LIBBY NAIRN
THE CUTTING GARDEN
My flowers are grounded in their Highland landscape where each season brings its own clarity and fullness. I work using organic practices on the top of the hill overlooking Lochbroom, and on to the Minch, where on the clearest of days I can see the outline of The Outer Hebrides on the horizon. Exposed in the winter, the garden catches the last last second of the daylight we enjoy in the long days of June.
Flowers brighten our every day and I love being a part of their transformative potential. They have within them the capacity to restore our connection with our natural world. My flowers are artisan and each arrangement is utterly unique, allowing them to reflect their natural seasonal shape and beauty.
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I try to maintain a natural biosystem that encourages natural predators to help me keep the slugs and snails in check. Chemicals are not allowed. The occasional hedgehog passes through, and many bees and butterflies visit the cultivated and wild flowers that we grow.
I try to use the flowers and foliage that we have gathered from our garden as much as possible. On occasion, I will supplement these with flowers from other suppliers of Scottish or British grown flowers.
My aim is to promote the use of natural growing methods; recycling where ever I can, composting all of the green waste, promoting the use of peat-free compost, and saving rainwater. All the packaging is recyclable or re-useable and I never use non-biodegradable, single-use plastic floral foam.
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Your flowers will not be treated with fungicide or preservative as this can hinder a flower's natural desire to open and release its perfume.
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