"It's an Anniversary Thing"

It may not be the most romantic thing a man can say in a flower shop but at least we get the drift - and as my children say, 'you can stop snowing'. There are flowers to meet every occasion but it helps us so much when people tell us something of the person or the story behind why they are sending flowers. Then a florist can get to work; whether it is a teacup of flowers to cheer a granny who has had a fall ...

or some softly fragrant lily of the valley for a friend whose Dad has just died.

"My daughter has just got her MA in veterinary physiotherapy" - not a phrase you hear every day!

Spending an afternoon with Kate at Rustic Rose is like sitting in a window watching the life of the town pass by.

Flowers for birthdays and apologies and thank yous and how are yous.

And of course, flowers for an anniversary sort of thing.