The soil is warming up and we are slowly lifting the lid off our seed boxes to see what magic we can bring to life in the coming weeks and months within our yards. This year within my own yard I’m looking to capture the romance and artistry of William Morris, the celebrated Victorian British designer and the cornerstone of the Arts and Crafts movement, in flowers.
Morris rejected industrial, urban, and artificial styles and championed the harmony between nature and art and in his own words believed, 'Wherever nature works there will be beauty'. His love of the English countryside, gardens as well as his close observations of nature saw him distil these observations into timeless stylized patterns of flowers and birds, which to this day still flourish on prints and textiles around the globe.
