A Floral Feast | Carolyn Dunster Addenbrooke prune carefully as wintersweet flowers

prune carefully as wintersweet flowers on new growth

Which role do flowers play

This 14cm Bordallo Pinheiro tree leaf with bee is a unique and decorative accent piece for the home

Cut back before Spring

From mimosa - which signifies chastity because its leaves close when touched - to the varied messages encoded within different colours of geraniums

A Floral Feast | Carolyn Dunster Addenbrooke prune carefully as wintersweet flowersFlowers have probably been used in cooking for as long as people have been preparing and flavouring food. In China cooks were experimenting with chive flowers in 3000 BC and the Romans frequently added blooms to their dishes. Today flowers are often seen as an exotic extra employed only by professional chefs. While we are all taking a greater interest in the provenance of our food, adding more plant based ingredients to our diets, experimenting with