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30/05/2026

It’s elderflower season and with the trees in the garden in full abundance we don’t have to travel far to meet with these lovely flowers 🌼

For (a smaller batch of) our family Elderflower Cordial Recipe, you will need:

20-30 large elderflower heads
800g caster sugar
2 unwaxed large oranges
3 unwaxed lemons
3 pints of boiling water

🌼 Method:

1. Gently pick your elderflowers. Try not to knock the pollen off them, which adds to the flavour! Give them a little rinse. You will want to use a fork to separate the flowers from the stalks.

2. In a large pan boil the water and add the sugar, gently simmer until it has dissolved.

3. Leave to cool for 15 minutes before adding your orange and lemon slices & give it a good stir 🍊🍋

Now add your elderflowers!

4. Leave for 24 hours. If you have some muslin use it to cover the pan to protect the cordial as it infuses. Stir every few hours.

5. After a full day, pour your cordial through muslin to catch the solids.

6. Bottle and enjoy! 🌿✨

Add to ice cube trays and store in the freezer, or add to sparkling water for elderflower lemonade!

27/05/2026

Have you met with the Tomte yet? 💛🌱

This book is a favourite of ours at this time of the year.

Sharing in a beautiful chapter every night starting from June 1st until we reach Midsummer, following the adventures of our dear friends as they celebrate this festival for the first time. There is something very special about the thought of reading this story alongside many other children at the same time. Like we’re all connecting to the magic together! 🌿

‘Will the magic of Midsummer help restore harmony to the forest in time for the party?’ Let’s see 🌼

26/05/2026

We’re taking part in which runs from 23rd to 31st May! 🍓🪏✨

It has brought us such joy watching as our daughter potters in the garden and the greenhouse this season, and now she reaps the rewards with her first homegrown strawberries! 🍓❤️

It has been a lovely and well timed invitation as she nears teenage years, there is a special kind of softening in the garden and it’s always nice to slow it down a little.

What’s growing in your garden at the moment? 👩‍🌾🌱🫛

A very special giveaway! 🐴✨As many of us know, there is something truly special about an Ostheimer piece. The journey th...
25/05/2026

A very special giveaway! 🐴✨

As many of us know, there is something truly special about an Ostheimer piece. The journey they have been on before they reach little hands, the stories they then hold for years to come, passed on through generations.

We are delighted to be giving this one of a kind friend: an Ostheimer Horse with Saddle, a new home! 🤍

Lovingly crafted and hand painted, this particular horse missed her soft white coat along the way. A beautiful little rarity, just as she is.

You can see her here with another horse for comparison, isn’t she lovely? 🐎🍃

To enter: please share with us your favourite Ostheimer piece, perhaps one you played with as a child and that holds a special memory, or a favourite character your own child reaches for, or even a piece on your wish list. We would love to hear the stories that have found their way into your hearts. 💛✨

For a bonus entry, please share this giveaway in your stories (and tag us so we can see)!
Ends midnight on Friday 29th May and the winner announced the following day. Good luck!

23/05/2026

A gentle Whitsun craft for the weekend 🕊️🤍

We spent the afternoon making simple clay dove ornaments using air dry clay, cookie cutters, string, beads and a textured stencil but you can use lace and doilies. Anything that gives a pattern when pressed.

Whitsun, also known as Pentecost, is traditionally a celebration of light, peace and new beginnings. The dove is often used as a symbol of hope and the gentle arrival of summer. 🕊️

A simple craft to make over the weekend. You could hang them near a window, on a seasonal branch or give them as little gifts. It’s such a lovely way to celebrate this festival! 🌱🤍

Materials:
– Air dry clay
– Dove cookie cutter
– String beads
– Lace, doilies, or textured silouette for patterns
– Twine or ribbon for hanging

Perhaps one of summer’s loveliest gifts is the rose 🌸It’s such a lovely time of the year when they arrive. This week, a ...
22/05/2026

Perhaps one of summer’s loveliest gifts is the rose 🌸

It’s such a lovely time of the year when they arrive. This week, a small pair of hands gathered and filled a basket with beautifully scented rose petals, leaving half the flower on the bush for the bees 🌸🐝

Before long we reached for one of our favourite nature inspired brands , and made our very own perfume! 🌼

This kit has everything you need to make and savour these lovely summer scents and it is great for little ones wanting to explore the world of natural perfume!

As a special treat, you can buy one Make Your Own Perfume Kit and get a second half price. Simply add both to your basket and the discount will be automatically applied. While stocks last. Happy making! 🌿✨

Sharing this meaningful conversation feels something very lovely, we hope you enjoy it as much as we do. A very special ...
20/05/2026

Sharing this meaningful conversation feels something very lovely, we hope you enjoy it as much as we do. A very special thanks to Laura for your time! 🤍

We recently conversed with Laura, getting to know her story and speaking about the beauty of open-ended play and creating with care.

There was something deeply refreshing in hearing Laura’s reflections on play, balancing business and family life and the belief that children need far less than the world often tells us.

You can read the full interview over on our blog, link in bio! 🌿

18/05/2026

A simple woodwork project to get started with, from Funmi’s latest From the Forest Substack 🌿

I’ve been meaning to make these little stick gnomes for a long time.

We used fresh hazel branches and slowly carved the tops into pointed hats. Peeling away some of the bark revealed the lighter wood underneath for the face, and any small branch sticking out became the nose. 🌱

Then came the fun part! Painting hats, drawing faces and adding little pieces of wool for beards if you like! Our own little Tomte folk 🌿✨

Each one ended up completely different. Crooked, funny, serious, sleepy. Full of personality!

Once finished, we dotted them around the garden.
One by the beehive 🐝
One near the cherry tree 🌸
One watching over the greenhouse 🌱

Little garden gnomes quietly offering protection and blessings to the plants, bees, and growing things!

Funmi’s May journal on Substack is called The Woods in Full Voice and it would mean a lot if you could join her there, each month comes with craft tutorials, recipes, stories and beautiful stories!

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14/05/2026

Blue t**s are one of the smallest garden birds we see here in England, but also one of the busiest! 💙🕊️

Quick, curious and constantly moving through the blossom and hedgerows at this time of year, they are such a welcome sight.

On my walk to work this morning they seemed to follow me all the way to Springhill Orchard, darting between the white frothy flowers and old wooden fence posts. Those of you who have been to visit us will know just the route! 🌾

Ostheimer have just created this beautiful little wooden blue tit and they’ve captured it so perfectly. The bright colours, tiny shape and alert posture feel just like the real bird. 🪺

A lovely little fact about blue t**s: while raising their chicks, a pair can collect thousands of tiny caterpillars and insects, helping gardens and orchards quietly thrive 💙

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Forest Row
RH185HT

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