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JOURNAL
Representing creative individuals whose craft, skill and practices are all connected by a commitment to positive change.


ROS HUMPHRIES - THE NATURAL DYEWORKS
Ros makes ‘small batch, slow crafted, hand dyed ribbons, accessories and homewares using the alchemy of 100% plant based dyes
Sep 6, 2022


GEORGIE BEACH - RIPE CIDER
My husband, Cameron, and I are natural cider makers based in St Veep, Cornwall.
Jun 5, 2022


GRAEME CORBETT- BLOOM AND BURN
Last March I made the decision to use only British grown flowers in my work, by February this year I was waiting for a delivery of Italian g
May 27, 2022


LIV JAMES - DOWN FARM GROWERS COOPERATIVE
Liv first met Liv at university in the student journalism room of the SU. Despite taking different routes to get there, they've found...
Apr 29, 2022


IAN JAMES - WATER LANE
Water Lane is one of the projects that may never have come about if it hadn’t been for the first lockdown.
Mar 5, 2022


WHY BUY ROSES IN FEBRUARY?
This is not a simple question and there is not a simple answer, but with the environmental and ethical impacts of our demands for unseasonal
Feb 14, 2022


PEAT
As Autumn draws in, leaves fall and we start to put our fields to bed, we think about the myriad of organic mulches and bagged composts
Oct 23, 2021


LUCY VINCENT - FOOD BEHIND BARS
The other week I put a set of photos on Instagram of a vast, dilapidated old greenhouse set within some wild and unruly grounds.
Sep 17, 2021


BREAD & ROSES - FLORISTRY AS A TOOL FOR SOCIAL GOOD
When I’m not in the fields growing or in the studio with SSAW, I work with Sneh Jani and Olivia Head on Bread & Roses
Sep 9, 2021


CHARLIE HARPUR - PLANTSMAN
Charlie Harpur is a plantsman, landscape architect and ultramarathon runner. After an initial stint stuck behind the computer at work...
Aug 27, 2021


CHARLOTTE SMITHSON - ON NATURE AS OUR TEACHER
My connection to nature began in childhood. I grew up in Swaledale, North Yorkshire and most of my childhood memories are outdoors. Each spr
Jun 28, 2021


CHARLIE WOOD - COFOUNDER OF CROSSOVER BLENDERY
It was in 2008 that George and I had our first taste of a Belgium Gueuze, a blend of 1, 2 and 3 year old Lambic beer, from Brasserie-Brouwer
Jun 20, 2021


ON THE YOUNG PROPAGATORS SOCIETY - GEORGIA WARD DYER
The Young Propagators Society was created with three intentions in mind: to aid the dissemination of propagation knowledge through the gener
Jun 13, 2021


SUZANNA GRANT - FOUNDER OF LINDA
Three years ago Suzanna opened Linda, to help Londoners make the most of every area that could be green, not only for their wellbeing but fo
May 15, 2021


ON BEING OUTSIDE - TABI JACKSON GEE
It’s late April and I’m writing this sitting on the steps to my building. The screen’s barely visible in the bright spring sunshine. It’s a
May 6, 2021


EXPECTATION vs REALITY IN FLOWERS - SUBJECTIVE PERFECTION
What constitutes the ‘perfect’ flower to you? Is it the vase life? The size? The vibrancy of colour? The scent? The stem?
Mar 27, 2021


FLORA WALLACE - ARTIST & INK MAKER
I had never used such beautiful ink and was obsessed by getting more but had no idea if or when I would ever go back to Japan.
Jul 8, 2020
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