FORAGED FLORISTRY

FROM HEDGEROWS TO COASTAL PATHS, ROADSIDES TO MEADOWS, SUMMER OFFERS UP BEAUTIES FOR BOUQUETS THAT WON'T COST YOU A PENNY, SAYS RACHEL DE THAMPLE

Photography: ALI ALLEN

The British landscape abounds with wildflowers throughout the year. There isn't a month when there's not a bouquet to bring home, even in winter, when the offering is less floral and more a pirouette of twisted branches and spears of sculptural seed heads. You don't need to spend a fortune at the florists when you can forage for local blooms in a sensitive and non-intrusive way. The art of gathering a wild bouquet grounds you in nature, finely attunes you to the unfolding seasons, all while saving money. It also means you're not buying intensively grown flowers, which often come with pesticide and chemical residues. Summer, when the heat encourages a richer palette, more diversity and abundance, is the best time to make foraging flowers for the table a weekly ritual. I…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2024

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