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A Spice Odyssey at Kew Gardens

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A Spice Odyssey at Kew Gardens

This year the Kew Summer Festival is celebrating the mysterious, exotic and fragrant world of SPICES.

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Rites of Spring

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Rites of Spring

The Spring Equinox was heralded on 20th March with the amazing Lunar eclipse, sadly not visible in the South East due to cloudy skies. 

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Autumn skincare workshops

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Autumn skincare workshops

Doesn't this picture just make you want to pull on your boots and KICK up those leaves with unabashed glee!!

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Freudian Smells of Summer

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Freudian Smells of Summer

I blinked a few times and now it's July - how can it be???  Maybe I have been bestowed with the power of moving at warp speed at the mere hint of an eyelash flutter!

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October Perfume Events - Ghosts, Grasses + Gogol

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October Perfume Events - Ghosts, Grasses + Gogol

Another week, another tempting array of olfactory adventures to drag me away from my desk and Accounts (argggg): 

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Sunflowers, Carrots and Cocktails - A week of botanical inspiration

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Sunflowers, Carrots and Cocktails - A week of botanical inspiration

I think I have rather overbooked my diary this month!  London is the cultural + social equivalent of Wonka's chocolate factory, there is a smorgasbord of events for every taste, inclination and budget.

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Strawberries and Mint - is it Pimm's o'clock?

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Strawberries and Mint - is it Pimm's o'clock?

Why not be inspired by a classic summer Cocktail to create your own botanical beauty recipe? Summer is breathing its last sigh, as are we. Have you noticed the evenings draw in earlier (and earlier!)?