Celebrating tulips

Up early to ribbon off the bouquets. Loved this wedding, used Blue Curiosa and Ocean Song roses with lisianthus. There was a moment of confusion

trying to find my bride in her hotel (unbeknown to me she had checked in under her married name!)....flowers safely delivered then off to the marquee for the finishing touches.

Spent the afternoon wandering through Pashley Manor Gardens in Ticehurst. Absolutely stunning and thoroughly worth a vist. It is famed for its tulips which, despite their season coming to an end, were glorious and ever so tempting. My favourite was a stunning orange with a lovely pointy petal called Dordogne to mix with the deepest black varieties.

Looking forward to pottering in the garden tomorrow, might even give the shed a lick of paint.

These chilly days mean I begin to plan a summer getaway. I just love France and have found this gorgeous b & b http://www.abreathoffrenchair.co.uk/

Have taken delivery of two stunning metre high birdcages for a wedding this weekend, cant wait to fill them with blousy peonies and roses....

Thought I should do a bit of gardening whilst the sun shines. Planting out some alchemilla mollis which I love for its acid green flowers and the way the raindrops sit on the delicate leaves, put some stakes around the peonies as they are getting bigger every day. My hop vine seems to have grown another two inches overnight, I will soon have to begin tying it in to cover the pergola, where it happily mingles with the clematis and the grape vine.

I just love the simplicity of these table flowers. The blue of the hydrangea teamed with cornflowers and scabious and nigella - one of my favourite summer flowers - it has such beautiful seed heads too.

Well, how did I get onto this?

Just enjoying a coffee with my friend Jacquie and we decided blogging would be a good idea....

Am in the process of updating my website which means sorting through photos of recent events to post onto the gallery. I am looking forward to a shabby chic party that I am to decorate next month and need to get a supply of vintage glass vases to fill with peonies, dill and cornish stocks and sweet william. The venue in the Kentish countryside is idyllic so I doubt it will feel much like a chore.