I’ve been into natural beauty and healing my entire life – I very clearly remember dragging my mum over to sign some cruelty free beauty petitions when I was only about 9 years old! So while I’ve been talking a lot about rose water, I’ve also had my eye on witch hazel water! Witch…
Is Lemonade Good for Roses?
You’re probably here because you’ve heard a florist or green thumbed friend telling you to add lemonade to your bouquets, right? I know, it sounds so weird! Well, call me weird but I LOVE lemon (and all citrus fruits actually, and have spent many an evening horrifying friends by eating all the lemon slices in…
How Do You Force Rose Buds to Open?
If you have a party, photoshoot or even a wedding coming up, and you need to force rose buds to open STAT, there are several ways in which you can coax them open without damaging them. Have you seen the series The Crown? I surprised myself with how much I loved it! It’s not my…
The Prettiest Climbing Roses For Your Fences & Walls
I think I’m having a thing right now with climbing roses on fences and walls! I fell in love with roses when, during my past life as a photographer, I photographed a wedding at this venue, the gorgeous, rose-covered Norwood Park, in England. Here’s another from the same day. Aren’t those climbing roses on the…
Gorgeous Iceberg Roses! – Ultimate Growing Guide
There’s a little house at the end of our street, that has a secret garden. Every so often I catch a glimpse through the brickwork of winding pavements, olive trees and a flash of colour. Oh, and that amazing smell! While driving past one day I noticed the gardeners had left the gate open –…
21 Stunning DIY Fall Wreaths For Your Front Door
.As part of our homeschool these last few weeks, we’ve been celebrating harvest time. Painting, making harvest banners, and baking simple, warming apple dishes. Then Pinterest reminded me that it might be time to consider getting my DIY fall wreath on! You can’t have missed that DIY fall wreath mania that’s ALL over Pinterest right…
Preserve Roses With Hairspray For Gorgeous Home Decor! (& other flowers too)
I admit – I am not the biggest fan of hairspray. It’s kinda sticky and just a bit too ’80s. (Get me some DIY salt spray on my lion’s mane instead)! However, while hairspray might not be my favourite choice of haircare, it works miracles at preserving flowers, and dried flowers are SO hot right…
Create A Gorgeous Balcony Herb Garden
Recently, I noticed that out of our 13 tomato plants on our balcony that we started during lockdown (did anybody NOT grow tomatoes during lockdown)!? – only one had survived. Yep, I’d followed all the gardening books advice, and treated my seedlings like they were living in a rainy, shady English garden. The problem being…
What is a Rose Slug? Get Rid Of Them Fast!
Blueeeerghhhh I hate slugs full stop. Along with cockroaches, slugs are right up there in my list of creepy crawly no-nos. I just can’t do that rough and ready, embrace all creatures standard gardener thing. So when I found out about slugs that grow on my favourite flower I was revolted. What is a rose…
How to Prune Roses in the Fall
Starbucks is out with the pumpkin spice latte, which means only one thing! Fall is sneaking upon us, and there is ton of prep work to do outside to prepare our flowers and gardens for winter. If you’re relatively new to growing roses, or your roses didn’t fare too well throughout the last winter winter…
