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Based in the Oxfordshire countryside, Willow Crossley (Corbett-Winder, 2001) is an author and floral stylist, creating wild and whimsical arrangements full of colour, pattern and movement. Where does your love of flowers come from? I grew up in a very rural area of Wales, surrounded by beautiful rolling hills and amazing landscapes. My mother is a brilliant gardener; she has grown plants and had flowers in the house for as long as I can remember, so I think it’s been ingrained in me from a very young age. How did you come to be a floral stylist? It wasn’t until ten years ago that I really started working with flowers and appreciating them as much as I do now. Whilst I was working on my second book, Inspire – The Art of Living with Nature, I created a whole section on flowers and when I was writing that, I just felt like I had struck gold; that was my ‘Eureka!’ moment. I had been working across fashion, writing, interiors,
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