Category: garden
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In a Vase on Monday | 1st June 2026
Three measly stalks of lily of the valley, hiding inside a bouquet that smells entirely of lilac.
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Six on Saturday | 30th May 2026
First asparagus, dahlias going in, and a rowan sapling that delivered itself by airmail.
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In a Vase on Monday | 25th May 2026
I went outside with a simple plan: anemone, maybe some bergenia. I came back with five different flowers, wind damage cuttings, and a sugar bowl doing its best vase impression.
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Six on Saturday | 23rd May 2026
Three from the garden, three from the terrace. The family pear tree is finally flowering, forget-me-nots are spreading, and I went to a plant fair for peaches and pelargoniums and left with… neither.
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In a Vase on Monday | 18th May 2026
First official cut flowers from the garden this year. A dozen mixed narcissi from the flower field and a few branches of feral pear blossoms.
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Six on Saturday | 16th May 2026
Three from the garden, three from the terrace this week. A feral pear putting on a show, a photo shoot, and houseplants finally escaping to their summer homes.
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Six on Saturday | 9th May 2026
A spring surprise that I forgot I’d planted. Dogtooth violets from 2023 finally blooming, wood anemones just in time for Mother’s Day, and the front flower bed getting camera-ready for… reasons.
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In a Vase on Monday | 4th May 2026
Freesias are one of my all-time favorite flowers. I’ve been obsessed with them since I first caught a whiff, which predates my Bath & Body Works Freesia lotion phase. If you know, you know.
