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Last weekend following a visit to my local cemetery, I posted this image and a rant bemoaning the floristry industry’s abuse of...

Getting ready for Wednesday’s wedding was a huge team effort, so thank you, Sue Arran, my go-to Chuppah guru, for your advice and help...

I can’t believe just how much I’ve let my week be dominated by the Tokyo Olympics - I even got the young offenders on Monday to decorate...

The market last week was a scorching affair, so hot that the icing melted on Blondie box’s cakes. All that seems a long time ago as this...

Today is market no 3, and it’s going to be a scorcher. I can’t believe how quickly the month has passed, and I’m looking forward to...

I’ve forced anyone and everyone to create football themed arrangements this week from young offenders to the elderly. I’ve been obsessed...

Many thanks, Janine Young of Wild About our Woods for introducing me to the wonderful craft that is Hapa Zome (Japanese leaf bashing). I...

Thank you to Thank you to everyone that’s volunteers, visitors, stallholders, and musicians helped make our second Zero Waste market a...

It’s been quite a week on the heat, football, rain, flowers and trips to the tip, but a midweek visit from Elaine Delmar (see picture)...

Last week I received confirmation that The Flower Bank is an AQA Centre which was serendipitous as I had a meeting the same day with the...

As we were preparing to hold our first market at Leicester Road - the weather was atrocious, but that didn’t deter people, and we...

The highlight of our year so far is happening today, Sunday 23 May, 12-4 pm, the first of our monthly Zero Waste Markets, which will be...

After a month’s public consultation, we received permission from Barnet Council and a licence to confirm that we can hold a zero...

Last week I had a splendid young offender at the shop who worked tirelessly during his 2 hours with me. He painted, planted and pruned...

In case you missed it this week’s been National Gardening Week and yesterday was worldwide naked gardening day, congratulations to all...

This week has been about establishing our zero waste credentials. We want to let you know about plans for a zero-waste market in Barnet;...

On Monday, we were allowed to open our doors once more, and it was wonderful to get back to some sort of normal. On Tuesday, I was...

Thank you to Janine & Dassa who spent yesterday afternoon cutting out letters and staging our shop window in anticipation of unrestricted...

So we planted our flower and vegetable seeds this week and Davinder, who kindly volunteered his time, energy and compost was an absolute...

In previous years after Mother’s Day we’ve always been flabbergasted by the amount of leftover flowers we’ve collected and I’d happily...