Interviews
Throughout the year, using the traditional seasonal calendar as a guide, I interview creative and inspirational people who embody slow and seasonal living.
Find out how they celebrate these moments of the year in their home, work, gardens and kitchens.
Seasonal Interview - Celebrating the Winter Solstice with Dee Nickerson
I first discovered the beautiful paintings by Dee Nickerson when I read an interview with her in Country Living magazine. Her colourful work captures seasonal magical moments many of us can relate to, such as bundled up walks through autumnal woods, windy days walking on the beach or snowy days spent indoors knitting.e it stand out.
It was so nice to interview her for my Winter Solstice interview
December 2021
Seasonal Interview - Celebrating the Autumn Equinox with Laura and Aaron from Parking on The Wildside
Laura and Aaron, the duo from @Parkingonthewildside, spend the year travelling across the UK and Europe, in their cosily refurbished van. Describing themselves as “Free spirits exploring the wilder side of Europe in our self built cabin-on-wheels”, they document their folksy van life with beautiful photographs shared on their popular instagram feed.
I was fortunate enough to catch up with the duo to see how they will be spending their Autumn this year.
September 2021
Seasonal Interview - Celebrating Midsummer with Andrew O’Brien
Andrew O’Brien is a gardener, gardening coach, blogger and podcaster. His mission is to help free people to enjoy rewarding, restorative and mindful relationships with their gardens.
Midsummer is the period of time surrounding the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year. This is also the official start of Summer and a time to celebrate the peak of the earth’s abundance and greenness. Who then better to interview for Midsummer than Andrew, who witnesses nature’s growth and fruition more closely than most.
June 2020
Seasonal Interview - Celebrating Beltane with Neel van Lierop
Neel van Lierop is a spiritual motivator and visionary based in Amsterdam and Los Angeles. In 2017 she launched the Inner Compass Cards, which are designed to help awaken your own inner compass to see directly what is most valuable to you at any given moment.
I was fortunate to interview Neel for Beltane and hear how she celebrates this time of year.
May 2020
Seasonal Interview - Celebrating the Spring Equinox with Demetria Provatas Honeywell
Demetria Provatas Honeywell is a baker, artist, and photographer based in Black Mountain, NC. For many years, Demetria has captured her ‘woodsy’ life and baking work through beautiful photographs posted on her blog and instagram Woodland Keep. She now runs the farmers market and cafe Halfmoon Market and lives with her husband and their beautiful 3 month old daughter Eliana.
Find out how she will be celebrating the Spring Equinox this year,
March 2020
Seasonal Interview - Celebrating Imbolc With Elin Lööw
Elin Lööw is a creative coach and writer, living in Sweden with her two cats and fiancé. Currently working on her first novel, Elin also offers coaching to help other creatives pursue their ideas in a slow living way.
Find out what Elin has planned for the year ahead and what she can see in nature around Imbolc.
January 2020
Seasonal Interview - Celebrating the Winter Solstice with The Almanac’s Lia Leendertz
Lia Leendertz is a regular contributor to the Garden, Gardens Illustrated, the Guardian, the Telegraph, and more, and the author of The Almanac book series.
It is such an honour to include Lia, a true advocate for seasonal living, in my Seasonal Interview Series where I was lucky enough to find out how she will be spending this magical winter solstice time.
December 2019
Seasonal Interview- Halloween with Susun Weed
For the Halloween issue of my Seasonal Interview Series, I was fortunate enough to interview the wonderful Susun Weed.
Susun Weed is one of America’s best known authorities on herbal medicine and natural approaches to women’s health. Her four best-selling books are recommended by expert herbalists and well-known physicians and used and cherished by millions of women around the world.
October 2019
Seasonal Interview - Celebrating the Autumn Equinox with Whispering Land
I was introduced to Hannah a couple of years ago, after following her instagram feed Whispering Land . The photographs and stories she shares of her homestead life in Austria are not only beautiful and capture the seasons perfectly, but they are a great source of inspiration for those of us who long to live more self sufficiently and sustainably.
Prepare yourself a warm drink, snuggle up in a comfortable chair and enjoy some seasonal inspiration for this magical time of year.
September 2019
Seasonal Interview - Celebrating midsummer with Urban Herbology’s Lynn Shore
Lynn Shore is a magical herbologist, a green witch if you will, living and working in Amsterdam. She has studied and worked with herbs for 25 years, alongside teachers, such as Glennie Kindred and Susan Weed. With her company Urban Herbology, she passionately shares her plant knowledge with town and city folk, through foraging walks, workshops and apprenticeship courses.
I was fortunate enough to catch up with Lynn to ask her some questions on how she will be celebrating midsummer this year.
June 2019