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Apple, Almond, Olive Oil Cake 🍏

Does anyone else feel like apple cake is synonymous with Autumn? It seems to encapsulate all the loveliness of the season.

This cake is light, warming, almondy and a little bit spicy. It just so happens to be GF, DF too. ✨ I’ve been having it warm for breakfast with a dollop of coconut yogurt, fruit and almond butter. But it would be equally as delish with ice cream for pudding etc.

Anyway, let me know if you make it! Have a beautiful weekend. All love. Xx

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~ Rosehip Syrup ~ ❤️

A tasty floral, apple-like syrup that’s rich in Vitamin C, preventing cold & flus and promotes collagen production! Delicious on porridge and pancakes! 🥞

Let me know if you make it! Have a beautiful weekend. All love. Xx

RECIPE ~

Ingredients : 500g Rosehips : 250 g caster sugar (can adapt recipe in 2:1 ratio)

Method :
1. Remove tops and stems from the Rosehips. Then add them to a food processor and blitz until fine or chop into little pieces.
2. Add to a saucepan with 600ml water and bring to boil. Simmer for 15-20 mins.
3. Strain through a muslin and sieve and leave for 30 mins so all juice runs through.
4. Add in sugar and gently heat to dissolve.
5. Pour into clean jars, seal closed and label. Enjoy!

(Use within 6 months and store in fridge after opening)

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Some ways you can work with me this October ✨🌸

Feel free to message me with any questions and for any collabs or private events - please email isobel.spence@outlook.com 💌

All love. Xx

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Jewels of September, staying at @katylawrencefilm inspired by her Cornish garden and surrounding landscape. So lucky to be here.
Fabric is naturally dyed with Dock by @isobel_spence @flowerfolk__ and it’s magic to me. In a locally made jug, made just down the road by @molliemilton

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Come with me on a September foraging walk 🌿

Ahhh there is so much abundance at the moment! September truly is the time for harvesting and preserving…

If you’d like to learn more about the plants shown here and what else you can forage AND do some preserving too - I’m teaching a foraging and preserving workshop this Saturday 26th September for @flowerfolk__ 🌿💚

There are still a couple of spaces and we’d love for you to join us! ✨ Follow the link in my bio for more info.

Let me know in the comments what you’ve been foraging lately! All love. Xx

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Two edible wild greens to forage this September! 💚

1. Nettle 🌿
- High in iron
- Anti-inflammatory
- Anti-histamine
- Delicious in soups, stews, steamed and sautéed
( make sure to only harvest the fresh green tops and not from plants which have got seeds!)

2. Sheep Sorrel🌿
- Rich in micronutrients (magnesium & potassium)
- Super tasty and tart flavour
- Delicious in salads
(Contains oxalic acids but you’d need to eat an awful lot to experience the effects)

Nettle & Sorrel Sauce:
- big bunch nettles
- 2 handfuls sheep sorrel
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Nutritional yeast or Parmesan
- Toasted pine nuts
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1tbsp yogurt (plain or soy)
- (A little water to loosen)

1. Blend all of the ingredients! (Only add the water if needed to loosen)
2. Store in a jar in the fridge (lasts ~ 1 week)
Delicious stirred through grains, pastas or as a salad dressing!

Let me know if you have any questions in the comments! 💚🌿

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A herbal tea to help you transition from late summer to Autumn 🍵

There are many ways to help your body transition to seasonal shifts - eating warmer, slower cooked foods, sleeping more etc - but one very simple way that I recommend to everyone and anyone is making a herbal tea! These four herbs are beautiful allies to help transition from Summer to Autumn and all of them you can find either in your garden or on a walk.

Let me know if you have any questions and enjoy getting cosy! All love. Xx

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Happy September flower folk! 🌸

~ as we enter a new month, I thought I’d share with you my September offerings ~

Slowly shifting from Summer to Autumn, I’ll be harnessing September’s energy by slowing down, harvesting abundance to nourish myself and my community and leaning into creativity. I’d love for you to join me in doing the same ✨ (have a little scroll through this post to find out how…)

All love. Xx

Join us for a super fun morning learning to forage and preserve Autumn’s abundance! 🍎 🌰

Autumn is such a wonderful time to forage! The land really does provide the nourishment we need at the right time. Think Hawthron ketchups, Rosehips jams etc.

To find out more or book your place, please follow the link in my bio! Xx

As a certified nutritional therapist and community herbalist, I offer 1:1 holistic health sessions weaving together food, herbs and lifestyle to understand the root of your health concerns 𖦹

~ I believe that each individual is exactly that, an individual and I consider your health accordingly
~ I work with you to create achievable & effective personalised plans so that you can live your true purpose & be the most nourished, healthiest version of yourself!

I have space to work with 2 new people this month. More info on this can be found on my website. Link in bio. 🧚🌿

On the Flower Folk substack, I write about a different plant each week, sharing the botany, folklore, medicinal benefits, portrayals art, recipes and so much more! 🌿

Recently I have been sharing seasonal foraging guides, book recommendations, recipes, how to make your own creams and tinctures and so much more! 🍓 🫙

I’d love for you to join us and be a part of the flower folk community over on this calming platform! 🌼

Link in bio. Xx

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A beautiful couple of days sharing some of the @flowerfolk__ offerings in the magical garden of @charlotte_molesworth_garden 🌸

Thank you to everyone who came by, asked questions, shared enthusiasm and showed support, it really was so heartwarming 💓

A big thank you also to Charlotte and Donald for opening up their home and garden to make this special event happen! ✨

I hope you all also had a lovely long weekend. All love. Xx

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~ Fennel Flower & Lemon Cupcakes ~

I’ve been dreaming about this combination all week long! 🧚 And all the rain this afternoon felt like the perfect excuse to try it out!

If you aren’t familiar with fennel already, please let this be your introduction! She is magnificent - in every way. More on that to come, but for now, just trust me when I say she’ll brighten up your cooking.🌼

Fennel is one of my all-time favourite herbs, and I think we often work with her seeds and forget that the flowers are just as delicious added to dishes too?! 🌿

Anyhow - the recipe is also below, in case you can’t ready my writing. 💛🌼✨

RECIPE
~ Ingredients:
100g sugar (I use coconut)
100ml olive oil
3 eggs
100g buckwheat flour
50g coconut flour (you could just use 150g plain flour)
1 tsp baking powder
1 lemon (juice and zest)
1 medium courgette
2 large fennel flower heads
~ for the icing ~ coconut yogurt, honey, lemon and fennel flowers

Method:
1. Finely grate courgette and squeeze out the liquid through a sieve
2. In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, olive oil and eggs
3. Little by little, stir in the flours and baking powder to combine
4. Squeeze in 1/2 lemon juice and zest. Add in courgette. Stir all. Fold through flower florets, stems removed.
5. Spoon into cupcake cases & bake at 180 Celsius for 25-30 mins until just golden brown on top.
6. Leave to cool. Whip all icing ingredients together.
7. Once cool, teaspoon on a little icing to each and decorate with a fennel flower and more zest.
8. Enjoy! 🌼

All love. Xx

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~ grown and foraged herbal teas ~ 🌿🧚

~ Yarrow, Rose, Lady’s Mantle ~

~ elderflower, nettle, chamomile, mint ~

~ Lime Blossom, Lavender, St John’s Wort, Mugwort ~

~ elderflower, nettle, chamomile, mint ~

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~ Elderflower, Nettle, Chamomile, Mint ~

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Joyful, colourful moments from the @flowerfolk__ Natural Dye workshop last Saturday! ❀

Under the shade of an oak, we gathered to learn all about creating colour from plants. We discussed the history of natural dyeing, the process of gathering and preparing plant material and fabrics and then did some dyeing ourselves!

I so loved seeing everyone’s personalities reflected in their creations - some bright and playful, some calm and earthy others elegant and pure … I felt so inspired!

In between the learning and playing with dye pots, there were interesting conversations, new connections and friendships formed and of course, blackberry flapjacks and rose, hibiscus, calendula tea enjoyed! ❀

My heart is feeling very full! Thank you to everyone who came and made the morning so special! I am very much looking forward to the next @flowerfolk__ workshops in Autumn! 🍂

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