A lady walks in to a flower shop.....

So, a lady of a certain age walks in to the shop.

Me: can I help you Madam?

Lady: yes, I want to send my friend some flowers on her 91st birthday.

Me: ooh, how impressive, 91! What woud you like to send to her?

We run through the options......blah de blah, sort out the doings etc, etc. the lady turns to leave then turns back, wags/points her finger not a million miles from my pleasantly smiling face and says

'Oh and make sure you make it nice as I shall be seeing her on Sunday and I will check you know' and turns and leaves.

There then follow two sounds. Well, three actually.

One is the sound of horrified silence. From me.

Second is my jaw hitting the floor.

Third is me gently closing my 'Monster Book of Crap Flower Designs' that we had been leafing through   to choose something suitable. NOT!!!!!!

Hashtag you couldn't make it up

Hashtag I was so looking forward to making a pile of shit and sending it to the dear old 91year old

Hashtag get out of my shop.

Sarah and Hugo got married.

Picture the scene. A divinely hot summer's day. She's petite, bubbly and brunette wearing a marabou trimmed dress, he's tall, rugged and blonde lashed. They make a super handsome couple.

I'm struggling halfway up a ladder in 1 million degrees of heat to lash the garland to the outside of the church door whilst trying to ignore the substance abusers on their nearby stamping ground and my sense of humour failure is approximately 3 seconds away. My deoderant is beginning to fail me and oh joy of joys, I have a sweat moustache.

For any of you who think we waft around playng with flowers all day long -ha! My hands look like the hands of the homeless.

But it was all worth it. Take a look.

Midsummer Day's dream.

Karen and Pete got married on a beautiful, scorching Midsummer's Day. Who knew the the weather 21st would be so perfect? After a ceremony at Brighton Town Hall, the reception took place at the adorable Court Gardens Farm in Ditchling. The vibe for the wedding was natural, fun, seasonal and above all, COLOURFUL! Pure sunshine streamed out of the barn as well as in. The flowers we chose were hot and vibrant cerise, yellow, lime green and pinks. We even managed to hunt down the bride's favourite flower which is ranunculus which technically a Spring flower and somewhat of a challenge. We filled Kilner jars and Wellington boots with seasonal blooms and hung two pairs of striking door decorations on the 12ft barn doors.

Happy days!

Thinking outside the box.

We were asked to create an unusual floral blanket for a woodland burial that celebrated the life of the deceased. This was what we came up with, a fully biodegradable design wholly suitable for a natural burial ground. No plastic, no cellophane and no ribbon, nothing that wasn't organic and designed to biodegrade over time.

This blanket is designed to drape the over the entire casket and was covered in heather, foxgloves, ferns, thistles and foliages. The funeral was sensitively handled as always by the lovely ladies at Arka Original Funerals in Brighton.

http://www.arkafunerals.co.uk

Elegant beauty

We were asked to make a beautiful and elegant funeral tribute.

So we chose scented white peonies, tuberose, huge Avelanche roses, nude pink roses, furry stachys, hosta leaves  and pale green lisianthus. The design was five foot long and a fitting farewell.

Pop up shop!

Following the trend of the pop up shop, we will be selling our creations at the adorable Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton on Saturday 22nd March from 10.30am to 4.30pm. There will be a selection of our lovely jam jars, plants and other treats. You may get inspired for a Mother's day treat or how about a little gift for a girlfriend or yourself? Lovely dresses and jewelry will also be for sale from our new friends at Allium B.

https://www.alliumb.com/pages/Allium-B-Dress-Club.html