I am a writer and journalist and I often focus on plants and gardens. I have just published a book on the history of the auricula and I now have a campaign in mind to bring the glorious Show or Stage auriculas back to Spitalfields. I have read of your purchases at Columbia Market and while in no way disparaging them I cannot wait to somehow let you see some real Show Auriculas – described by Sacheverell Sitwell as like ‘the most exquisite Meissen porcelain or the most lovely silk of Isfahan.’ You grow them in pots not the earth and can even have an auricula theatre in which to show them off -they would be perfect for a small garden and totally at home in Spitalfields as the Huguenot silk workers adored them. I have lots and would happily give you and the Dennis Severs House some. Maybe at the book launch???
best
Patricia