High Summer Feels
Seed Saving, Stripes, Suncare Etc
Ooh, it’s been another scorcher of a week! Properly boilingo. I went back to Wales for the weekend which was heavenly. My parents’ garden was looking completely exquisite. The scale of the plants in their borders is breathtaking - it makes my own garden at home feel rather annoyingly piddly in comparison - giant cardoons, monumental clouds of Crambe cordifolia and dancing Verbena Boriensis tower above you; every corner bursting with life and inspiration. Needless to say, there wasn’t much actual gardening happening. Just a lot of watering and deadheading. We spent our days hiding from the heat, cooling off in the river before emerging in the evenings for long walks through the woods. I love that dappled evening light beaming through the trees so much.
I'm home again now with a house full of teenagers and, despite the chaos, I'm really enjoying slowing down. No 6am alarm. No frantic school runs. Just slower mornings, endless cups of tea and peanut butter cups and more time to read and potter around the garden. What are you up to this weekend? I hope wherever you are, it’s wonderful.
Happy weekend!
Love, Willow
In this week’s dispatch - collecting seeds has never been so satisfying, my new obsession - the stripey Zara Home collab, a luxurious sun cream, a magical new summer top that goes with everything, & more …
Katherine Pole for Zara Home
Have you seen the latest Zara Home collab? It’s a homeware collection, mostly bedding, that draws inspiration from 18th & 19th-century French and English quilts, traditional Provençal costumes, and interior textiles from the archive of Katharine Pole, a British textile collector. It’s so good, I genuinely want it all. I adore a red and white stripe; our home is slowly starting to resemble a circus tent and am obsessing over the stripy bedspread.
Seed Saving
