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3 Tips for Healthy & Happy House Plants
Jun 12, 2020
It’s safe to say that house plants have become the ultimate accessory for homes everywhere, and they aren’t going away any time soon. As well as looking super cool, they also come with a vast range of health and well-being benefits such purifying air, relieving stress and reducing pollution. If like us you are obsessed with house plants, or are interested to start your collection, then check out our 3 top tips below to keep your plant babies happy.
1. Lighting
Lighting is a crucial element that is often overlooked when considering where we place our plants. Different plants like different types of light, some enjoy direct sunlight, others prefer the shade some want the best of both worlds. Before placing your plant in its forever home – that’s right, plants don’t like to be moved around too much as they become accustomed to their new environment, check out your plant label or do a bit of research on its preferences and then consider the lighting in your home and where is best suited. This will make a huge difference to weather your plant thrives or dies.
Watering can seem like a tricky business, especially if you have never cared for house plants before. As a general rule of thumb, most house plants will require watering when their soil is dry to the touch – generally around every 4 days. Try to nominate 2 dedicated watering days that are a few days apart i.e. Sunday & Wednesday to get yourself into a watering routine and ensure your plants don’t get left thirsty.
For Cacti & succulents, this rule does not apply, as they retain water in their chunky foliage. They only need watering occasionally when the soil becomes dry, every couple of weeks or so but again check out the label/research for your specific plant variety.
When the temperature drops in the winter months, they grow more slowly so require watering less frequently. If you aren’t sure, touch the soil to see if it feels damp or dry.
The third and final piece of this plant puzzle is drainage, a lesser known but vital component to keeping your plant happy and healthy. Despite watering being great for your plant, over watering can cause problems such a mould and worst-case scenario kill your plant completely. The best way to avoid this is to ensure you have a plant pot with holes at the bottom; this allows any excess water to run out and allows air to flow to the roots. Don’t worry if your pot doesn’t have holes, you can either drill some in the base or try putting your plant in a plant pot with drainage holes that will fit inside your original pot. This will stop stagnant water building up and keep your plant healthy.
Voila! There you have it, it's as easy as 1,2,3! TPF's x
Hello Everyone, Despite the fact we are taking a little break until wedding season kicks off again, we found out today that the lovely Jess & Aaron's wedding has been featured on UK Wedding Blog + Directory - Love My Dr ess so we are super excited to share this news with you all as its our first feature and we are absolutely over the moon! You can find the full article here: A Needle & Thread Gown For An Intimate & Atmospheric Autumn Wedding | Love My Dress® UK Wedding Blog + Wedding Directory We thought we would also share some of Jess & Aaron's photos that Jess kindly provided us with that were taken by the crazy talented The Wild Love Club . Jess & Aaron got married on 28th November 2020 and so in a few days will be celebrating their 1 year anniversary! Jess was a complete dream to work with and wanted her florals to be romantic and wild and to feature a selection of autumnal and blush tones to compliment her stunning Needle & Thread gown. Jess's bouquet included Cappuccino Roses, Dryandra Formosa, Hypericum Berries, Dianthus, Eustoma, Eryngium and seasonal foliage all finished with hessian for a rustic feel. Jess also wore a delicate flower crown to complete her bridal look whilst Aaron opted for a boutonniere finished with twine. For the reception that took place at Butterflies Bar & Kitchen we created a 3.5m top table garland, filled gorgeous vintage style bud vases with fleurs for the guest tables and dressed Jess & Aaron's lovely naked cake. We absoloutley loved bringing Jess's vision to life and being apart of such a special day. We wish our lovely couple the first of many happy anniversary's to come. TPF's x
So here it is our first blog post featuring one of our actual weddings! After 18 months of lockdowns and postponements it was the best feeling in the world to finally be able to create the lovely Lorna & Chris’s wedding florals.
Off the back of our dried flower web-shop launch yesterday, we thought we should do a blog post to tell you everything you need to know about the fleurs that the world is going crazy for right now!
Love roses? So do we! All of our bouquets and fleurs come fully prepared and with follow up care instructions but the below tips are really useful to help you get the most out of of your roses.
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Just got engaged? Or currently planning your big day? Well here is some dreamy inspo for you to get your floral fix! Check out our favourite wedding flower trends for 2020 and beyond.
Hi Everyone! We thought that it was about time we started to write some blog posts to share with you all. The reality is, in light of the Covid-19 lockdown, we like many of you are now finding ourselves with a lot of spare time on our hands. We are missing working all hours in our studio creating all of your fabulous fleurs, but being able to slow down, take a step back and re-focus our energy on creating some new floral content for you, is something we are quite excited about. We want this to be a positive and insightful place where you will find everything from Wedding Inspo to DIY tutorials. We also welcome any suggestions from you for posts that you would like to see. Stay tuned for next week’s blog post, which will be all about our favourite wedding trends for 2020 and beyond. TPF’s x
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