The Flower Press

Looking for ideas for Christmas flowers to spruce up your dining table? Discover the best flowers for Christmas with Freddie’s Flowers today.

There’s a quiet magic in Tabby Booth’s work — bold silhouettes that hold both stillness and story. Based in Falmouth, Cornwall, Tabby is an artist, illustrator and curator whose work explores character and contrast. Having co-founded Cygnets Art School and later Sailors Jail Gallery, her creative path has taken her from teaching children’s art classes to curating exhibitions in a converted 17th-century jail. 
We caught up with her to talk about creative rediscovery, painting flowers, and how interiors shape the way she sees the world.

As foods, cabbages have been cooked and eaten for more than 4,000 years - in addition to culinary reasons, they were said to also have medicinal properties and served as a hangover cure.  With such a long history, it’s no wonder they’ve also made their way into flower arrangements…in the shape of the wonderful brassica. Here’s how to make the most of these beauties.

‘Tis the season - for cabbages and their shades of deep purples and greens. It’s no wonder brassica is our star stem at the moment; its fantastic colours and standout leaves are the highlight for any table. 

Inspired by this decorative cabbage, we’ve created a tablescape that will convince even the pickiest guests to eat their greens (and purples).

Unleash your inner florist with Freddie’s Three Ways to Style each box, to keep your displays fresh as a daisy. Whether you want a full, statement look or something lighter and more playful, here are three beautiful ways to style your flowers at home.

If autumn had a flower it might just be the Fuego Chrysanthemum. Bursting with warm golden tones, it’s as if the petals have captured the glow of firelight and the turning leaves all at once. The word fuego itself means “fire” in Spanish and this bloom is just as synonymous with the arrival of autumn as log fires, pumpkins and cosy jumpers.

There’s a certain intimacy in Lucy Muss’s paintings – a sense of warmth, play and fleeting beauty. Her work often centres around tablescapes and flowers: the places where meals are shared, stories unfold and stems bloom for just a moment before fading. For Lucy, these are more than subjects: they’re rituals of daily life that bring us together – to be grabbed, then and there.

As October falls, autumn invites us all to slow down and gather round the table. From patterned linens and glowing tones to flowers scattered like falling leaves, here’s how we’re styling our dinner parties this month: cosy, colourful and ready for cake. Pull up a chair and join us.

As the days get shorter, we’re toasting to cosy gatherings. It’s the perfect moment to slow down and bring the outside in. Pull up a chair and join us, as we rethink the side table. Here’s our guide to tablescaping – welcoming rich, earthy tones and natural textures decorated by nature’s bounty.

Gather round for Freddie’s Book Club. Are you sitting comfortably? Then let’s begin. Here are five of our top tipped books exploring the beauty, power and heady nurturing that Mother Nature brings. From art publications, fictional stories and guides to floral styling, dig up the grounding force that flowers bloom with each recommended read. We dreamt up and drew scenes celebrating hunkering down, going slow and reading as the seasons collide outside. Peek the illustrations below before receiving them in your boxes – nestled with each of the following bunches: Morning Pages, Leafing Through, Floral Footnotes and Chapter One.

Gladioli are adored for good reason – not just by us, but by pollinating butterflies and bees. Be it their rich history, tall sword-like stems or 360 trumpet flowers, they keep our gardens humming and our planet spinning, so let’s work with nature to make them last longer at home. Unleash your inner florist with Freddie’s tips.

The best things in life come naturally – like, fresh fruit, wild flowers and the ones you choose to share them with. But, around one table, you can make the moment last longer: set the scene with our tablescaping tips, invite a couple friends and make a meal of it.