Meet Iris Wren.
A few stems can be a lovely beginning.
Founder & writer, PETAL & THORNE
Iris is 42. She has a small table by the window, a cupboard of mismatched vases and a habit of noticing colours on ordinary walks.
PETAL & THORNE is her collection for people who enjoy flowers and would like to know what to do with them. It brings choosing, arranging, placing and caring into four clear guides, with space to discover your own taste along the way.
One modest bunch, brought home with the shopping.
Flowers began as a small weekly pleasure. Nothing grand: a bunch from the supermarket or the stall on the corner, carried home on top of the groceries. What changed was what Iris did with it once it was on the table.
- ONEShe would try a different vase.
- TWOMove a stem.
- THREETake a few out, and see what happened.
The same flowers could feel quite different with a little more space around them.
A bunch that looked crowded in one vase opened up in another. A single stem on the windowsill sometimes did more than the whole bunch on the table. None of it needed new flowers. It needed a little attention.She started keeping a notebook of the questions that came up.
- 01Which colours belonged together?
- 02Why did a bunch feel crowded?
- 03Where could flowers sit without getting in the way?
- 04What needed checking the next morning?
Those questions became the starting point for PETAL & THORNE.
The answers filled the notebook a page at a time, one bunch after another, until there was enough there to share.
Each guide gives one part of working with flowers its own attention.
Start with the part that feels useful today. A favourite colour, a familiar vase and a few stems are enough to give you something to explore.
Begins with selection: flowers, colour and shape.
Explores arranging: simple bouquets for ordinary days.
Considers the setting: centrepieces for everyday gatherings.
Follows what happens after the flowers are in the vase.
Choose. Arrange. Place. Care. Fresh flowers, your own way.
“I wanted these guides to begin at a kitchen table, with the flowers someone actually brings home. A clear first step, a little room to experiment and a useful note for next time: that was the feeling I wanted to put on the page.”
Fresh flowers. Your own way.
Learn to choose a thoughtful mix, arrange a favourite bunch and bring flowers to your table.
Explore the flower guidesChoose. Arrange. Place. Care.