Wildflowers

The Fairyland Trust commissioned me to illustrate and design a set of 40 native wildflowers cards, for use in their travelling Wildflower Fortunes project. Here are just a few. Find out more at https://www.instagram.com/wildflowerfortunes/

About the project - by the Fairyland Trust, 2024:

“This summer we attended Glastonbury, Latitude and Boomtown festivals with this new project and it was a runaway success.  People were willing to queue for an hour to take part and we were turning many away as we were too popular!

We had every type of adult through our doors from the “bucket hat lads” and ravers to quiet young hipsters and pensioners. We invited people into our purple vintage caravan to discover which wildflower they were through a fortune telling reading, using our beautiful bespoke cards illustrated by Samantha Symonds.

On entry 98% of attendees said that they knew little or nothing about wildflowers but by the time they left they definitely knew the name of at least one, its magical folklore and the insects they support and were so emotionally connected to it that many pledged to grow it at home in their garden (and other wildflowers too). Some are even getting tattoos! (This project is for people aged 16 and up).” 

Founder Sarah Wise says:

“I have worked on many nature learning projects over the last 30 years but I have never seen anything that connects people so quickly and on such an intense and emotional level as this project, so I am very keen to make sure the Caravan gets out and about to more events next year.”