Lucy Loves Graeme Corbett

In this episode I’m joined by the undeniably talented floral stylist Graeme Corbett. Graeme’s business ‘Bloom & Burn’ has flourished in recent years; leading him to move studio where he now teaches workshops and is in the process of creating his own cutting garden.   I really admire people with a colourful and creative talent, yet I also understand the hard work and determination it takes to turn a passion into a business. This is most definitely the case with Graeme, as he has overcome many obstacles in his life and career to get where he is today – to the point where he now provides his creativity and designs for clients such as Jamie Oliver and National Geographic.   There is so much more to Graeme than filling our Instagram feeds with beautiful floral designs and I’m thankful I got the chance to discover this for myself.    Here are the highlights:  (01:16) Setting up a cutting garden to support the use of local flowers  (04:45) Moving from London to the countryside  (07:19) How Graeme got into the flower industry and the style he’s created  (13:46) Buying flowers for a florist and where ‘Bloom&Burn’ came from  (15:39) The importance of Graeme’s relationship, being an anxious person and ways of managing stress  (24:17) Reading ‘suburban misery’ and books that hold a special place in Graeme’s heart  (29:06) Where he gets his inspiration from  (35:10) Graeme’s Instagram and website links    Graeme’s book recommendations:  Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata  Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs  Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding    Find out more about Lucy and listen to more episodes at http://lucygourlay.com 

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Lucy Loves is a podcast bringing a bit of light-hearted fun and humour, inspired by you for you. It is borne from Lucy’s love of listening and love of laughter. Each week our aim is to bring you a few laughs and some inspiring momentum to lift the spirits - and to find out what makes your heart smile. Lucy Gourlay is a happy, hard-working, busy single mum to two fabulous children. Lucy lives in rural Northumberland and loves baking. She also loves the idea of running! Lucy is a Time to Think coach giving unconditional space to people who don’t feel listened to. Each week Lucy chats to a different guest so they can bring their laughter and humour and we can learn about what or who inspires them to keep the feel-good moments alive. Life has its fair share of challenges and we can be affected in so many ways. But it is remembering to find or look for the humour, the heartwarming, or even the laugh out loud moments - and that’s what we aim to do each week, is to find the laughter in amongst the challenges. We really hope you enjoy this podcast and would love you to subscribe so you can keep updated with new episodes. And if you really enjoy it, it would mean a great deal if you can leave a review.