there’s something utterly magical about the evenings at grove farm at this time of year. 

Night after balmy night we have sat out in the garden watching the sun slowly setting and casting a golden light over the swaying tips of the long meadow grass and lengthening the misshapen shadows of the fruit trees. The boughs of the plum and fig trees are already beginning to hang heavy with fruit and little green crab apples cluster for space on their spindly branches.

  • Plum, apple & fig trees at Grove Farm

It’s at this time of day that nature comes alive. Swallows and swifts swoop above our heads and butterflies catch the evening sun on their wings as they move from flower to flower. And it is as the sun goes down that our Lavender Pekins seem to get a new lease of life and peck and cluck about sociably while taking a contented dust bath - one silly one takes up residence as a lookout bird, perching precariously on the handle of our garden fork, I’m sure she pretends to be more comfortable up there than she really is.

  • Chickens and garden lingers in the summer sun, under apple trees

I think we’ll look back on this long long summer as if we’ve dreamt it. The evenings in particular feel like a gift. The heat of the day has occasionally been too much, even for us sun worshippers. We rather wish Grove Farm had a natural swimming pool or even a little stream to cool the toes off. But alas our only regular cool off option is to jump into the shower many times a day.

  • Grove Farmhouse in high summer sun & summer borders

Our Anemone Body Wash is being swiftly used up, especially as our daughter, Lily, likes to slather on half a bottle per shower. We love how refreshing and uplifting the Anemone fragrance is and customers have been coming back again and again to this product in particular, so we think we’re all getting through it fast this summer.

  • Long grasses and wildflowers in the summer sunshine

The still evenings have also meant we can have our Anemone Candle lit outside. Its slightly tapering shape means that it doesn’t blow out at the first breath of wind and its romantic, comforting fragrance blends so well with the scents of the evening garden and adds a lovely golden glow as the sun goes down.

  • Ripe courgettes and tomatoes in a hot house

Last night, while collecting our courgettes and tomatoes from the vegetable garden, we noticed a couple of tight little white buds appearing on our Japanese anemones. They are earlier than expected, but the warm summer explains this. Soon they will burst into bloom.

  • The first summer dahlias

We can’t wait to see these late summer beauties dancing in the garden well into the autumn. It was - when we first moved to Grove Farm – their delightfully, unexpected and plentiful appearance that sparked the inspiration for our Anemone Collection. We hope you enjoy them and the fragrance as much as we do.

with love,
Laura x

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