NORTH NORFOLK
The Norfolk chapter of our book ‘Naturalistic Flowers: A Year of Plants, Places and People’ was shot across three locations - Wiveton Hall, sailing through the salt marshes with the Coastal Exploration Company and The Shell Museum, Glandford.
Arranging wild maritime plants on board with the Coastal Exploration Company
During the editing phase Jess had the unenviable task of whittling down the thousands of images taken on each shoot to a select few that best accompanied each story. There were some that we really felt it was a shame not to use, and some we absolutely agonised over. Rather than leaving them lonely on the cutting room floor we thought they deserved to see the light of day in some form, so we’re sharing a few pictorial outtakes here (for the full written story you’ll have to buy the book 😉).
@coastalexplorationco does an excellent picnic - tomato soup and pork pies on the beach during our sail
Seaweed in an arrangement? I’ll try anything once!
Tide’s out; Moreston
Cuddles with Willow of Wiveton Hall
Getting that hallway Vermeer light; on location at Wiveton Hall
The epitome of ‘garden to vase’: a favourite arrangement from the book
Odds and sods from the borders at Wiveton
Taking in the washed-out colours of the saltmarsh
‘My Girls’, the Coastal Exploration Co.’s lug-rigged crab boat
Geranium Pratense ‘Azure Skies’
Chats with Desmond McCarthy @ Wiveton
Treasures abound in the cabinets of The Shell Museum, Glandford
Walking the lanes of nearby Blakeney in search of the best hollyhocks
Victorian shell art at Glandford
This was such a good bucket
Our neighbour’s amazing hydrangea in full bloom - thank you Susie!
Fox-and-cubs with witchy branches
An avenue of stately hollyhocks (Alcea rosea) in Cley
MIC: Always a good stop for vases (and jugs, and bowls, and lamp bases)
Decisions, decisions…
Victorian shell art in a bell jar, a curated arrangement of seashells under glass
Still thinking of that seaweed necklace…
We hope you enjoyed perusing these outtakes. It’s lovely to finally share them with you. And for the real thing…