{"id":2943,"date":"2024-09-24T14:27:59","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T14:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freshmadedesigns.co.uk\/?page_id=2943"},"modified":"2026-09-15T14:28:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T14:28:51","slug":"sussex-garden-dreams","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/freshmadedesigns.co.uk\/index.php\/sussex-garden-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Sussex Garden Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\t\tSussex Garden Dreams Collection\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>In my dreams all the flowers featured in this collection and many more grow in the garden of our Sussex home, flowering prolifically and filling the borders with year round colour. The reality is more of a work in progress, thanks to time, my refusal to directly kill slugs and bugs, and the occasional deer-related incident.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But we have many bright spots through the year and I do admire the resilience of the perennials that pop up from nothing each year in our heavy Sussex clay soil. We also have many bees, butterflies and some fascinating visiting wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I tend to draw and paint individual flowers &#8211; I love to focus on the beauty, colour or shape of an individual bloom, whether it&#8217;s one I&#8217;ve planted or one (such as the cow parsley) which has wandered over from the neighbouring field.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I love to visit gardens and the occasional flower show, and am always on the look out for painting (and planting) inspiration in the gardens of friends and family.<\/p>\n<p>This collection is growing &#8211; and if you have a favourite flower, why not drop me a suggestion on my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/freshmadedesigns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fresh Made Instagram account<\/a>. You could also check out our Bespoke Design Service.<\/p>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freshmadedesigns.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Rose.jpg\" alt=\"Rose\" height=\"1024\" width=\"1024\" title=\"Rose\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freshmadedesigns.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Verbena.jpeg\" alt=\"Verbena\" height=\"1024\" width=\"1024\" title=\"Verbena\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freshmadedesigns.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Dahlia.jpeg\" alt=\"Dahlia\" height=\"1024\" width=\"1024\" title=\"Dahlia\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freshmadedesigns.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Plumbago.jpeg\" alt=\"Plumbago\" height=\"1024\" width=\"1024\" title=\"Plumbago\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t<p>I take the opportunity to photograph flowers whenever something catches my eye. Whilst it&#8217;s lovely to sketch and paint from real life, it isn&#8217;t always practical. This way I have an ever growing bank of my own photographs to work on.<\/p>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tDesigns in this Collection (more to follow!)\t<\/h3>\n<h4>\n\t\t\tAnemone\t<\/h4>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freshmadedesigns.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Anemone-de-Caen.jpeg\" alt=\"Anemone de Caen\" height=\"1280\" width=\"1280\" title=\"Anemone de Caen\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/freshmadedesigns.co.uk\/index.php\/anemone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more(opens in new tab)<\/a><h4>\n\t\t\tClematis\t<\/h4>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freshmadedesigns.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Clematis-Jingle-Bells.jpeg\" alt=\"Clematis Jingle Bells\" height=\"1000\" width=\"1024\" title=\"Clematis Jingle Bells\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/freshmadedesigns.co.uk\/index.php\/clematis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more(opens in new tab)<\/a><h4>\n\t\t\tCornflower\t<\/h4>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freshmadedesigns.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cornflower-Spring-web.jpg\" alt=\"Cornflower Spring\" height=\"600\" width=\"600\" title=\"Cornflower Spring\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/freshmadedesigns.co.uk\/index.php\/cornflower\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more(opens in new tab)<\/a><h4>\n\t\t\tCosmos\t<\/h4>\n\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Coming Soon<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a 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src=\"https:\/\/freshmadedesigns.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Magnolia-Indigo.jpeg\" alt=\"Magnolia indigo\" height=\"1024\" width=\"1024\" title=\"Magnolia Indigo\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/freshmadedesigns.co.uk\/index.php\/magnolia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more(opens in new tab)<\/a><h4>\n\t\t\tRose\t<\/h4>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freshmadedesigns.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Yellow-Rose-cushion.jpeg\" alt=\"Yellow Rose cushion\" height=\"978\" width=\"1024\" title=\"Yellow Rose cushion\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/freshmadedesigns.co.uk\/index.php\/rose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more(opens in new tab)<\/a><h4>\n\t\t\tStocks\t<\/h4>\n<figure itemscope 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tab)<\/a><h4>\n\t\t\tVerbena\t<\/h4>\n\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Coming Soon<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/freshmadedesigns.co.uk\/index.php\/rose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more(opens in new tab)<\/a><h4>\n\t\t\tVinca\t<\/h4>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freshmadedesigns.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Vinca.jpeg\" alt=\"Vinca\" height=\"1214\" width=\"1280\" title=\"Vinca\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/freshmadedesigns.co.uk\/index.php\/vinca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more(opens in new tab)<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sussex Garden Dreams Collection In my dreams all the flowers featured in this collection and many more grow in the garden of our Sussex home, flowering prolifically and filling the borders with year round colour. The reality is more of a work in progress, thanks to time, my refusal to directly kill slugs and bugs,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2945,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2943","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshmadedesigns.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshmadedesigns.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshmadedesigns.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshmadedesigns.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshmadedesigns.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2943"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/freshmadedesigns.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4523,"href":"https:\/\/freshmadedesigns.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2943\/revisions\/4523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshmadedesigns.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshmadedesigns.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}