The new window display in our Notting Hill shop is a revelation for us – quietly demanding attention (we don’t like to shout) while opening up the view through the window and into our light, airy and tactile new shop-fit.

Initially inspired by the meadows of Tusheti, Georgia (the location for our Autumn book), our visual merchandising team drew on the work of Piet Oudolf (a long-time favourite of our Managing Director, Jessica Seaton, see picture below) and the principles of living architecture (see Brooklyn Grange Farm) to design a mild steel container filled with maidenhair ferns (Adiantum), mexican feather grass (Stipa), coral flowers (Heuchrea), chinese fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides) and mind-your-own-business (Helxine Soleirolii). We like it so much that we’ve created smaller versions for all our shops…