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Keeping houseplants alive through winter

December 6, 2019November 11, 2020 ~ Wolves in London ~ 1 Comment

When I first started studying horticulture, one of my tutors said something about houseplants that kind of blew my brain. “No plant wants to live inside your house, they all want to be outside…” And I suddenly realised: it's not me, it's them! I've learnt so much about plants in the six years since then … Continue reading Keeping houseplants alive through winter

Meet the houseplant: a new series

July 7, 2019November 21, 2020 ~ Wolves in London ~ 1 Comment

My home, these days, is stuffed full of houseplants. An urban jungle, an indoor rainforest, a interior garden… …you get the idea, there’s a lot of greenery. Though I’ve not been blogging so much recently, I’ve developed a bit of an Instagram addiction (go and check me out over there if you’re not already! @wolvesinlondon). … Continue reading Meet the houseplant: a new series

London with kids: the V&A Museum

May 8, 2019May 7, 2019 ~ Wolves in London ~ 2 Comments

Most of the time, if I’m planning on taking the kids into the centre of London, I try to find somewhere that is super child-friendly and where we won’t be the only ones running, jumping and yelling at the top of our voices. But occasionally – most especially during the school holidays – my one … Continue reading London with kids: the V&A Museum

The rusty old cogs whirring into life again

April 4, 2019April 4, 2019 ~ Wolves in London ~ 17 Comments

At the start of this year, I had a great plan. I was going to write a novel. It would be a great novel. It would almost certainly win the Booker prize. There seemed to be no reason at all why I couldn’t put this plan into action. The littlest had started nursery two days … Continue reading The rusty old cogs whirring into life again

New home snapshots

June 30, 2017 ~ Wolves in London ~ 1 Comment

Goodness, hello my poor old deserted blog! How's everything going over here? If anyone's still out there, hi! *waves* Hope you're all well. I've noticed I'm not the only one whose blog has been receiving far less attention than usual. Are we all about to jump ship completely to somewhere like instagram? Is this the … Continue reading New home snapshots

A new garden and some new plans

May 25, 2017 ~ Wolves in London ~ Leave a comment

With great excitement, we handed in our notice on our rental house recently. Our definitely-completed-in-six-months building project is now at the start of month eight and, finally, builders have started on the final phase. The project has been drastically scaled back (the attic conversion is now going to have to wait for another time) but … Continue reading A new garden and some new plans

Currently reading: The other side of the bridge

April 26, 2017April 26, 2017 ~ Wolves in London ~ 1 Comment

I’m recently returned from Dorset. A ten day break over the Easter hols, staying in a glorious cottage done up in impeccable taste. (Ahem, for which read, done up in my exact taste…) I have a no-TV-on-holidays rule that I tend to adhere to. In our normal life, we watch an insane amount of television. … Continue reading Currently reading: The other side of the bridge

An Eltham Palace jaunt

March 28, 2017 ~ Wolves in London ~ 1 Comment

1930s interiors, beautifully planted gardens and a pet lemur: surely an irresistible combination for a Saturday afternoon. On a recent drizzling weekend, we bundled the kids into the car and set off for a return visit to Eltham Palace and Gardens. (Disclaimer: the pet lemur is no longer there in any living form, sadly, though … Continue reading An Eltham Palace jaunt

Home inspiration: relaxing bathrooms

February 8, 2017 ~ Wolves in London ~ 2 Comments

I am, once again, deep in the throes of a house renovation. It’s been six months since we bought our new house and moved into rented accommodation while we did the building work. We originally thought that it was a four month build (ha ha ha, *head falls off from laughing so hard at the … Continue reading Home inspiration: relaxing bathrooms

Life, the universe and everything

January 30, 2017 ~ Wolves in London ~ 23 Comments

Hello friends! To paraphrase one of my favourite Robert Lowell poems*, I’m back, after three months away. So, why the long pause? Well, I am tempted to give the usual excuses. You know, I was heavily pregnant, I had a baby, life was a bit more tiring with three kids, Christmas came along etc etc. … Continue reading Life, the universe and everything

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Hello hello, lovely to see you, thanks for stopping by. I'm Sabrina: writer, plant lover and seller of houseplant boxes. This blog is where you can shop for a plant box, find advice with my plant care guides, or even take a deep dive into my archives and find general life musings from the past eight years!

Recent posts

  • Water propagation: Tradescantia April 6, 2021
  • Meet the houseplant: Calathea orbifolia March 16, 2021
  • Meet the houseplant: Pilea peperomioides November 12, 2020
  • Meet the houseplant: satin pothos November 5, 2020
  • Meet the houseplant: Maranta leuconeura ‘Fascinator’ November 3, 2020

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After the excitement of having a story chosen for an anthology and another shortlisted in a writing competition at the start of the year, I decided to get some new bio photos taken professionally. I did a shoot with the absolutely lovely @camillagreenwellphotography and am soooo happy with the results! These are a few of my faves. Camilla was so incredibly lovely, and also deeply patient of the fact I am the most awkward person ever in front of a camera, ha ha. (What do people DO with their arms?!)
It’s finally that time of year again…
Rainy Saturday morning. Off to exercise class and then back home to curl up on the sofa and read a book. (Almost tempted to light a fire, the weather is so fucking bleak for April 1st…)
Grief is a complicated thing. It is 15 years today since my first son died — ten months old, asleep in his cot at home when I was out at work. Everything has changed in the years since and in some ways I can hardly imagine how that other life of mine would have played out if he hadn’t died. At other times, I remember the phone call I got from the Homerton as I left work on that day, and the pain is just as deep as it was in the moment. It’s been written many times, I know, but grief doesn’t ever really lessen, you just learn to grow around it, to grow alongside it. You learn to adapt as the rest of the world continues on and people forget, and you become one of the only memory keepers. Which itself is another complicated thing.

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