We often hear about the morning routines of CEOs and business people but what about the successful creative women – working in food, floristry, education and art? Here are the morning routines of five creative female entrepreneurs…
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We catch up with Alys Wood-Bibby, founder of Blomst – a flower subscription service – to talk motherhood, floristry, her newly renovated kitchen and the garden studio she’ll soon set up shop in. Oh, and mornings – of course…
“I like the flowers to dance and sing. I like to look at a bouquet and see the flowers as if they’ve got their hands in the air, twirling round and dancing.” Nik Southern, founder of Grace and Thorn, talks early trips to the flower market and a gothic Giles Deacon fashion show…
From a childhood on the rugged Scottish coast, to seven years in Cyprus and now settled in Lewes, where she raised five children and set up her business – Amanda Saurin – apothecary, perfumier, homeopath, doula – on her wild life…
Gus Cavanagh – the man behind Augustus Bloom; London’s best-named florist – tells The Early Hour about forging a love of flowers, being a hands-on dad and setting up his business