This week I’ve had dahlias on the mind - they’re everywhere - in my garden in the Cotswolds, on kitchen and restaurant tables in London, in my conversation with Clodagh in our Substack Live, and I’m in the final stages of choosing the varieties we’ll include in my bulb collection launching early Spring. It’s challenging to curate as my dahlia love knows no bounds, but there are few favourites and some new discoveries that will make the cut (more than on the below).
Inspired by the rich colours of dahlias and to keep our spirits high as we descend into the grey, I’ve rounded up my favourite colour punch fashion of the season. Nothing is better than adding colour to your everyday to lift the mood, especially as the days get shorter and the grey descends…
Thank you for those of you that joined me for my chat with the joy-spreading Clodagh McKenna this week (don’t miss her brilliant new show at midday Saturdays on ITV) and I hope you’ll join me with the wonderful garden designer Butter Wakefield next week. It such a pleasure to chat about flowers and gardens in my new series, My Flowery Life.
In this week’s dispatch - Dahlia Mania, my new rattan vases (priority access!), my chat with Clodagh McKenna, Colour to Covet, The Hand Cream You Need & more...
Colour Crush
As the days get shorter and the brightness fades, it’s imperative (to me) to bring colour into the everyday. Flowers, foremost, but also in what I wear and the everyday objects at home - it’s the easiest way to inject joy for me and I layer the colour through knitwear, accessories and the rituals of home. My bright yellow bin in the kitchen is a great example of keeping spirits high through the mundane.
This week I bought a bright purple jumper and been wearing it with my emerald green Adidas bottoms, bright chunky beads, lilac socks and a bright purple hat. Dopamine dressing at its absolute best.
My chat with Clodagh McKenna
This week, I hosted the joyful Clodagh McKenna on My Flowery Life. We had so much fun chatting all about our shared love of food, flowers and gardens! (and dahlias!).
Join us next week for the wonderful garden designer and flower enthusiast, Butter Wakefield - next Tuesday, 20 October at 09.30.
Let me know what you’d like me to ask Butter about?
Dahlia Mania
My 3 new obsessions and all-time faves
