Firle Flower Show

Since coming back home to the sunny Southern Coast, I needed to get some rural countryside back in me. As much as I do love living in the world of The Welsh Capital, I do miss the trees and the fields that are virtually at the end of my road. So, my mum and I attended The Garden Show in Firle this Good Friday which really didn’t disappoint.

She’d warned me to take plenty of money along with me, thinking I’d hardly spend anything, thinking it would be a bit on the pricey side, my mind was instantly changed. The prices were beyond reasonable and so many great independant companies there that I wanted to support.

As pictured, I bought this spring scarf in a daisy print, a very popular print for this season and this clutch bag. £26 pounds for them both! Bargain! Most of my spring/summer formal or going out wear are a nude pink colour so will look perfect in the hotter months!

I also bought a seaside themed cushion for my bedroom at university. A beautiful handmade scatter cushion will go perfectly against my Next Brighton themed accessories in my halls room, to remind me of home, being miles away.

The Garden Show itself was a fantastic day out for everyone involved, great in supporting independent stalls and companies, trying all types of fudge and cakes and even a few drops of rum, one part a poor student like me probably couldn’t afford!

It was lovely to visit somewhere so beautiful, kept so well and incredibly attractive in the sunlight, it was somewhere I could have stayed all day. Firle Place in itself is a tucked-away treasure in The southeast that I can’t believe I’ve only just discovered myself. I will definitely be going back for another walk when I come home in the summer. The Garden Show also is a very broad and pretty show to attend, not just for gardens but for a range of interests and homeware. If you want to attend, http://www.thegardenshowonline.com/ to see if there’s any more near you. I know it doesn’t sound like a typical place you’d find a nineteen year old to go, but it was lovely, a brilliant place to buy some things that you really, really can’t find anywhere else.

I created a short montage video of my experience, to improve and practise my editing skills for uni, but also to display its natural beauty that the show entailed. More work and posts up soon as I go back to uni on Friday and let the antics begin again!

The Start

Lets start at the very beginning, a very good place to start. Wise words from none other than Julie Andrews, a hero of mine.

But hello, my name is Sophie, a creative student from South East England but studying in the land of Wales at USW. I don't know why I started this but I know it will be good to get those creative juices flowing, which I deem as very important. It may not spark up much interest from the outside world but even for me alone it's a great place to express and share creative experiences.

I don't really know what to put up for a first post, what do you do?! It's a tricky situation. I think I'll post whatever I feel like on this blog, but I can garuntee it will probably evolve round many feelings towards great tv shows (ahem, 'Game of Thrones'.) and other forms of media, some photography and music, oh most definitely expect music appreciation.

For now, I'm going to leave this extremely interesting blog post with a couple of links of work I've already co-created on my course. Hopefully expect something up soon for Firle as well.




Sophie xo

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