Studio Seapink

16/06/2024

I find growing spaces so inspiring and beautiful, full of life and complexity yet also so simple, so charming, so inviting. And so it was the other week at , Lauren & Louisina’s flower farm just outside Glasgow. Time just evaporated as we explored the field and tunnels, enjoying the diversity of colours, form and scents of their beautiful flowers and foliage. We snipped stems and created simple bowls of blooms more for the joy of using these characterful flowers than for any particular outcome - to look at them, to admire them, to appreciate their beauty. What a day! Thank you L & L.
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This is exactly the sort of inspiring and fulfilling experience that I hope (and think you’ll find 😉) at the ‘Gather & Arrange - Summer Meadows’ workshop coming up . It too is a wonderful growing space, a place I love to visit and bring others into to immerse ourselves in a bit of flowery creativity! It’s on Sat 29th June, 10 - 12.30 and £70. Full details are on my website and I have just a couple of spaces left now, so do let me know pronto if this sounds like something you’d enjoy too.
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Photos by Lauren Printy Currie 🙏.

11/06/2024

This year the Bearded Irises in our garden finally flowered. This is one of the last buds to bloom from a tall variety called ‘Role Model’, saved and brought indoors during recent high winds, it’s opened sitting on the window sill.
Statuesque and bold, soft and ephemeral, I’ve felt bewitched by the Irises in the last few weeks.
But it’s a continual hello and goodbye, this gardening lark isn’t it? So, till next year (I hope).
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05/06/2024

It’s almost workshop time again! And I just can’t wait to be back Mill Pond Flower Farm with you for ‘Gather & Arrange - Summer Meadows’.
It’s just the best kind of floral immersion - wandering the flower field for inspiration, picking stems that catch your eye then combining them artfully into little arrangements full of life and colour! And all the while being surrounded by the sounds of bird song and buzzy pollinators, the company of lovely folk and fuelled by cups of tea and sweet treats.
Sound like your kind of morning?? Then please do get in touch, I have just a few spaces left. Full details are on my website, link in bio. 🙌🙌
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Gather & Arrange - Summer Meadows
Sat 29th June
10am - 12.30pm
Mill Pond Flower Farm
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These pictures are from last year’s workshop - the group made such beautiful things! Swipe to see…

03/06/2024

Something lovely we did in May!
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01/06/2024

On Thursday the lovely Natalie of came to the studio for a 1:1 workshop and it was such a joy to share skills and knowledge with her! As you know, Studio Seapink is all about using locally grown and seasonal flowers - and her request was for her session to focus on sharpening her hand-tie bouquet making and presentation skills for retail, building on her existing knowledge. We also covered flower prep and conditioning, using different flowers and foliage for various designs, ideas for new foliages to grow for cutting, pricing and lots and lots of flowery business chat too including the all important work life balance 😊. What a great day! Thanks so much for coming Natalie, you’re an absolute flower star 🌟🌸💚

If you’re interested in exploring or refining a particular aspect of working creatively with local and seasonal flowers - or even just to have a bit of floral immersion through a 1:1, just send me a message or email and we can chat about creating a session bespoke to your needs. I’d be delighted to hear from you 💚

Flowers were sourced from with some English peonies and stocks and a few additions from my garden. All materials used were compostable and recyclable.

03/05/2024

And it’s May! And it’s Friday! And it’s peak Spring! The speed of growth and abundance happening all around us is just incredible right now - it somehow feels like nature is in a huge hurry. Or perhaps I’m just noticing these kind of shifts more now I’m spending more time outdoors as my weekly work now includes gardening as well as floristry. Which I absolutely love.
There’s been a lot going on lately chez Studio Seapink, lots of planning for the flowering year ahead as well as some exciting new things. I begin some study next week - I’m doing the RHS Level 2 in Horticulture - because I’m just fascinated with gardens and growing and wildlife as well as flowers and it feels like a natural progression in my work at this time to follow this interest. Gardening is influencing my floristry and my floristry is influencing my gardening 🤪
But lately I’ve felt a little out of sync with the online world so I’ve not been as present on here, but I’ll hopefully feel able to share more about what I’m getting up to soon. A sense of community and connecting with like minded souls is important to me and I really appreciate that on here, so thank you.
These pictures are from a very happy day in very good company this time last year, when the abundance of Spring was just as evident as it is today. Instagram reminded me of it!
Have a lovely weekend, folks xx
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11/04/2024

Full of personal touches and creativity, the joyful wedding of Kirstie & Tommy back in February was our first opportunity to create a full floral set up using everlasting flowers. It was much anticipated and proved to be a pretty magical experience - so much so that I’ve written a blog about it, also a first! I’d love you to take a look, I’ll put a link in Stories and in the link tree thingy, if you’d like to. Let me know what you think?…

Big love, congratulations and thanks to K & T for their trust and collaboration.

All flowers used (other than those foraged by Kirstie) were sourced from UK artisan growers, including some from my own garden. Huge thanks especially to and for providing the majority of the stems which were just so perfect for this. Thanks also to and for their amazing freelance florist support 😇.

04/04/2024

Diving head first into the abundant feeling of Spring and loving seeing old favourite flowery friends return. Voluptuous tulips bend and mingle with bloomy scented hyacinth, iridescent anemones, jammy toned ranunculus, delicate amelanchier blossom and twirling chocolate vine. A few stolen moments with flowers and a bowl amidst school holiday craziness was just bliss! Swipe for a deep dive…

Speaking of Spring flowers and bowls, later this month I’m hosting a workshop Mill Pond Flower Farm called ‘Gather & Arrange - Spring Bowls’ and that’s exactly what we’ll be doing there, too. We’ll immerse ourselves in the finest seasonal flowers, selecting special stems from the flower field then arranging them in your bowl. Lots of flowery enthusiasm, advice, chat & tips will be shared and you’ll leave with new skills, your own gorgeous arrangement, flowers and a very full heart. I can’t wait to share this with you! All the details are on my website 💜

16/03/2024

Soon the poppies will burst open into the most delicate paper thin skirts, dancing on their fine wiggly stems, and wafting sweet scent all around them. What’s not to love?!
These Icelandic poppies are in bud just now in the garden and I’ll be keeping a very close eye on them in anticipation of their big reveal 🤣 Lots to be getting on with in the garden this weekend, sweet peas are top of the list and some veg seeds too - wish me luck!

Thank you to those who have booked onto the Flower Cloud Making workshop next Saturday - it’s going to be such a gorgeous afternoon of creating with dried flowers. The details are on my website if you’d also like to join us, just a couple of spaces left.

Talking of workshops, I’ve also added this year’s Spring, Summer & Autumn dates for the Gather & Arrange sessions , in case you’d like to check those out. Guaranteed joy! Because isn’t it nice to have something to look forward to?

Have a fab weekend, fingers crossed for some sunshine for us all ☀️ 🌈 🌸

29/02/2024

A little postcard from the studio featuring some bits (and they really are still little bits!) from the garden on the last day of February - our bonus magical day this leap year 💫 I couldn’t decide which photograph to post so here are three, each subtly different.

The Iris reticulata and tiny Narcissus are from the pots outside the door and are fading now - they’ve given so much joy in these early months of the year. This little bowl is a handmade one by my lovely friend . It’s the perfect size for just a few stems - and I love the glaze colour with the beautiful blues and yellows of these delicate flowers.

Now juicy shoots and buds are appearing in the soil and on the branches. And when the sun is out the warmth is just enough for a cuppa outside, listening to the birds, what simple bliss. Yesterday I saw the first bumble bee and ladybird, signs of Spring emerging are everywhere. It is very welcome, but feels early this year, no?

Let me know what signs of Spring you have been enjoying so far!

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27/02/2024

A new edition of everlasting posies are winging their way to Dook later this week as a special Mother’s Day offer - and can be ordered now on their website. Featuring all artisan grown Scottish & British dried flowers and inspired by the flora of coastal East Lothian, every posy is totally unique.
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19/02/2024

When flowers whisper… 🧡
Little crispy, delicate fleeting moments when the vases are all made and there is still some light to play with in the studio. Heaven.
Our antique brass vases proved to be the perfect vessels for the wild mix of dried flower arrangements needed to dress the tables for K & T’s wedding last weekend. Designed as little echoes of the much larger scale floor installation which was the backdrop to their ceremony, the filled vases were combined with plentiful taper candles, to make the reception room feel utterly magical. All in all it really was an unforgettable day - and one that I attended as a guest too - so very, very special.
However my phone photos of the venue are pretty rubbish so I’ll try and await professional pictures before sharing more! Huge congratulations and thanks to Kirstie & Tommy for bringing me into their wonderful vision of a day. 🌟

06/02/2024

Feeling in the pink over these stunningly beautiful dried cafe au lait dahlias…. 🌸
A welcome distraction in a day of studio tidying and organising, I found these again while delving deep into my flower stash, looking out treasures for this week’s wedding. It’s all coming together beautifully and I’m excited to soon be creating some larger installation pieces again, as well as some lovely personal floral pieces.

31/01/2024

Couldn’t recommend Timberyard and the team there more as a wedding venue - a real favourite for us to create florals for 💚🌸🌟

30/01/2024

A rather exciting wedding is coming up soon. It will be a full set up, including a large installation, using only British and Scottish grown dried flowers. This is actually the first wedding we’ve been asked to do this way - and it has been keeping me busy this last week or so gathering materials and props and has involved a fair bit of day dreaming too (but what a perfect antidote to / distraction from the tax return 🤪). I do love designing new one-off pieces and our clients are so trusting and open, it’s going to be really special. 🧡
For this reason, I’m not doing official Valentine’s Day everlasting bouquet offerings this year, but if you’re very keen, do still get in touch, we will help if we can. Thank you to those very organised souls who’ve already enquired 😊

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24/01/2024

Our Gather & Arrange seasonal floristry workshops were a huge highlight of 2023 for me - and they really renewed my passion for creative teaching. I realised this week that I've been teaching creative workshops for 20 years - first as a community artist, then also as an educator in museums and galleries and now again as a florist. It's quite a thought! 😮
And there is so much I hope to share and nurture and develop in this area for 2024 and beyond. I will of course keep you posted on dates and plans as they emerge (please do sign up for our emails via my website to be the very first to know 😉) - but I'm wondering - is there anything you'd especially like to learn from the wonderful world of season-lead and sustainable floristry? Any special requests for workshops? If so, I'd love to know! Do leave a comment or DM me, it'd be much appreciated and very helpful 💚

Thank you for this picture from my bridal bouquet demo at the Scotland gathering in 2022. That was a fab day, full of amazing flowers and flower growers!

24/01/2024

What better thing to do these past few stormy days than dream of Spring?... The storms may have trashed the greenhouse but everything else in the garden seems absolutely fine thankfully. In fact, seeing the hellebores today made me catch my breath, they look so defiantly beautiful. That, the little shoots coming through the earth and finally getting the last of my tulips planted (oops!), was all I needed to give in completely today to Spring daydreaminess.
Which got me all inspired and looking for some pictures from Springtimes past to match. I hear IG likes a picture carousel again which is great news as they are my favourite posts to create and to see - I love lots of photographs to get lost in.
Not long now till we see more of these gorgeous blooms IRL; the eggy narcissus, the dainty fritillaries and the perfumed muscari to name a few more favourites, though today’s tulips may not emerge till June?... 🌸

11/01/2024

January, I’m finally ready for you. Hello 2024!
We’ve had ALL the germs in the last few weeks - and from what I hear, many of you have too. So, shall we just take a wee moment to reset and restart?!
Here’s to healthier times from now on and a very belated, but no less heartfelt, Happy New Year to you! So much to look forward to in 2024 💚 🥂 🌸

Bridal bouquet flashback to October, created for Ilona, full of Scottish grown flowery loveliness and finished with velvets.

22/12/2023

This year’s ‘Christmas card’ is a wee impromptu moment, captured earlier this month just on my phone, but this snap keeps drawing me back for another look. Maybe it’s because of the feeling it has of everyday life, both ordinary and magical. And that sums up my year really ✨

Sending love and thanks to you for all the support this year. Wishing you a wonderful Christmas time, however that looks for you. 2023 has given me lots of flowery times to remember, celebrate and reflect on and I’m very grateful for that. And there’s lots more of that sort of thing to look forward to next year - but, for 2024, peace is my biggest and deepest hope ✌️💚🌲🌸😘

13/12/2023

We have just popped a couple of our festive wreaths up for sale in the wonderful Community Carrot Dunbar now too!
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Our festive wreaths, made in collaboration with The Ridge are now available directly from The Ridge, 88 High St, Dunbar. Why not check them out if you’re passing? We can deliver locally too! And collection from me outwith the Ridge opening hours is also possible, just get in touch.

Our luxurious wreaths are hand-made from scratch using only sustainably sourced foliages, decorated with everlasting textures such as dried seed pods and flowers and finished with gorgeous velvet ribbon. Proceeds from their sale will support the ongoing development of the amazing garden projects at The Ridge. They cost £50.

The wreaths have joined the beautiful stone and wood work pieces in the High St window - everything handmade, crafted (and for sale 😉).

The Ridge

08/12/2023

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05/12/2023

Our festive wreaths, made in collaboration with The Ridge are now available directly from The Ridge, 88 High St, Dunbar. Why not check them out if you’re passing? We can deliver locally too! And collection from me outwith the Ridge opening hours is also possible, just get in touch.

Our luxurious wreaths are hand-made from scratch using only sustainably sourced foliages, decorated with everlasting textures such as dried seed pods and flowers and finished with gorgeous velvet ribbon. Proceeds from their sale will support the ongoing development of the amazing garden projects at The Ridge. They cost £50.

The wreaths have joined the beautiful stone and wood work pieces in the High St window - everything handmade, crafted (and for sale 😉).

The Ridge

03/12/2023

We love having our wreaths on your doors! This weekend sees the first of our festive wreaths go out to your homes in Edinburgh and East Lothian - and we hope they help to welcome in The Most Wonderful Time of the Year 💫🎄Thank you so much for your orders.
More of our wreaths will be going out this week, with some available directly from The Ridge in Dunbar too. We may be able to take a couple more orders so do email or DM if you’d like one.
All our wreaths this year are being made in collaboration with in support of their amazing garden projects. They are created from scratch using materials sourced as locally as possible (including gathered bits from our gardens) and with sustainable methods. They are a labour of love and we love sharing them with you 💚

18/11/2023

Yup, it’s wreath time! 🌲
We’re collaborating with The Ridge this year to offer full, bountiful and wild festive wreaths, each one unique and handmade from scratch. Using birch, moss, evergreen foliages, wild textures, dried flowers, seed heads they will be full of scent and seasonal touches. And of course finished with a flourish of luxurious ribbon.
All materials will be sourced sustainably and as locally as possible, including from our gardens.
Created in collaboration with local charity The Ridge to support the ongoing development of their amazing garden projects, our wreaths will be available to purchase directly from The Ridge at 88 High Street, Dunbar very soon, priced at £50. Keep your eyes peeled!

But if you'd like to order/reserve one for collection, require delivery (East Lothian / Edinburgh, charges will apply) or would like to commission a larger bespoke wreath, please message here or email Jenny at [email protected] and we'll get right back to you.
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21/10/2023

A recent and very lovely commission - an everlasting bouquet created for our couple L & A’s first wedding anniversary 🧡
Inspired by their autumnal wedding flowers and colours, and including many of the same varieties in dried form, this floral piece will hopefully evoke beautiful memories of a very special day for a long time to come! A beautiful idea, don’t you think?
I really enjoy making personal pieces like this so do reach out if you’ve an idea for a special gift.
Swipe to see more pics of this everlasting bouquet and the wedding flowers that inspired it, too 🧡
Made with local and British sourced botanicals (dried naturally without dyes or bleach) and finished with a luxurious plant dyed silk velvet ribbon.
Thank you L & A!

17/10/2023

Just over a week ago flower growers from all over Scotland gathered together for the annual meet up. Flowers were shared and knowledge exchanged as we chattily filled urns and bowls with seasonal Scottish blooms under the gentle nurturing of Sarah , who had earlier demonstrated the making of a gorgeous floral urn.
It was a day of complete immersion in local flowers, of an abundance of varieties of different shapes, colours, textures and scents; and of the company of passionate growers and wonderful florists. I wholeheartedly support the Scottish flower growing community and feel so lucky to be part of it, even though I grow only on a very small scale. Studio Seapink simply could not exist without the beautiful flowers that come from these amazing growers and I’m so grateful to work like this and for it to support everything they stand for.
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These pictures are of the urn arrangement I made from my cutting garden and some flowers grown by Sarah . This is actually it tweaked a couple of days later when I had a quiet hour to faff over it in the Autumn sunshine (add some bits, take out some others, experiment with the big camera). It’s a bit of a hug in an urn I think - and if you’d like, consider it a flowery hug from me to you… swipe for the details.
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Thank you all for hosting and organising and to for documenting a very memorable day. And to for 🚐 xx

27/08/2023

It’s now less than two weeks until our final Gather & Arrange workshop of the year Mill Pond Flower Farm. This time we’ll be embracing the early Autumn offering of beautiful flowers, foliages and textures - and some fruits too 🍏. Think dahlias, hydrangeas, amaranthus, grasses, berried branches and of course Paula’s knockout scented roses to name just a few possible gorgeous ingredients!
We will wander the flower field cutting and gathering, then fill our vases with all we’ve selected. We’ll create seasonal, sustainable arrangements to get lost in and fill your senses. I. Can’t. Wait.
Full guidance, equipment and refreshments will be given in all aspects of the workshop and you’ll leave with a glorious arrangement to enjoy at home.
There are just a couple of spaces remaining (I’ve added an additional afternoon session due to demand) so just email me if you’d like a place. More details below, please also see the full description on my website via the link in my profile.

This vase arrangement is from early September 2021 and should give you a taste of the gorgeous bounty we find in locally grown flowers at this time of the year - swipe for a deeper dive….

Gather & Arrange - Autumn Vases, Sat 9th Sept, 10am or 1.30pm, Mill Pond Flower Farm, £70. Email [email protected] to book 🍂

12/08/2023

I’m realising I haven’t shared much about my garden this year, but it persists as a bit of an obsession… It all looks so different in it’s third year, it’s filled out a bit and plants are a bit more mature. I think I’ve relaxed into it a bit more too! Some flowers have been off the chart amazing (recently that’s larkspur, ammi, achillea) some less so (hello sad roses), and we might get a few decent apples this year. So, still learning, adapting, experimenting. As well as the huge satisfaction of growing a few of my own flowers, my biggest joy is in seeing so much life using the garden now! Sharing it with the likes of bees, butterflies, moths, birds - and we think hedgehogs now too - is such an honour. I’ve tried to plan and plant with wildlife in mind, and it’s amazing to see this pay off in a garden that felt bereft of life initially. As well as the above, some other plants which I’ve loved for this reason (as well as looking pretty) are alliums, verbena, marjoram, buddleja, dill, hyssop, poppies, cornflowers. It’s good to know this does make a difference for our environment, that it’s something positive. And hopefully I’m passing this feeling onto my kids too.
I know lots of people feel similarly about encouraging wildlife and I’d love to know what you’ve had success with doing / growing in your garden, patio or windowsill? What wildlife joys have you had?
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08/06/2023

Ah, it’s definitely peony time! I could look at this ruffled beauty all day… 🌸