Discover 5 slow and seasonal practices for midsummer, from nature walks to simple rituals of noticing and preserving. A gentle guide to embracing summer with ease.

In this Slow Spotlight, Emma Connolly reflects on slow living, seasonal creativity, and her shift from salon owner to floral artist and ceramicist.

Baker and writer Rachel Shenk shares how slow, simple and seasonal living shapes her work, creativity and connection with the natural world.

Discover Sarah Robertson’s journey embracing seasonal living, creativity, and mindful business with These Are The Days & Brand Seasons®.

Embrace the simple joy of making homemade jam with seasonal fruits. Tips and encouragement for slow, mindful preserving and connecting with tradition.

Kasannah Greely, the owner of Kindly Grown Designs, a wedding floral and garden design studio in the Midwestern United States, shares how motherhood and the beauty of local flowers inspired her to seek a simple and seasonal life.

Helen Izzard has a soft furnishing and interior designer business based in Somerset. She loves working with natural fabrics and colours that are inspired by nature and the landscape around us, and in this Slow Spotlight, she shares more of her own journey towards a slower, simpler and more seasonal life.

Explore the best books for embracing a seasonal year - carefully chosen reads to inspire slow living, creativity, and mindfulness through nature’s rhythms.

Mindful, emerge, voyage and present. I’ve been choosing a word of the year since 2020, but what is it, and why would I encourage you to do the same?

Slow living. Simple living. Seasonal living. In many respects, these three are inextricably linked. I think I can pinpoint the exact moment when they clicked for me, and it all began with a book.

I’m thrilled that you’re joining me on this journey. If you’re wondering where to start, here are some suggestions.