‘We treat Christinas and New Year like a harvest festival and bring all the natural bounty inside,’ says Edward Bulmer, interior designer and founder of ecological paint company Edward Bulmer Natural Paint. ‘Removing trailing ivy is good for buildings and trees, so it is a win-win situation, but we tend to leave the holly if it has berries on, for the birds.’
Edward and his wife, Emma, live in the deepest reaches of Herefordshire where mistletoe, once believed to bring good luck,