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CIRCLE OF LIFE

Walking through the countryside with Paula Duggan is one big adventure. Every few metres, she stops to pick up a pine cone, inspect a particularly elegant tree branch, cut a tendril of wild ivy, or take note of the blood red berries on a holly bush. She spots things most of us would barely register and marvels over the miracles of nature – despite the fact that it is a cold, grey winter’s morning.

This is Paula in foraging mode, which means she is on the lookout for anything and everything that can be transformed into a beautiful wreath, ready to hang on

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