The Seedling: My Flowery Life

My Flowery Life with Clodagh McKenna

Willow Crossley — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:43:23 GMT

Thank you to so many of you for tuning into my live video with on a rainy autumnal morning. I can’t think of anyone that could bring more joy to a wet, windswept day than Clodagh!

Clodagh is, of course, the Irish cook and TV personality whose 10th cookbook and new TV series launches this month. Clodagh lives on the sustainable farm, Broadspeer, with her husband Harry Herbert here in England and as well as being a brilliant chef - is a keen gardener, grower and flower enthusiast.

We talked a lot! About flowers, food, colour, comfort and joy… gardening, dream suppers and dahlias!

Clodagh’s new TV show Clodagh: Cooking at Home is now airing on itv and itvx every Saturday at 12pm, and her new cookbook, Clodagh At Home also launches.

Visit | www.clodaghmckenna.com | @clodagh_mckenna | Clodagh McKenna Chef on YouTube

Join me for my next live video in the app.

Available for iOS and Android

Thanks for reading The Seedling! This post is public so feel free to share it.

My Flowery Life with Jo Thompson

Willow Crossley — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:23:49 GMT

Thank you for a record crowd of you tuning into my live video with !

Subscribe now

It was such a pleasure and joy to chat with Jo about her life long love of flowers, of her destiny to study garden design, early impressions growing up in Italy of gardens and architecture and her love of roses and romantic gardens. We could have chatted for hours!

We have lots more to come and make sure you follow Jo’s wonderful The Gardening Mind substack.

Love, Willow

My Flowery Life with Kimberly Fleming

Willow Crossley — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 08:47:46 GMT

Thank you so much to so many of you for tuning into my live video with ! My very first chat in our new series, My Flowery Life. And there are many more to come. Here is the full recording you can watch if you were not able to join us, or watch again if you so desired…

I could have chatted to Kim for hours. She is such a warm, wonderful person and the flowers from her farm are another level of fabulousness.

Kim is truly inspiring and she really has mastered the art of ‘can do’ and of a career and life pivot, embracing each chapter and collecting friends and fans along the way.

From working for fashion’s big names to opening her own flower shop to flowering for film sets (Oceans 12 and Bridesmaids) to revamping the flowers at the Whitehouse under the Obamas, then moving to England and starting her own flower farm. That’s a lot of ‘f’s there, so let’s just say she’s truly fabulous.

A couple of short clips to get a feel for the ground we cover!

Kim on starting her flower shop…

And on ants and peonies!

We will try to schedule our My Flowery Life chats every Tuesday or Wednesday and some of my guests will be from abroad so will find a time that suits us all… and of course, we’ll let you know in advance when they’re happening. It’s so lovely to have you all on the chat with us and asking questions.

And please tell us - who would you love to see on My Flowery Life? Let me know in the comments….