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| harvest herb wreath |
Got up early this morning to cut materials for this harvest wreath, commissioned by a customer in Westbury Park having a big celebration this evening, and looking for a statement piece for their kitchen wall, the table being too full of party food to take a decoration. We incorporated some materials from their garden (lavender, fennel, rosemary) and made this harvest celebration wreath using all edible flowers and herbs. The borage, calendula and sunflower buds all good at the moment, and, having done the Chelsea Chop to the herb bed, so was the lemon balm and oregano - all added to a base of bay leaves and dill.
There really was an autumnal feel about the garden; the spiders weaving webs between the artichokes on one side of the path and the hop shed on the other, so walking through to the cutting patch a slightly edgy experience. The winds this week have given the garden a bit of a battering - the Horse Chestnut trees on the Downs are raining conkers and their leaves turning from green to red. I like this time of year. After all, Christmas is coming....
This afternoon is the Westbury on Trym Flower Show and we are exhibiting in the XXL categories with our marrows and pumpkins from the allotment at Canford. Also have fingers crossed for some glory in the jam and marmalade classes with some Summer Berry Jam and Kumquat Marmalade, made from the left overs from the last year' s wreath making workshops at the Botanic Gardens. Never was there so little at stake.... Will take the camera....
