This is the third of four posts showing how I created some unique table compositions for Australian based Canvas Beauty during the Summer. Over the last month I’ve shared the yellow and pink compositions and this week it’s purple...

I was in the local park on Saturday for a friend’s birthday and walking along by the tennis courts we noticed the amazing display of Ornamental Artichokes. Some of them were turning to seed and only a few were still in flower, but they were still...

The pinks and purples are really arriving in the garden now, and this weekend brought the first Hollyhock as well as the first Buddleia. I wanted to create something with the hollyhock, although it’s not easy as each flower has a tiny stem and I didn’t...

There are masses of seed pods in the garden at the moment. I particularly like the Love in a Mist ones although the opium poppy heads are pretty lovely too. As I've never grown either of these before  it's a real treat to include them...

Whilst some of the flowers in the garden continue  to flower abundantly, others seem to be coming to the end of a floral burst. The sweet peas are a joy and the pinks are producing loads more flowers this year too, but the Campanula seem to...