About

 

Hello I’m Emma,

Artist, Floral stylist, gardener, potter, photographer & curator of beautiful things.

A Bunch Of Wild is the coming together of flowers, interiors, art and vintage decorative objects.

The History.

Formerly a vintage stylist and dealer I started A Bunch Of Wild in 2016 to supply the flowers for my styling events. I started growing flowers on my allotment and sold them on my pop-up stall and outside my house, at farmers markets and eventually my own shop. My aim was to create awareness of how wonderful seasonal flowers grown locally are and to encourage others to grow their own or buy British. Look beyond the imported blooms and find inspiration in the hedgerows.

I’ve always painted and studied ceramics later in life and they too ended up becoming part of the bigger picture - To create beauty within the home and garden.  

I teach other florists and designers seasonal arrangements and photography styling, I love showing someone how to create a beautiful flowing bouquet or helping them find their way around styling their own fabulous shoot!

Soon after I started the flower farm I opened a shop selling my art, ceramics and vintage homeware, not forgetting seasonal flower arrangements and plants. It was in a beautiful building in Ampthill. After a house move I’ve been able to move the business to my home in a studio and open cabin where I work and style my creations. The garden is a work-in-progress as I turn lawn into a cut flower garden, you can follow my progress on instagram.

Where We Are Today. The new cutting garden at ABOW hq is starting to grow. This year (2024) we have been developing the cutting garden and workshop spaces.

I find flower’s utterly enchanting from bud to faded petals, right through to the seed heads left over. The process from seed to bloom never fails to amaze and delight me.
we’re a year at the cottage now and have lived with the garden during the seasons to find out how the sun moves around it and how it behaves. Now for the exciting bit! Join me as I design and create my new garden with the help of my husband and daughters. Subscribe to my newsletter for monthly gardening advice and tutorials. The garden at Potters Cottage is roughly 3/4 of an acre and features a gravel garden and woodland garden as well as the main area (shown above) which is the part we are redesigning and turning into a cut flower garden for my styling, art and to keep the village in supply of beautiful blooms.

At the heart of A Bunch Of Wild is the beauty of a garden and it’s powers to restore over and over again. Creating beauty is what drives me. Styling and photographing flowers brings immense happiness and a sense of calm. I’m at my most content when snipping flowers and arranging them, vintage props stacked up ready to incorporate into my vignette and a camera hanging over my shoulder (or my phone shoved in may back pocket). You can come and join me in the summer for floral styling and photography days or, enjoy time spent relaxing, cutting and arranging flowers, taking part in botanical creative days and simply enjoying time spent doing something lovely! Please get in touch for more details.

In my garden is where my art and pottery studio lay. I will never get tired of walking up the garden path to work. I paint semi abstract landscapes, delicate floral watercolours and create ceramics from porcelain clay. When I’m not in the studio or gardening I’ll be hunting for vintage treasure for my shop, although quite often I end up buying pieces for my own props. I’ve bought and sold antiques for over 20 years now and I find that combining the odd vintage piece along with beautiful art and flowers really make for an interesting home. Find my original wares in my online shop.

 

Up-and-coming shows.

The Dorset Brocante Christmas (dates to be confirmed) Larmer Tree Gardens.

 

Art & ceramics currently represented by Woburn Mosaic Gallery, Woburn, Bedfordshire 

2022-2023 Part of The Dorset Brocante 

2019-2023 Exhibited at Herbert Hedley, Petersfield, Hampshire.

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Meadow Magazine.