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WILD THING

erhaps it’s a reflection of our need for simple pleasures in turbulent times, but wildflowers and weeds have increasingly become unlikely bedfellows with conventional cut flowers in floristry. It’s not the first time floral designers have turned to verges, hedgerows, fields and domestic gardens for foraged materials during a tough period – the approach was pioneered in early 20th-century Britain by the go-to florist for London’s high society, Constance

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