Hampstead Heath and that rare, elusive creature - a balmy June evening in London formed the perfect mix for the first ever GROW London event.

We went to the Charity preview as  guests of Simply Roses Company, whose beautiful stall was almost hidden to view by the crowds surrounding it. I did manage to get a few pics...

Met the talented Julia Clarke who sculpts pleasing organic shapes from willow

This is the one that came home with us....

Found some sweet seedboms which turn your garden into a meadow....

I loved these giant felt pebble cushions for the garden...

and these simple, beautiful pots....

The whole event felt carefully curated, with some very lovely things and some nice English bubbly to go with it.  It was a far cry from the opening day at Chelsea, where the gardens are the main draw (that and the French bubbly at the Moet garden) but none the worse for that.  There were some similarities in that any garden event calls for wedges not heels, and this being North London, my pale green zip Paige jeans from Trilogy, favourite jeans store...

instead of an Erdem frock. Still there was room for a little bit of bling with my new ear cuff from Ryan Storer, it can never be too casual for a rhinestone or two....