Growing through the Seasons 2026

The "Growing through the Seasons" calendar, beautifully illustrated by Isla Middleton and written by Bryony Middleton, is a guide for gardeners and vegetable lovers. 

Images kindly supplied by Isla Middleton

This calendar is a celebration of seasonal flowers, fruit and vegetables illustrated with full page original designs.

The calendar has been created to inspire, encourage and teach how to sow, grow and harvest fresh produce straight from the garden. It is 300mm square in size and a month to view format.

It is printed on our PaperWise Natural 130gsm and 295gsm, which is manufactured from 100% agricultural waste - this is the stems and leaves left over the harvest and which is usually left in the field and burnt. You can read all about PaperWise HERE. As you can see from the images PaperWise is a natural shade and is completely unbleached and home compostable too ...a perfect choice for this calendar!

You can see the designs for each month here...

Isla has created this calendar with her sister Bryony Middleton, Head Gardener at Sharpham Trust in Devon and also a Growing Chart will feature at the back, with an overview of the sowing and harvest schedule as you can see here:

The calendar is superbly printed, offset litho by Ashley House Printing in Devon.

I was on holiday a couple of weeks ago and popped in to Halen Môn, the Welsh sea salt manufacturer and saw the calendar for sale in their gift shop!

Strangely enough Halen Môn have appeared on this blog before as the designer of their identity and packaging (Sid Madge) printed a casestudy back in 2011 using our Omnia, which you can read about HERE.

My thanks to Isla for sending one of the calendars and also allowing me to use the images from the website.

The calendar is for sale in many excellent shops and is also available to buy on-line here: https://www.islamiddleton.co.uk/product-page/2026-growing-through-the-seasons-calendar

https://www.islamiddleton.co.uk/

Posted by Justin Hobson 29.08.2025

Duchy of Cornwall Menus

Last month I was fortunate enough to visit the Duchy of Cornwall Nursery in Lostwithiel whilst on holiday in Cornwall

Originally a slate quarry, the Nursery began life producing forest trees in the late 1960s. It started to sell plants to the public in 1974 and went on to become one of the largest and most well-respected nurseries in the South West. 

One of my reasons for visiting was to visit The Café and The Orangery where they use our PaperWise Natural 150gsm for their menus

Image courtesy of  Duchy of Cornwall Nursery website

...and here are the Wine list and the Menu, both printed (in house) on our PaperWise Natural 150gsm 

which is manufactured from 100% agricultural waste - this is the stems and leaves left over the harvest and which is usually left in the field and burnt. PaperWise is produced in factories in India and South America that make a big difference to local communities with investments made in education, infrastructure, and healthcare. You can read all about PaperWise HERE. As you can see from the images PaperWise is a natural shade and is completely unbleached (with some natural specks) and home compostable too... 

The menus look and feel superb and are completely in tune with the ethos of the nursery. Design is by Chris Holmes at Design by Channel. My thanks to Vikki for looking after me and enabling me to take some images of the menus.

Whilst I was at the Nursery I also spent some time at their fantastic shop, where I was happy to see work from two of our customers on display!

Calendars from Isla Middleton. I have written about the 2024 calendars HERE 

...and also a wide selection of products from Archivist, including their wonderfully large matches and letterpress greetings cards.

All in all an excellent day at the Nursery.

Posted by Justin Hobson 30.10.24

Growing Through the Seasons

The "Growing through the Seasons" 2024 calendar, illustrated by Isla Middleton and written by Bryony Middleton, is a guide for gardeners and vegetable lovers. 

It features seasonal illustrations of fruits, vegetables, and flowers, along with practical growing tips for each month, including what to sow and harvest.

The calendars are produced on our PaperWise Natural 150gsm and 295gsm, which is manufactured from 100% agricultural waste - this is the stems and leaves left over the harvest and which is usually left in the field and burnt. You can read all about PaperWise HERE. As you can see from the images PaperWise is a natural shade and is completely unbleached and home compostable too ...a perfect choice for this calendar!

The calendar also includes a full growing chart at the back, providing an overview of the sowing and harvest schedule for the year. 

The calendars are 300mm square in size and are beautifully printed, offset litho by Ashley House Printing in Devon.

Although it's too late for this year, I believe there are plans for a 2025 version, so you can look on the website here: www.islamiddleton.co.uk

Posted by Justin Hobson 21.08.2024

Restore Home and Organics - Product Packaging

The creative studio of Sina Luck has received international recognition, won design prizes by ADC Switzerland, and has been featured in magazines such as Grand Designs, Enki Magazine, Ideal Home, Homes and Gardens, Living etc. Sina Luck helps clients across the UK and internationally with multi-sensory interior and graphic design projects.

Sina Luck designed the branding and beautiful packaging design for this new candle and home fragrance brand Restore Home and Organics which includes the packaging for their range of candles. The size of the carton is 90mm x 92mm x 102mm.

The cartons are produced on our PaperWise Natural 295gsm, which is manufactured from 100% agricultural waste - this is the stems and leaves left over the harvest and which is usually left in the field and burnt. PaperWise is produced in factories in India and South America that make a big difference to local communities with investments made in education, infrastructure, and healthcare. You can read all about PaperWise HERE. As you can see from the images PaperWise is a natural shade and is completely unbleached and home compostable too... 

The carton is very simply printed offset litho in one colour and blind embossed on the lid. The labels are hand applied to indicate the various different blends.

The cartons are produced by specialist carton and boxmaker Custom Cartons who are based in Romford, Essex and they have made a beautiful job of it.

Grateful thanks to Sina Luck for providing me with the images. Photography by Kathryn Taylor.

https://sinaluck.com/

https://restorehome.com/

https://www.customcartons.co.uk/

Posted by Justin Hobson 06.11.2023