I discovered a love of gardening when my family and I moved to a house in London with a garden - I suffered a bereavement and found solace in making a garden out of the sad patch of scruffy lawn we inherited from the previous owners ..I planted shrubs and interplanted with perennials and annuals that I grew from seed - I  soon understood the need to have my hands in the soil, and the benefits of being outside and creating beauty from a tiny seed....

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A move to the countryside allowed me to continue my exploration of growing vegetables and a few  flowers in my garden and on a small allotment and eventually on our current 3 acre riverside plot near Wiveliscombe, on the  Somerset-Devon border.

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Blue Shed Flowers has evolved over a period of 15 years to a small but full time business - flowering weddings, delivering gift bouquets and creating out-of-the-ordinary Farewell Flowers, as well as teaching creative approaches to flower arranging, and small scale growing practices...

 

My inspiration is taken from the wild, rural Somerset landscape - I take my cue from the seasons, the surrounding hedgerows and meadows and  I use my fine art training to bring an awareness of form and colour to inspired bouquets, arrangements and installations.