Bloom Magazine UK

Bed, board and blooms

It’s no revelation that fresh flowers create a more pleasant and considered environment in which to spend time. But many hotels treat them as an afterthought, a thing to be dropped off once a week, plonked on reception, and forgotten about.

Not so at Soho Farmhouse. Instead of an obligatory arrangement at the front desk and a sprig of something on the restaurant tables, the members club/hotel has taken a holistic approach to integrating plantlife through the site,

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