Sustainability

The clue is in the name.

From Day One of The Wylding we knew we wanted to do flowers differently—arranging with nature rather than against her .

It doesn’t take much digging to unearth some depressing truths about the mass-market flower industry, and just what it takes to get those supermarket flowers into our homes all year round. (Think Turkey Twizzlers, but in the form of red roses in February).

We make no claims to be perfect, but we have some hard and fast lines that we never cross (see No’s 1 and 2 on the list), and a whole lot more that simply inform the way we design.

The list is currently 26 and a half points long. (We will explain the half). We will keep adding to it until we get to 100. And then we’ll make a new one. Watch this space.

Nº1. NO FLORAL FOAM. EVER.

Nº2. BRITISH SEASONAL FLOWERS WHEREVER HUMANLY POSSIBLE

Nº3. EMBRACE THE BEAUTY OF WILDFLOWERS & WEEDS

Nº4. SOMETIMES THE BEST FLOWER IS A LEAF…

Nº5. … OR A STICK

Nº6. GROW YOUR OWN

Nº7. PUT YOUR WORK BACK IN THE GROUND

Nº8 OR DRY IT…

Nº9. … AND REUSE IT

Nº10. NO SUCH THING AS WASTE

Nº11. CUT & COME AGAIN

Nº12. BOUQUETS CAN ALSO BE LIVING THINGS

Nº13. PLANT FOR POLLINATORS

Nº14. FORAGE RESPONSIBLY

Nº15. SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL GROWERS

Nº16. LEARN TO LOVE THE EPHEMERAL

Nº17. FRUIT IS YOUR FRIEND

Nº18. SO, TOO, IS FUNGHI (IN MORE WAYS THAN WE CAN KNOW)

Nº19. LEAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR THE BIRDS

Nº20. AND THE BEES

Nº21. LET SLEEPING LOGS LIE

Nº22. BE KIND TO YOUR MOSS

Nº23. WORK WITH WHAT NATURE GIVES YOU

Nº24. DO MORE WITH LESS

Nº25. LET YOUR GRASSES GROW

Nº26. FEED YOUR TREES

Nº26 AND A HALF. LAUGH. EVERY DAY.

At the sheer gob-stopping mind-bending amazingness of it all. The springs, summers, autumns and winters. The soil and the sky and the rain and the sun. The drizzle, the mizzle. The 5am starts, steaming coffees, stings & sciatica.

The thorns, the trips & the triumphs.

All of it. x