The humble wreath was my first ever Lily Faith product. I had a garden which used to belong to the head gardener of Knightshayes so when I inherited it, it was abundant with beauty - there was always something flowering. I would collect twigs and sprigs of various foliage, make paper mache birds, paint the inside of egg boxes, and jumble them together to create window displays for Toast, a lovely cafe on Honiton High Street where I worked.

They’ve come along way since then, but I will always have fondness for these originals as they’ve brought me here.

Nowadays I forage along hedgerows and in the woods, I have a different garden that didn’t belong to a head gardener (it’s becoming beautiful though!) and I have plenty of friends who keep me stocked up with seasonal offerings.

I always try and keep a regular supply of Nigella and Poppy Heads. Dried Meadowsweet is a favourite and now is the perfect time to collect it. I’m conscious of only foraging a small quantity at a time, because the birds and the wildlife need it more than I do.

Ladies Mantle & Lemonbalm are also popular - lemonbalm especially is abundant at the moment. Many days arriving at the studio I discover bunches of picked goodies from friends - they know my love language…

Each wreath takes just a pinching of each dried piece of flower or foliage so the collections do go a long way, and means that every wreath, no matter whereabouts it ends up in the world, has a little piece of Devon hedgerow nestled in it.