Hot chocolate and cake at Petersham nurseries x

Everybody has a favourite place, somewhere you feel calm and happy even when the rain is pouring and the wind is blowing a gale...my special place or at least one of them is Petersham nurseries in leafy Richmond. I absolutely love it and would go there everyday if I could...

I met two lovely friends there last week and enjoyed a delicious hot chocolate and a huge piece of scrummy cake as we caught up on each others news. The weather was terrible, but it didn't matter one bit as we were warm and cosy inside one of the green houses that make up the nursery.

After we had warmed up in the cafe we had a good look round at all of the gorgeous products on offer, the buyers do a fantastic job of putting together the most beautiful arrangements. How I would love to do a photoshoot here one day...We played the game, what would you buy if money was no object and spent a serious amount of time deciding, I loved the window frame mirror pictured below as well as a wonky red stripy jug and an old green metal chair...

Even the most utilitarian and mundane of objects take on a kind of magical quality here and I am always left with the desire to buy hundreds of plant pots and then stack them in deliciously artful ways around the place...

Oh how I love Petersham nurseries, as you can see from my big smile...I'm not sure baby Jake is quite as enamoured, but I am confident that he will change his mind just as soon as he is old enough to drink hot chocolate and eat yummy cake x