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  • The English Home

    NOTEBOOK

    Apr 01, 2020 5 minutes
    by Managing Editor Sarah Feeley

    PURSUITS

    Allowing skills to blossom

    “The act of arranging flowers is an ancient form of meditative practice – time to slow down and appreciate the beauty of the natural world, now so often overlooked in our busy lives,” say sisters Alex Nutting and Jess Lister, founders of London flower studio and school Aesme. “It can be a balm for the mind and soul.”

    All who have whiled away a happy afternoon trimming and positioning fragrant blooms just so in a vase to achieve a beautiful scented centrepiece for the home will agree.

    The Ancient Egyptians are believed to have been the first to place flowers in vases, as depicted in carvings found centuries later in tombs.

    Wisdom has long been passed down through generations about how to make the most of floral arrangements, including pricking

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