MY PLOT Cut and dried

A RURAL GARDEN THAT WELCOMES WILDLIFE ALSO PROVIDES BEX PARTRIDGE WITH FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE FOR DRYING AND ARRANGING

Words: BEX PARTRIDGE

Bex Partridge is a floral artist, based in east Devon. She and her family moved there in late 2020 and have turned the house’s formal garden into a wild landscape, supporting pollinators and the wider ecosystem. Bex specialises in creating installations and art using the flowers that she grows and dries herself. She’s written two books: Everlastings and, recently, Flowers Forever (Hardie Grant). Follow her: @botanical_tales. The story so far I’ve gardened for as long as I can remember, spending my pocket money on plants for my mum’s garden when I lived at home, and then in my early twenties, spending my weekends growing sweetpeas and making ponds while my friends were out clubbing. The drying of flowers came about quite by accident - a vase of flowers left forgotten on the…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2022

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