Since I founded Freddie’s Flowers eight years ago (!) The RHS Chelsea Flower Show has been an annual highlight for me. Each year feels totally different – and this year, it really struck me that the Chelsea atmosphere fills me with nostalgia for those early days of Freddie’s Flowers. Some of our...
During his long apprenticeship as the Prince of Wales, King Charles was known to be a lover of the natural world. From organic farming to environmental issues, Charles has always made his outdoorsy interests widely known. When the invitations to...
There was a time when all of our food was gleaned from the wild. Within the timeline of human existence, our species essentially became what it is today through foraging. The Hunter-Gatherer way of life persisted for hundreds of thousands of years;...
Foraging is a great way to get outdoors and enjoy nature, plus there’s the added bonus that you might return home with a basketful of tasty, free ingredients to use in the kitchen. Here are ten easily identified and flavoursome wild plants to look...
Mother’s and Others’ Day  There’s something wonderful about knowing Mother’s Day is coming up – and that soon we’ll be celebrating all our mothers, grandmothers, stepmothers, godmothers and all the other mother figures we’re lucky enough to have. ...
Card Calamity We’ve all been there. You carefully choose a beautiful card. You’ve found the perfect thing for someone special, avoiding anything too cliched or samey. Only, when you sit down to write a message, your mind goes as blank as the inside...
Imagine, ten years from now, opening up your journal and a peony comes fluttering out. It brings you back, to today, and how – each time you wander past them – your arrangement brings a smile to your face. There are some moments where you want your...
Your stems are sleepy. When they arrive to you, through your letterbox, they want to be as excited to see you as you are them. But it’s been 24 hours since they were plucked from the field, so they’re just feeling a little dry and lacklustre. They...
It’s that time. Your flowers need a little self-care; a water refresh and some nourishing new food to give them some pep. But you’re all out of flower food, and you don’t actually know how to make flower food yourself. Oh dear. Maybe...
You know your star sign, your birth stone, you might even know your moon sign… But do you know your birth flower? They’ve been around for generations and just like birth stones there are birth flowers for each month. They’re tied to the season the...
They are frothy indulgence, like adding an extra scoop of ice-cream on to an already towering cone or using half a bottle of bubble bath on a rainy afternoon. Stocks flowers are one of our favourites for adding a pastel pop of colour to any display...
If you ever want to feel spectacularly charming and pretty (even in your mankiest jogging bottoms) go and stand under a blooming cherry blossom tree. The delicate pink petals fluttering down on you will feel like confetti on a wedding day, as if...
Evoking memories of candy-floss, Disney princess ballgowns and flamingo feathers, peonies truly are a spoiled show-off of a flower, and that’s exactly why we love them. They arrive small but soon explode into frills and frills, filling whatever room...
