The current trend I am noticing is brides requesting natural and unstructured bouquets using seasonal flowers. I am delighted to see a move towards seasonal blooms and source mainly English flowers for this style of bouquet. Here I used fabulous scented garden roses including Romantic Antique, Juliet and Margaret Merrill with trails of garden honeysuckle and jasmine, dainty wind flowers, dahlias and fluffy alchemilla mollis. The pop of deeper colour provides contrast that really makes the peaches and pinks sing and the scent was amazing – which I also think is very important.

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At a stretch

Sarah Maxwell gets to grips with resistance bands Using resistance bands for workouts has become increasingly popular among fitness enthusiasts, and it’s easy to see why. One of the standout features of resistance bands is that they are lightweight and...

Farm Fables

Jane chats through the constant ups and downs of being a livestock farmer  I’ve just sent some yearling cattle to a Store Sale in Hailsham market which means they will be bought to grow all summer and then be fattened...

Drink it up!

With the weather (hopefully) hotting up, our May exercise & health pages are focusing in on hydration. First up, Sarah Maxwell takes a look at how hydration affects our bodies and exercise With (fingers crossed) a barmy British summer just...