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This week I stood up in front of a room full of people at Deanery Synod and proposed that our Deanery backs a move away from single-use plastics and floral foam in our churches. It follows a motion General Synod backed earlier this year, encouraging churches to use local, seasonal flowers and to avoid floral foam, which breaks down into microplastics. I answered questions about foam: what it is, why it matters, what to use instead. All good, useful stuff. But as I sat back do

Pumpkins don’t have to end up carved or forgotten on the windowsill. Here are five foam-free ways to style them with seasonal flowers this autumn, from a pumpkin vase to a doorstep display, plus what to look for in October.

I spend a good part of every day behind a Post Office counter, so I know what a to-do list looks like. Most people who come in are carrying one. A parcel to return. A form to send off. A card they meant to post on Tuesday. Quite often there’s a phone in the other hand with the next three jobs waiting on it. I’m no different. Between the counter, the flowers and the workbench out the back, my own list rarely gets any shorter. But there is one part of the day when it goes quiet

Small, hands-on flower workshops in Tysoe this autumn, from pumpkins to Christmas wreaths. No experience needed. Here's what to expect at The Cosy Space.

The new website is live as is our first workshop. If you’ve been in for stamps this week, you’ll have noticed that not much has changed. Same counter. Same Friday-morning queue. Same dogs wandering around, waiting patiently. Behind the scenes, though, quite a lot has. We’ve just launched a new website: hopeandgloryflowercompany.co.uk. It’s the first time everything we do here has lived in one place — the Post Office counter, the flowers and The Cosy Space upstairs. Seeing it