer, to mix the traditional with the new.

I’m going to say it. I like her a lot. It’s fun to push myself to come up with new content for wreaths, when it could be very easy to roll out the same stuff year-on-year. Bring on the 2024 Christmas season!

20/09/2024

It’s been an immense week! You might have seen on my stories that I have been learning with at the beautiful .

All the photos in this post are using flowers from Floriston Flower Farm, in designs created and led by Lucy Vail Floristry, on their workshop From Farm To Masterpiece. Highly recommended!

So much to say about this experience, which will hopefully come out in my work over the coming weeks and months, but I wanted to start with something about the team; Lucy, Mimo, Autumn, Megan. I don’t use these words lightly… they are incredibly inspiring and creative women, who work bl**dy hard to push themselves every single day!

It reminded me that working with others has to be part of my business plan. Whether that’s collaborations, freelancing or more formal long-term relationships, I work better and am happier when I’m working with people.

I need to process everything I learnt there this week, but one thing I do know is I don’t want to revert to the status quo. It’s so easy to go on courses, feel inspired in the moment, and then get bogged down in day-to-day life when you return, unable to actually make the changes that you want to make. Hopefully not this time!

THANK YOU to the team at Lucy Vail and Floriston for the support, encouragement and generosity in sharing your experience and knowledge.

14/09/2024

🥁 Tickets for our wreath-making workshops are now available to book! 🎄 🤶

https://www.petalsandamazons.co.uk/order/p/wreath-making-at-the-arc-bedford

I know it’s 14th September 😬… but some of you have already asked and we’ve listened 👊

Gather your gang for a fun evening of wreath-making, shopping and general Christmas merry-making in the gloriously festive wonderland that is The Arc Bedford, with delicious food and drink from

Would love to see you there! All details on the link above but let me know if you have any questions [email protected]

10/09/2024

To say I’m bad with technology is a massive understatement. Updating the website is one of my least favourite jobs but this has to happen! 😬

The business has been evolving. Many things have contributed to this evolution… leaving London a few years ago, working in floristry now long enough to know what type of work I’m good at and enjoy the most, making the business profitable, balancing the business with home life… all these things have contributed to me focusing the business on events and workshops.

I love this work and am ambitious for the business in these areas. I now know that working on a larger scale works best for me creatively, I know that I weirdly thrive on the adrenaline/stress of event work 😂, and I know that I much prefer to work as part of a team.

While it’s taken me a while to put this down in writing, the business has been focusing on events and workshops for some time. Now time to formalise it on my website/insta etc!

So stay tuned for a website relaunch in the near future, which will hopefully reflect the true nature of my business and where I see it heading in the future 👊.

09/09/2024

Hello, it’s been a while! The fact that I’m only just posting photos of an event that included peonies says how long it’s been 😬.

It’s good to be back after a pause over the summer holidays though. Looking forward to sharing exciting things over the coming weeks and months, making the most of British flowers while they last and heading into the busy Christmas season (yep, I said it 😱).

Loved working with on these designs (much) earlier in the summer!

31/05/2024

I really loved this colour scheme from the wedding I worked on last weekend with and . Such a vibrant palette, could look at it all day!

22/05/2024

Last Saturday was a great day.

and I were up at the crack of dawn to install this floral arch

It was perfect weather for us… not too hot, not too cold, not too windy, not wet… and we met loads of people who are passionate about British-grown produce.

This floral arch uses no floral foam. I recently invested in a modular arch from so that I can make sustainable large-scale installations more easily. I love it!

Every stem in this design was British-grown, much of it from within 10 miles of the rally 🙌.

Big thanks to for supplying gorgeous flowers, as ever.

28/04/2024

Hey there, flower enthusiasts 👊 🌼🌸

Blooming marvellous event incoming 🚨…

We’re hosting a locally-grown Spring Flower Pop-Up on Saturday 4th May

What better way is there to kick off your bank holiday weekend than with a saunter down to The Arc, a coffee from You For Coffee and a bunch of locally-grown flowers?

Come join us, support our local growers and start your bank holiday weekend on a high note! 👊

9am to 5pm. 7 Howard Street. Bedford. See you there!

10/03/2024

What a couple of days! I had a great time packaging up my favourite flowers, chatting to loads of lovely people and working alongside the awesome team . Thanks so much for having me, Gemma 😘

Those who received our tulips, hope you love them! Keep trimming the stems every few days, change the water, clean the vase and keep them away from direct heat to keep the flowers at their happiest for as long as possible.

Until next time ✌🏻

06/03/2024

3 days to go until our mega Mother’s Day British-grown tulip pop-up 🙌🙌

Come join us. Or pass the message on to your little (or big) people… there will be bacon, sausages, coffee and big-hit M-Day gifts.

This Saturday 9-5 and Sunday 9:30-12:30.

03/03/2024

Hey Bedford mums, it’s time to put your feet up and relax! This Mother’s Day, stay in bed and let your family do the legwork 👊

and will get them comfy with a coffee (for the grown ups of course… we’re not idiots) and bacon sarnie, while I package them up some British-grown tulips, giving you some well-deserved time off 🙌.

Or if you’re by yourself with the kids next weekend, bring them down and relax with us for a while. We’ve got you covered 👍 x

01/03/2024

🎺📣 Calling all tulip-lovers 📣 🎺

This Mother’s Day I’ve partnered with and to bring you a sweetie shop of British-grown tulips. 🙌

Here’s the scoop…

I will be at The Arc and You For Coffee, on:
Saturday 9th March, 9:00am-5:00pm, and
Sunday 10th March, 9:30am-12:30pm
At 7 Howard Street, Bedford.

I will have 13 varieties of British-grown tulips, none of them ordinary … parrots, doubles, fringes and crowns… 😋

This is a Pick ‘N’ Mix bar of tulips, available by the stem, so there will be something to suit every budget, including cute individual-stem bud vases at pocket-money prices!

You relax in bed, send your people down to The Arc and we’ll sort the rest 👊

06/12/2023

It’s My Last Wreath Of The Year! And friends, this one is mine!

Our conifer hedge was looking a bit wild, so its fate was sealed as the main provider for my wreath.

Our front door gets the morning sun and it was practically glowing this morning. I’m quite a fan.

04/12/2023

Next up… this pink number installed on a door this weekend 🙌.

I first made this kind of wreath last year and it proved so popular that it made a reappearance this year 🎉

Last push on wreaths this week! 💪

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