We picked you some flowers from Bertha's garden. We have been so delighted that every week a new jewel has appeared. Bertha lived here for most of her long life and her garden is a gift she has left for us to enjoy. We have had Snowdrops, Aconites, Bluebells, Tulips, Forget-me-not, Lilac and the blossom snow from the Cherry trees was breath-taking.
We are gradually bringing in our own belongings and flowers inside too making it feel a little more like home every week.
The beautiful boy has a quiet corner for homework..
Books, the substance of a home, are quickly filling what few shelves we have available...
And here are flowers and a book for you! At last a giveaway! Conran Octopus sent me a copy of this feast of a book all about Orla Kiely - both autobiographical and a visual delight - page after page of her delicious designs, sources and all in all an inspirational peek into the work and life of one of my favourite ladies of design.
I could look at it for hour upon hour, her use of colour and the deceptive simplicity in her work is, in the truest sense, awe inspiring.
So, for this giveaway - finally kicking off the year in May!!! Tell me your favourite flower and the reason why. I can't wait to hear! For me it is, of course Lavender as I have said before, the scent of my beloved Grandma on warm summer afternoons.
I shall be back before June to choose a winner so take some time to think about it!
Meanwhile work is becoming rather over-whelming. The first events of the year have been and gone and there is much excitement around two Embroidery Workshops I have been invited to run in the centre of Norwich. If you are interested in receiving details drop me an email (link in my profile) and I shall ask for you to receive the mailing when it is printed.
And there has been a vintage haberdashery bonanza! I shall be selling some of the hundreds of packs of rainbow coloured bias binding somewhere soon, let me know if you would like to know more.
We are getting there. Slowly. In our own way. t.xxx
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Looks like you are settling in nicely, there's never enough book space though!
Please enter me in your giveaway, my favourite flower has to be the Rose. I first fell in love with it in my Gandma's garden. There was a Albertine rose (I think), the colour and perfume was gorgeous!
I'm eagerly awaiting my rambler rose 'Fleur De June' to flower, it has buds on already in profusion and the perfume is heavenly.
I like all flowers really, especially Lavender and Clematis with the Roses.
Have a great weekend.
Sandie xx
Lily of the Valley also reminds me of my Mum.. and hydrangeas are right near the top of list.. and peonies.. and zinnias!!
Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!
Orla Keily's designs are brilliant, in that very sophisticated distillation of her botanical inspiration.
I don't think that I can choose a favorite flower, because I look forward to each bloom that crosses my path as each year progresses. You may recall that I am a gardenless city dweller who relies on beautiful Central Park and city flower shops for my floral inspiration. Right now the shops are full of lilacs and peonies and they are amazing...but it was only weeks ago that I was admiring tulips and daffodils, forsythia and flowering cherry, pear, apple and dogwood trees.
They each give us a delicious bit of a recurring feast!
xo
My favourite flower is the rose. It reminds me of the scent of my grandma's garden and how we used to make rose petal perfume when I was little.
xx
My favourite flower is also lavender - I grow lots and lots in my garden, dry it and make lavender bags, and use lavender oil all the time. And jasmine is my second favourite.
Pomona x
At the moment I can't decide on my favourite - Lavender is quite prominent amongst my favourites - but I'll give it more thought and pop back.
Julie xxxx
My favourite flower is a peony , i had these in my wedding bouquet and always remind me of my big day.
It is my 4th wedding anniversary on 19th May and have recently planted a peony in my garden to celebrate.
Look forward to reading more of your posts - would love to take a peek at your cottage garden!
Gillx
Glad to see that you are starting to get settled in.
xx
I thought long and hard about my favourite flower - I love all flowers and like to do flower arranging - but my favourite flowers I find are the 'humble' English ones - with happy memories attached. Buttercups - did you ever play with them as a child and put a buttercup under someone's chin to see if they liked butter? And daisies - sitting under a tree in the shade making daisy chains for bracelets and necklaces. The simple joys of playing - without 'toys'.
My favourite flower has to be the 'Forget me not' for many years now. It's just a humble little spring flower that self seeds everywhere - which my husband calls a weed. But not to me. My Forget me nots, were grown from seeds from Australian friend's garden. Sadly she passed a number of years ago, but she lives on spreading her lovely blue flowers everywhere in my garden - and they last for ages - especially in 'Maxine's flower bed' right outside my window.
FORGET ME NOT.
Good luck everyone
Difficult to choose, and it is tempting to pick one with a delicious scent, but as I've got a streaming cold at the moment and can't smell anything, I'm going to plump for poppies. I now live in the garden flat that used to belong to my grandparents, and like you feel lucky to have inherited well established garden. I've made lots of changes in the 14 years that I've been here, but I still have the big voluptuous poppies that my grandad planted 20 years or so ago. AND I love drawing the seed heads, so they have to be my favorite x
To this day that rose and its smell brings that memory roaring back. A very happy snapshot of my childhood.
For me it has to be the sunflower every time.
Such beautiful blooms that always turn their heads to the sun regardless of the conditions in which they find themselves.
A metaphore for life I feel.
Wishing you and beautiful boy a beautiful, sunshiny day.
I'd love to enter. My favourite flower is the simple and chic tulip. Any type, any colour, I adore them. My grandfather, with whom I lived for a great deal of my childhood, called me tulip and I Mr Thrifty and I had them as the only flowers at our wedding.
look how cute freckles is!
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I very much hope to see you in Holt very soon. Would love a reprise of our evening at Byford's.
I think its wonderful to move into a new house and the garden unfolds itself infront of you each season like a pop-up book full of surprises!
I have too many favourite flowers to pick just one so I will pick one that I couldn't be without in a garden which is the common Grape Hyacinth, Muscari.
When we couldn't find a home to move to having sold ours twice over, as a bit of desperate measure and on a bit of a whim, I visited a clairvoyant. Bizarrely, she described to a T where our current house was and how it was waiting for us and said there was a carpet of blue flowers there.
Thinking literally, we though of an actual wool carpet! but the first spring there was a mass of Muscari in the front garden which everyone described as a being like carpet of blue flowers.
I love it because it's an old fashioned, simple flower often overlooked or classed as an invasive weed, but which reminds me of home.
x
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