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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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...

Small changes big results

Nutrition & Lifestyle Coach Charlotte Lau homes in on the benefits of hydrating before you caffeinate By May, life feels fuller. Social plans return, gardens demand attention, diaries begin to brim. It’s a beautiful time of year… but also a busy...

Farm Fables

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