23/08/2026
A personal one ~
So far this year we have been lucky enough to deliver a royal wedding, two RHS projects and over a dozen bespoke, highly personal wedding and event commissions for clients up and down the country. It has been the hottest (no surprises there!), most intense, inspiring and rewarding season imaginable, but the reality of running the MRF show with the team in the way that I do, means that I very rarely get to personally make anything on-site these days. I can count on one hand the number of flowery creations I have actually made myself this season, which is the way it should be now because my team are the best in the business and their talents for making beautiful flowers - both on an enormous and an intricate, detailed scale - week after week is otherworldly 🤍
We have downed official work tools for a couple of weeks as we start to get ready for an extremely busy and exciting upcoming few months - but not before delivering the mother of all commissions this weekend! Never mind the aforementioned projects that have shaped our year so far - today was the annual “Notgrove Parish Show” with extremely high stakes for our family entries!
It has been pure joy to watch Kit create his “miniature garden” entry as well as to have had a moment to make my own creation, entered for the “floral arrangement” category. Particular thanks to dear Imogen Saltbox&Co for letting us loose in the field to gather our ingredients - it has been such a special Summer holiday project to do with my eldest boy 🫶🏻 Of course it’s the taking part that counts, but winning first prize in both classes as well as taking home the cup for the “best family effort” is just the icing on the cake! A very happy day ✨